Bio & trajectory

Marco Noris (Bergamo, Italy) lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

In recent years Noris has developed his artistic practice mainly in the field of painting, directing his research into two main thematic areas: ruin and historical memory on the one hand and territory and landscape on the other. In his career he has combined studio work with more performative projects (2015, Paratext #07_, Hangar) and with walking as artistic practice. Since 2013, the landscape has been a key element in his work, a place for events understood also as a stage for defeat and transit, such as border crossings and former concentration camps. His research has led him to deepen and experiment with his relationship with the landscape and territory through the aesthetic and artistic practice in the projects _“On the Border” (2017, Barcelona Producció / La Capella ), “La Entrega, act I” (2018, La Panera de Lleida and the CAN de Farrera), ”Lloc, lluny, llar” (2020/2021, Nau Côclea and OSIC), “Sequere” (2022, Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs), and the most recent “Body Ebro (Cos d’Ebre)” (2025, Lo Pati).

In Spain, Noris has exhibited in Barcelona (La Capella, Galería Trama, Cyan Gallery, Galería Esther Montoriol, Galería Contrast, Galería H2O, The Private Space, Casa Elizalde, Can Felipa, Galería Sicart, Piramidón, etc.), in Lleida (Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, La Panera, Mare de Déu de la Serra, Farrera, Sant Feliu de Barruera), in Madrid (Matadero), in Huesca (CDAN, Fundación Hospital de Benasque), in Castellón (Canem Gallery), in Vic (Roman Temple, 5th Biennial) and in the MuME, Museu Memorial de l’Exili de La Jonquera. Abroad, he has participated in exhibitions and festivals in Uruguay (Garzón, 2023), United States (New York, The Active Space, 2014), Italy (Different Pulses, 2013 and ParmaPoesia, 2002) and France (Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2002).

In parallel to his artistic activity, in the last twenty years he has collaborated in different collective projects. Between 1998 and 2002 in Bologna -Italy-, he participated in collaborative projects in digital environments. In 2006, by now in Barcelona, he promoted the self-organization of the artists of the art center of La Escocesa for the creation and management of a new creation factory. In May 2018, he co-founded Fase, a centre for creation and thought in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain). Between 2020 and 2024, he was a member of the management board of the Centre d’Art i Natura de Farrera (Lleida).

Noris was artist in residence at La Escocesa and Hangar (Barcelona). During 2022 he worked at the MNAC on the redevelopment of the contents and narrative of the National Museum of Catalonia’s Romanesque art collection. He currently has his studio in Piramidón, a contemporary art center in Barcelona.

Since 2024, his work has been part of the National Collection of Contemporary Art of the Generalitat de Catalunya, on deposit at the Morera museum in Lleida.

Trajectory

Walking as an artistic practice

2026 — The Open Shore (Terra d’Art, Priorat, Spain)
2025 — Body Ebro (Cos d’Ebre) (Lo Pati, Amposta, Spain).
2022 — Sequere (La Entrega, acto II) (Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, Lleida, Spain)
2020 — Lloc, lluny, llar (Nau Côclea and OSIC, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain)
2018 — La Entrega, act I (La Panera and Farrera’s CAN, Lleida, Spain)
2017 — On the Border (La Capella /Barcelona Producció, Spain)

Installations and solo exhibitions

2025 — Body Ebro (Cos d’Ebre) (Lo Pati, Amposta, Spain).
2023 — Transmutations, Campo ArtFest 23, Garzón (Uruguay)
2023 — Sequere, La Gòtika, Institut d’Estudis ilerdencs, Lleida (Spain)
2021 — Dins la pell de la terra (entre cims i cavallons) in “Un món fràgil”, Embarrat 2021, Cal Trepat, Tàrrega (Spain)
2021 — La pell de la terra, Mare de Déu de la Serra, Farrera, Lleida (Spain)
2020 — Nel lieve sovrapporsi di cielo e terra, Piramidón, Barcelona (Spain)
2020 — Skins, Errant Festival, Sant Feliu de Barruera (Lleida, Barcelona)
2019 - Refugium, refugia — MUME, Exile Memorial Museum of La Jonquera (Spain)
2018 — On the Border, La Capella, Barcelona (Spain)
2017 — Art and memory — On the Border, MUME — Exile Memorial Museum of La Jonquera (Spain)
2017 — It wasn’t the sun, Trama gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2016 — (Un)refuges, Roman Temple, Vic (spain)
2016 — (Un)refuges 1936/2016, Cànem Gallery, Castellón de la Plana (Spain)
2013 — Under Construction (two artist show), Espai M, La Escocesa, Barcelona (Spain)
2008 — Remote locations, Contrast gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

