11 Facts About Marcel Dzama

Marcel Dzama was born on May 4,1974 and is a contemporary artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who currently lives and works in New York City.

Marcel Dzama's work has been exhibited internationally, in particular his ink and watercolor drawings.

Marcel Dzama was the inspiration for Deco Dawson's 2001 short film FILM.

Marcel Dzama's work has been used on the covers of numerous record albums, notably The Else by They Might Be Giants, Guero by Beck and Reconstruction Site by The Weakerthans.

Marcel Dzama provided the cover art for literary critic Sianne Ngai's 2005 book Ugly Feelings, published by Harvard University Press.

In 2010, composer Ed Bennett created "Dzama Stories", a piece of music inspired by Marcel Dzama, featuring Decibel and Paul Dunmall.

In 2016, Marcel Dzama created the costume and stage design for the New York City Ballet's The Most Incredible Thing, a performance based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.

Marcel Dzama has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.

Marcel Dzama cites Marcel Duchamp as one of his greatest inspirations and drew on the artist's near-obsession with chess as a starting point for his video A Game of Chess, 2011, in which life-size kings, queens, rooks and pawns duel for supremacy in a production brought to life in Guadalajara, Mexico.

In 2023, Marcel Dzama participated in Performa 23 where he presented To live on the Moon.

Marcel Dzama's work is in the collections of major museums and public institutions, including:.