“I spent years focusing mainly on commissioned mural work, dedicating most of my time to it, until I realized I also needed to create for myself. While I never stopped working on commissions, I found a new, hidden space within that constant flow — a space where I could fully develop my own practice, which has become deeply fulfilling.
I have no intention of ever stopping painting.”
Martin Marko is a Slovak contemporary artist whose practice spans mural painting, illustration, and studio-based painting. Over the past fifteen years, he has established himself as one of the most active mural artists in Eastern Slovakia, creating large-scale public artworks for municipalities, educational institutions, cultural organisations, and private clients.
His work can be found in public spaces across whole Slovakia. Alongside his artistic practice, Marko has been dedicated to arts education and community engagement. Since 2014, he has led the Graffiti School initiative in collaboration with K13 – Košice Cultural Centres and served as the professional coordinator of collective mural projects for the Use the City Festival between 2020 and 2024.
While large-scale commissions have shaped much of his career, Marko’s recent work reflects an increasingly personal direction. Drawing on years of experience working in public space, he translates the energy, spontaneity, and visual language of street art into contemporary paintings that explore memory, identity, and everyday experience. His works balance technical precision with expressive mark-making, combining the immediacy of mural painting with the intimacy of the studio.
Today, alongside his public art projects, Marko continues to develop a distinctive body of paintings for collectors, bringing the scale, confidence, and visual impact of his mural practice into a more personal and collectible format.
Selected Projects & Exhibitions:
2026: Transformer station mural, Starý Smokovec (VSD)
2026: High-altitude mural, Štrbské pleso (VSD)
2025: Mural near the Andy Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce
2025: Limited edition collectible prints, Slovak National Football Team
2020 – 2024: Professional Guarantor – Use the City Festival (Coordinating collective murals 12×4 m)
2023: Group Exhibition: Exterior (Main Street, Košice)
2014 – present: Founder and Lecturer of “Graffiti School” (In collaboration with K13 Cultural Centers)
2024: Large-scale mural “Horses”, VSD – Lakeside recreational area (160 m2)
2024: Large-scale mural, High School (80 m2)
2022: Neighborhood map, City Hall (Interior)
2022: Academic mural project, TUKE (260 m2)
2022: Collectible MMA cards (Digital illustration)
2021: Series of 30 portraits, ČSFR Legends (Collector’s edition)
2021: Portrait series: Scientists, VSD (Public space)
2020: Portrait series: Famous scientists (150 m2)
2019: Large-scale mural, Primary School
2019: Sports Legends of Košice (50 m2)
2019: Digital portraits, Slovak National Football Team
2019: Commissioned mural, VSD (100 m2)
2018 – 2019: Pro bono murals for 3 kindergartens
2018: Mural: CSFR Fairy Tale Heroes
2018: 4 Portraits, Košice Sports Legends (40 m2)
2018: Exterior mural, VSD (130 m2)
2017: Organizer & Exhibition: Vandal City (K13)
2016: Hand-painted advertisement, Royal Canin
2015: Historical mural project “Old Košice” (250 m2)
2014: School mural project (50 m2)
2012: 3D anamorphic floor painting (150 m2)
2012: SAC Festival, Invited Artist
2009: SAC Festival, Invited Artist
2008: Group Exhibition: Cinefil (Košice)
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