Glamorous. Provocative. Unapologetic. This Is Marko Stout.
Marko Stout is where luxury meets rebellion, every piece is a love letter to excess and identity.
Fusing the seductive allure of high fashion with the grit of urban pop culture, Stout creates immersive works that shimmer with glamour while cutting deep into the fabric of modern life. His art isn’t just seen—it’s experienced, like a cinematic dream wrapped in chrome, desire, and unapologetic attitude. In a world obsessed with image, Stout dares to show us what's behind the gloss.
"My art wears perfume and smokes in the dark, it's luxury with a dangerous laugh."
- Marko Stout
Marko Stout is not just an artist, he’s a cultural force. Known for his glossy, provocative style and unapologetic exploration of modern identity, Stout has redefined what it means to create art in the age of image, excess, and obsession. His work blends pop glamour with industrial grit, creating a signature aesthetic that’s instantly recognizable and impossible to ignore.
With a background rooted in New York’s urban edge, Stout draws from fashion, media saturation, celebrity culture, and luxury branding to build immersive visual worlds. His pieces shimmer with chrome, neon, diamonds, and decadence—inviting viewers into a space where beauty is power, desire is productized, and art seduces as fiercely as it critiques.
His sold-out solo exhibitions in New York City, collaborations at New York Fashion Week, and features in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Variety, and GQ have earned him a cult following among collectors, celebrities, and the international art elite. Stout’s bold installations and metallic works have been called “glamorous and dangerous,” “a fever dream of high fashion and cultural commentary,” and “exactly what the art world didn’t know it needed.”
This is not art for the background, it’s art that commands the room, challenges perception, and leaves a mark.
"I don’t make art for walls. I make art for the obsessed, the unapologetic, and the dangerously alive." - Marko Stout
Marko Stout's Artist Statement
My work is a bold confrontation with the hyper-curated world we live in—where identity, beauty, and desire are no longer authentic experiences, but manufactured performances. I use the language of luxury—chrome, neon, diamonds, couture—not to glorify it, but to dissect it. Every piece I create is both a celebration and a critique: glamorous on the surface, but layered with sharp social commentary.
I’m fascinated by how we commercialize emotion, how we brand our personalities, and how obsession becomes currency. My art lives at the intersection of pop culture and urban industrialism—where fashion is weaponized, love is commodified, and everything sacred is shrink-wrapped and sold back to us with a logo.
Through immersive installations, metallic prints, and high-gloss icons, I invite the viewer to question the seduction they’re drawn to. Is it beautiful? Yes. Is it dangerous? Absolutely. Because I believe art should not simply be seen—it should lure, provoke, and leave a mark you can’t quite wash off.
This is not subtle. This is not safe. This is Marko Stout.
"I don’t chase timelessness. I capture the now, perfectly dressed and wildly unfiltered." - Marko Stout
"I make art for the ones who want more- more glamour, more danger, more truth beneath the surface."
- Marko Stout
Marko Stout's Solo Exhibition Highlights:
Mriya Gallery (Opening 05.29.25), Kate Oh Gallery, NYC (Fall 2024, Fall 2023 and Fall 2022), The Manhattan Mirage (Interactive Exhibition), New York Fashion Week (Collaboration with Tyeakia), Anita Rodgers Gallery, Berlin Fashion Week, Kate Oh Gallery (Upper East Side, NYC), Russel Bradstone Gallery (London), Brooklyn Contemporary Art Gallery, Ritz-Carlton, South Beach (Miami), Caelum Gallery (New York), Tribeca Gallery (New York), Le Moderne (Paris), Pulse Point Gallery (LA), Khudozhestvennaya Galereya Popova (Moscow), Gallery MC (New York), Jeffery Stein Gallery (New York), White Gallery (Chicago), Emmanuel Fremin Gallery (New York), Hope Gallery (London), Gallery MC (New York 2018), Sepia Gallery (New York), Josh Stein Gallery (Los Angeles), Artifact Gallery (New York), Jason Samuel Gallery (Miami), Gallery Margo (New Jersey), Weinstone Gallery (Brussels), Das Brücheimer (Berlin), Art Nation Wynwood (Miami), Lloyd Gallery (Manchester), The Height (Cleveland, Ohio), John Stephens Gallery (San Francisco), Jersey City Museum of Art (New Jersey), Walsh Gallery (SoHo), Rivington Street Gallery (New York)
International Art Collaborations:
Art Basel (Miami), Art Basel (Hong Kong), ArtExpo (New York), Armory Show ( New York), Art Hamptons (New York), Foire Internationale D'Art De Paris (Paris), The London Art Show, Spectrum (New York, Miami), Berliner Kunstausstellung (Berlin), Art Paris, Art Wynwood (Miami), Freeze Art Show (New York), The Armory Show (New York), Pulse (Miami), Art Cologne (Germany), Whitney Biennial (Whitney Museum), Expo Chicago, Dallas Art Fair, Art Toronto, LA Art Show, Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary, Seattle Art Fair, Weiss-North Gallery (Los Angeles), Made in LA (Hammer Museum), Moscow Art Festival, Phoenix Gallery (New York City), Museum of International Art (Jersey City), Madatart (New York City), Art Nation Gallery (New York/ Miami), Judith Cohen Gallery (East Hampton, NY)