Marlon de Azambuja was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1978. He studied at the Edilson Viriato Center for Contemporary Art in Curitiba, Brazil. He currently lives and works in Paris.

The work of Marlon de Azambuja aims to generate strategies that amplify the perceptions and relations that the spectator establishes with the city, architecture and the art world in general. He develops his practice through different media, mainly installation, video, photography, sculpture and drawing.

His solo exhibitions include: Heritage at Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, Spain, 2016; Construction of the Icon, at the CAAM (Atlantic Center of Modern Art) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2011; Niveles (Levels), at Casal Solleric in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2010; Projeto Moder-no, at Galeria Luisa Strina in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2009; and Potencial Escultorico, at Matadero in Madrid, Spain, 2009.

Group shows in which he has participated include: Theorema, Mana Contemporary, New York, USA, 2015; Name it by trying to name it, Drawing Center, New York, USA; On Painting, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2013; 11th Havana Biennial in Havana, Cuba, 2012; 11th Cuenca Biennial in Cuenca, Ecuador, 2011; 8th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011; and 12th Cairo Biennale; 2010.