Cubes Column, 2018 / Carrara marble / 17 1/2 × 7 × 7 in
66 Cubes, 2016 / Carrara marble / 20 × 12 × 18 in
15 Cubes NTNU School of Technology Torndheim, Norway / Carrara marble / 120 × 72 × 24 in
35 Cubes / Carrara marble / 14 1/2 × 10 × 6 in
37 Cubes / Carrara marble / 24 × 12 × 7 in
63 Cubes / Carrara marble / 20 × 13 × 8 1/2 in
68 Cubes / Carrara marble / 29 × 10 × 7 in
34 Cubes / Carrara marble / 21 × 9 × 7 in
51 Cubes / Carrara marble / 20 × 12 × 7 in
10 Cubes Kyongnam Province Parliament, South Korea / Granite / 120 × 48 × 24 in
18 Cubes TCU School of Business Fort Worth, Texas / Carrara marble / 144 × 72 × 48 in
Twisted Cubes, 2016 / Carrara Marble / 24 × 10 × 7 in
Relief With Folds, 2017 / Relief in Carrara Marble / 23 × 15 × 3 in
9 Cubes, 2018 / Carrara marble / 12.5 in
9 Cubes, 2018 / Carrara marble /16 in
Cubes Column, 2018 / Carrara marble/ 17 1/2 × 7 × 7 in
Márton Váró primarily uses Carrara marble as the medium for his sculptures; however, he also works with other stones, such as Texas limestone, which was the material of choice for the "Angels" at the Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth, Texas. He is noted for his life-size sculptures, which are figurative in nature. His sculptures often depict draped female figures, often emerging from the block of stone from which they are carved. His approach to sculpting is true to classic form, carving directly into the marble or stone, as did the masters like Michelangelo—in fact, Varo's marble comes from the same quarry in Carrara, Italy as Michelangelo.
Born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania), Marton Varo studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966. In 1970, he moved to Debrecen, Hungary, where he completed several sculptures for public places and was awarded the Munkacsy Prize in 1984. Receiving a Fulbright scholarship in 1988, Varo became affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, studying the relationship between architecture and sculpture. In 1990, he became the Artist in Residence for a public art project in the City of Brea, California. Ever since, Varo has been working in an open-air studio at UC Irvine, California, carving his sculptures for public places throughout the US and abroad. Varo lives and works in the USA, in California and Florida, spending summers working in Carrara, Italy.
