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history
On June 3, 2018 Marco Antonio Lillo passed away in one of the hospitals in Paris. That’s it. It cannot be undone. You have only memories to keep for yourself.
To remember him as being a talented person. Math, languages, chess, literature, music, football... This list of his hobbies is endless. He loved to cook and was a chef at home. He had a good sense of humour and loved to crack jokes on everyone. He was an excellent storyteller.
But, probably, painting was one of his biggest passions. He took it seriously with a huge responsibility. He took lessons on painting and perspective, read professional literature, experimented with materials and techniques. And he was constantly practicing. He had a lot of notebooks for sketching. But, if he had nothing at hand he would use anything: lunch menu at a restaurant or an official document. Every day he had new ideas … for his paintings, for sculptures.
There are paintings he managed to complete, but there are some that were left "for later". Fortunately, he did a lot.
biography
Marco Antonio Lillo was born on March 2, 1936 in Algeria in a family of Spanish immigrants. After the Algerian revolution, the family moved to Paris, France. Graduated from a local school, he served in army, later worked as a clerk.He decided to completely change his life by moving to England - without any knowledge of the English language, having no relatives nor acquaintances there. There he worked as a truck loader, waiter, cleaner. He was sometimes forced to sleep on a park bench. That was his path of "studying" the language, history, culture.
He was lucky. At that time UK introduced a special educational program for "mature" students. He first took an introductory course, and a year later became a student of the philological department of the University of Redding. He was almost 30 years old at that point.
After his graduation from the University he worked in the same town as a teacher of French for several years.
Later on, Marco applied for another position and after a successful interview he was invited to start a job as the teacher in The American International School in Tanzania.
In Bangkok, Thailand, he was promoted to the head of the Department of Foreign Languages in The American International School.
In Harare, Zimbabwe, he holds the same position. Retired and got married.
The past 15 years, Marco lived in Borisov, Belarus - the place that inspired him a lot.
exhibitions
1. Marco Antonio Lillo. From Nowhere with Love. Art Gallery Mastactva, Minsk. 16 - 29 October, 2018
2. Marco Antonio Lillo. Glad to Meet You. National Centre for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus. 26 February - 26 March, 2019
2. Marco Antonio Lillo. Glad to Meet You. National Centre for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus. 26 February - 26 March, 2019