Selected group exhibitions

2025 — Finalists of the 11th Salou Pictorial Research Award 2025, Salou (Spain)
2024 — Amposta City Art Biennial (BIAM) 2024, (Tarragona, Spain)
2024 — Postcards from Piramidón, Piramidón, Barcelona (Spain)
2024 — Fronteres. Línia de tall, Museu de Llívia, (Llívia, Girona, Spain)
2024 — Cossos d’aigua. Encarnacions aquoses de matèries i signes. La Panera, Lleida (Spain)
2022 — Another end. THE REMAINDER, El Born CCM, Barcelona (Spain)
2022 — Caminar los Pirineos, Fundación Hospital de Benasque, Benasque (Spain)
2022 — Caminar los Pirineos, CDAN, Huesca (Spain)
2021 — Fronteres. Línia de tall, Museu de l’Empordà, Sala d’Exposicions l’Escorxador, Figueres (Spain)
2019 — Art and Nature (4 artists), La Panera, Lleida (Spain)
2018 — Delicartessen 17, Galería Esther Montoriol, Barcelona (Spain)
2018 — KAK #01 — La Bañera Studio, Sevilla (Spain)
2017 — Venien de lluny, Piramidón Contemporary Art Centre, Barcelona (Spain)
2016 — Finalists exhibition of “XIII Price of Visual Arts Arena Foundation”, Barcelona (Spain)
2015 — Finalists exhibition of “VI Painting Prize Torres García”, Mataró, Barcelona (Spain)
2015 —  The Wall 4 — Mutuo Art Center, Barcelona (Spain)
2015 — Recomptes (Re—counting) — Sicart Gallery, Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona (Spain)
2014 — Recomptes (Re—counting) — Cànem Gallery, Castellón de la Plana (Spain)
2014 — Artificialia — Cyan Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2014 — Seeking Space — The Active Space, New York (USA)
2014 — Outskirts — Casa Elizalde, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 — Poblenou artistic communities — Can Felipa, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 — Different Pulses I, Cividale del Friuli (Udine, Italy)
2012 — Delicartessen 11 — Galería Esther Montoriol, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 — Fresh!, The Private Space, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 — Chic&Arts, Chic&Basic, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 — Synthesis, FAD, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 — Be intrusive, aDa gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 — TOGS, DeeBee gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2011 — HFM, H2O gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2011 — Imprevista n. 3, Barcelona (Spain)
2010 — Off Loop, La Escocesa, Barcelona (Spain)
2009 — Àmbit Ricard Canals, Piera (Barcelona, Spain)
2009 — D_Fest 2009, Matadero, Madrid (Spain)
2007 — Aires Nous, Contrast gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2007 — The rooms of the blue bird, Livesoundtracks, Esperia Tower, Barcelona (Spain)
2007 — People of Poblenou, C.C. Can Felipa (Barcelona, Spain)
2007 — XI Premi de pintura Miquel Viladrich, Torrelameu (Lleida, Spain)
2006 — 5ª Vic’s Biennial, Vic (Spain)
2006 — EMA, La Escocesa, Barcelona (Spain)
2002 — Stanze Aperte, ParmaPoesia 2002, Parma (Italy)
2002 — Polyphonix 4, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
2002 — Caffementale, Grottammare (Italy)
1996 — Arte in Borgo, Lovere (Bergamo, Italy)

Publications

— Sequere, 2023 Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs
— On the Border, 2018 — Ajuntament de Barcelona Institut de Cultura / Folch, 9788491560777
— Paratext vol. 1, 2016 - Hangar.org, ISBN 9788461763207

Grants and awards

2024 — OSIC, Generalitat de Catalunya
2023 — Campo AIR, Goetstouwers + Limentani fellowship / Istituto Italiano di Cultura de Montevideo
2023 — OSIC, Generalitat de Catalunya
2023 — Mentoratge 2023, Xarxa Prod, Catalonia, Spain
2022 — Empelt 21, MNAC, Barcelona
2020 — OSIC, Generalitat de Catalunya
2018 — Art and Nature - La Panera and CAN de Farrera (Lleida, Spain)
2017 — Barcelona Producció 2017—18 — La Capella, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (Spain)
2016 — XIII Premio Jose M. Vidal de artes visuales, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 — La Escocesa production grant, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 — La Escocesa production grant, Barcelona (Spain)

Residences

Current residency (since 2017) Piramidón, Barcelona (Spain)
2025 — Baladre, Lo Pati (Amposta)
2023 — Campo AIR, Garzón (Uruguay)
2023 — Casa Bigodé, Envall (Vall Fosca, Lleida, Spain)
2022 — MNAC, Barcelona
2020 — Nau Côclea (Spain)
2018 — Centre d’Art i Natura, Farrera (Spain)
2015/2017 — Hangar, Barcelona (Spain)
2005/2015 — La Escocesa, Barcelona (Spain)