Marcelo Krasilcic (b. 1969; São Paulo, Brazil)

“Photography excited me because of how people believe photographs are real.” - Marcelo Krasilcic

Marcelo Krasilcicis a Brazilian American photographer born in São Paulo. He relocated to New York in 1990 to study art and photography at New York University. Soon after graduating at NYU, he started exhibiting his artwork and helped define the 1990’s aesthetic while creating images for magazines such as Purple, Dazed & Confused, Self-Service and Visionaire. Marcelo’s further contributions to magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Hommes International, as well as album covers for bands such as Everything but the Girl, solidified his influence in the international fashion and portrait industry. Since then, he has created campaigns for Nike, Moêt & Chandon and Bergdorf Goodman among many others; and photographed actors and musicians such as Chlöe Sevigny, Willem Dafoe, Joaquin Phoenix, M.I.A., Caetano Veloso and Drake.

Marcelo’s work has been exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro and at the Museum de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP).

Selected Exhibitions

Marcelo Krasilcic: #PHOFOAM

OSMOS Address, New York, NY

February 6 - February 28, 2014

Marcelo Krasilcic

OSMOS Address, New York, NY

February 6 - February 28, 2013