Marsi Rex


My painting practice explores home, identity, and belonging, shaped by my experience as an immigrant. Coming from a background of constant movement, I’ve come to see not belonging as a vast space to exist in, free from fixed identity. This state of flux informs my abstract paintings, which express the emotional weight of immigration, the search for stability, and the complexity of home.

I often work while in motion, on trains, buses, or in hotel rooms, embracing the rhythm of my environment. The line, in my work, is a journey, a way of seeking structure while embracing transformation. Thick, sculptural oils sit alongside fluid washes to explore the tension between solidity and change. Repetition and rhythm mirror cycles of dislocation and adaptation. Cityscapes, ever shifting in light, sound, and pressure, echo my internal landscape. Through these painterly negotiations, I ask: can the journey itself be home?

mail: marsirex@gmail.com

Education

2019, BA Hons in Criticism Communication and Curation, Central St Martins, London, UK

2024, BA Hons in Fine Art, Slade School of Art, London, UK



Two Person & Solo Shows

2024, Modern Boys and Mobile Girls, Hardboiled, Chicago, USA

2024, AKA Home or wherever, Slade School of Art, London, UK

2023, Mood Swings, Hackney Gallery, London, UK

2020, Misfortunes of the Immortals, Medium P, Frankfurt, DE
Group Shows

2024, Blood, Safehouse, London, UK

2023, 1001 Nachts, Amp Gallery, London, UK