In 1968 he emigrated to Canada, where he obtained his degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Windsor.

Marco began painting in the early 1980s, having moved from Rome to Namur in Belgium. Under the influence of Eugenio Barra, a painter and lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, whom he had met in the capital in 1979 and from whom he bought many works, Marco began gathering information on artistic techniques, eventually discovering oil painting as the perfect medium through which to express himself. The incipit of his art can be seen in the painting “Latin America: The General U$ed”, a work described as "a masterpiece" by the Chinese painter and critic Zhang Runshi (“Chinese Art” magazine no. 41, 15 October 2005).

From 1980 to 1999 Marco moves from Belgium to other countries such as Ethiopia, Great Britain and Colombia. 1999 is a decisive year: he establishes himself in Beijing (China) where after a short time he becomes a well-known artist.

Marco becomes so well-known that in 2005 he achieves further success with his participation at the prestigious Second Beijing International Art Biennale. Art critics particularly fond of his work include Li Xianting, Zhao Shulin, Yang Wei and journalists such as Dr. Wang Zhong, director of the art magazine “Art”, and Dr. Xu Yonglin, whose magazine "Chinese Art" even devoted a six-page feature to Marco. The Hon. Bai Yuzhang (art critic, painter and art dealer) is among those who most love Marco's works, together with the Hon. Qin Bialan, herself an internationally famous artist.

2005 was also the year that Marco returned to his home country and to Rome, only to discover that his success in China had spilled over into Europe. Regularly invited to exhibit his work, he enjoyed favourable reviews from well-known art historians and critics from both Italy and abroad. In one review by the famous art critic and historian Sabrina Falzone, Marco was described as "the forerunner of a Neo-Existentialist symbolism for the 21st century”.

In November 2007 he took part in “Impressions of the East", the International Art Exhibition held in the impressive Palazzo Spinola di San Luca (also known as the Palazzo Ratto-Picasso) in Genoa. The following month, as a guest of the Scientific Committee, Marco appeared at the sixth edition of the International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence.

In 2008 he was the Guest of Honour at the fourth International Biennale of Ferrara.

From 12th June to 4th July 2009, the Museum of the Americas, in Miami (USA), has presented a Solo Exhibition of the Artist and the same exhibition was soon after (5-29 August) presented again by the Latino Art Museum in Pomona (California).

From 4 to 14 December 2009 Marco participated to the 14th Guangzhou International Art Exhibition. 

From 11 to 25 January 2015 – invited by the President of the Scientific Committee Prof. Paolo Levi  – Marco participates to the 2^nd International Biennale of Art in Palermo (Italy) inaugurated by Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi .