Marcelot

Marcelot is the artist name of Marcelo Tomaz Galvão de Castro, born 1965 in Potim / Guaratinguetá, Brazil.

Marcelot studied art education at FAMUSC, later Faculdade Santa Cecilia, (FASC), in Pindamonhangaba (1987-1989), with a focus on theatre. Marcelot relocated to Europe in 1990 where he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1991-1997). Many of his exhibits during the period of his training show him to be a sensitive observer of the world and a creative deformer of the allegedly well-known. After studying art, he studied art therapy (post-graduate) at the same institute (1997-1999). After completing his studies, Marcelot became an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital in Münsterlingen, Switzerland where he used art to help patients communicate their feelings. Marcelot has also trained as a group analyst in the Seminar for Group Analysis Zürich (SGAZ, 2003-2007).

Since 2009 Marcelot has become active as a freelance artist finding a new path to art. In 2017 Marcelot obtained a studio in the 'Binz39', a culture centre in Zürich where he developed his project "Antike von Heute" or "Ancient of Today". In 2018 Marcelot made his first artist in residence at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) in São Paulo, Brazil. His project, making a bust from newspaper depicting the newly elected president of Brazil, was a great success and made the cover of the magazine Época (the third biggest in Brazil), with a 4-page article about him and his work inside Época's January 2019 edition. Marcelot's "Ancient of Today" project has been featured by numerous media outlets including the Zürich newspaper Tages-Anzeiger and Swissinfo.