Biography

Of Dominican heritage, Marcos Salazar was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1993 and moved to Paterson, New Jersey, in 2011. As a young artist, he is constantly exploring the world around him.  Working predominately in pen and ink (or feather and ink), the people, places, architecture and monuments of the City of Paterson provide an unlimited source of inspiration for Salazar. He often takes photographs of the places that interest him and uses the images as reference for his artworks.  From a sketch, the artist’s imagination and emotions take over to create his “altered reality.”