Although he was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Marcos lived and worked in Madrid and Ibiza after completing his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. A master print maker for 26 years, he successfully turned to painting in 1988. He had numerous solo shows in Spain, Italy, New York, Washington, California, Columbia, and his native Puerto Rico. Group shows in which he participated include the 1989 Biennial of Graphic Art of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, the first Biennial of Havana in 1984, and Arco, Madrid in 1981 and 1982. His work received many awards, including First Prize at the first Biennial of San Juan of the Latin American Print in 1970 and the Acquisition Prize of the Rayo Museum in Roldanillo, Columbia in 1983. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Madrid, the Skopje Museum in Yugoslavia, the Rayo Museum in Columbia, and the Ponce Art Museum in Puerto Rico, among others.

Solo shows (selection)

1988 Museo de la Calcografía Nacional, Madrid, Spain
1988 Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Columbia
1986 Spazio d'Arte, Aleph, Italy
1984 Galeria d'Arte Palazzo Policreti, Pordone, Italy
1984 Galería Caymán, New York
1983 Museo del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1982 Galería Tórculo, Madrid, Spain
1981 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ibiza, Spain
1977 Galería Egam, Madrid, Spain
1976 Washington World Gallery, Washington D.C.
1975 Talisman Prints, Laguna Beach, California
1973 Galería Pratt, Valencia, Spain
1970 La Casa del Siglo XX, Segovia, Spain
1967 Galería Colibrí, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1967 Mala Galerija, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Collective Shows (selection)

1989 Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1984 Selections from a Decade, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Arts,
New York
1984 First Biennial of Havana, Cuba
1982 Arco '82, Madrid, Spain
1981 Arco '81, Madrid, Spain
1980 Pratt Graphic Center, New York
1980 Biella Biennial of the Print, Biella, Italy
1977 Arte Actual de Iberoamérica, Madrid, Spain
1975 Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.
1971 Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1970 Pan american Biennial of Graphic Art, Columbia
1966 Puerto Rican Prints and Posters, Pratt Institute, New York
1966 Puerto Rican Prints, Galería Colibrí, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1963 Arte Actual de América y España, Madrid, Spain

Awards (selection)

1983 Acquisition Prize of the Rayo Museum in Roldanillo, Columbia
1970 First Prize at the first Biennial of San Juan of the Latin American Print
1969 Premio Javier Báez, Havana, Cuba
1966 Gold Medal, XV Salón del Grabado, Madrid, Spain

Permanent Collections (selection)

Rayo Museum, Roldanillo, Columbia
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Bibliotheque Nacionale, Paris, France
Ponce Art Museum, Puerto Rico
Skopje Museum, Yugoslavia
Abstract Art Museum, Cuenca, Spain
Museum of Modern Art, Madrid, Spain
Museo del Barrio, New York
Museum of the University of Puerto Rico