Marcelo Cipis (1959) holds a degree in architecture from FAUUSP.

Throughout his career, he has participated in several exhibitions, such as the Salões Paulistas de Arte Contemporânea (1980–1987); the 21st São Paulo Biennial (1991), with the installation Cipis Transworld Art, Industry and Commerce; and the Bienal de La Habana (1992–1994).

He has also been featured in group exhibitions at Museu de Arte de São Paulo (1988); Kunsthalle Berlin (1988); Fujita Vente Museum, Tokyo (1993); Centro Cultural São Paulo (2013); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2017); Pivô, São Paulo (2014); and Pinacoteca de São Paulo, in the exhibition Máquina do mundo (2021), among others. He has held solo shows at institutions such as Galeria Virgílio, Casa Triângulo, Galeria Emma Thomas, and Gomide & CO, all in São Paulo.

In 2000, he received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York, and in 2013 he was nominated for the Prêmio PIPA. In 2019, he started being represented by Gomide & CO, São Paulo, and in 2021 he exhibited there with Enjoy. Among the awards he has received are Best Painting (1990) by APCA, for the exhibition Pyrex Paintins & Recents Works at Galeria Kramer, São Paulo; and in 1994 the Prêmio Jabuti for Best Book Cover for Like Water for Chocolate.

As defined by the artist, Homens-palito e bolhas (2025) is “a spontaneous drawing made with pleasure.” His ink-on-paper works function as laboratories of ideas, recording the dynamics of his imagination.