Roberto Marquez (born 1959) is a painter originally from Mexico. He was born in Mexico City and spent his later childhood in Guadalajara, where he graduated from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente.Caleb Bach, "Painter of Mysteries and Metaphors: Mexican-Born Artist Roberto Marquez Provides New Perspectives on Life's Often Dark Horizons, While Defying Definition" , Americas, January–February 2003. He later moved to Arizona, and then to New York."St Kilda, and the Mexican wave", The Age, July 19, 2006, retrieved 2011-03-12 His paintings incorporate dreamlike images from literature, Mexican history, and himself. His work is known for its "literary allusions and visual metaphors" and for its frequent references to music.
Marquez's art has been collected and exhibited in numerous shows in galleries and museums, including the Tucson Museum of Art, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Hirshhorn Museum,"Teatro del Mundo", Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (accessed 2013-12-28). and Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington.Louise Sweeney, "Mexican Painters New and Old Washington Mansion Becomes Home for Mexican Cultural Institute." Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 1990. His work is the subject of a 2002 book by Edward Lucie-Smith.Edward Lucie-Smith, Roberto Marquez (Art Books International, 2002), .
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