Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento in 1984, where she lives and works. Graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, her research investigates the aesthetics of subtraction and sign, using architecture and walls as metaphors of the relationship between man, nature and time. Through fragments and waste materials, she explores the dialogue between form and matter, to the limit of abstraction. She has exhibited in solo shows at FAM Gallery, San Sebastiano Contemporary and Fondazione Brodbeck. She participated in the FAM Award and the artist residency at Villa Aurea in the Valley of the Temples. Her works are part of public and private collections, including the Museo delle Trame Mediterranee and the Fabbriche Chiaramontane. Her poetics is rooted in the memory of places, reflecting on the fragility of matter. With techniques such as drawing, painting, cast, frottage and collage, she transforms abandoned spaces into ephemeral and interior landscapes.