Marco Perego Biography
Marco Perego, an Italian artist, became famous after his marital relationship with the actress and dancer, Zoe Saldana.
Perego Marco Age|Nationality
He was born on 1 March 1979 and is therefore currently 40 years old as of 2019. Being born in Salo, Lombardy, Italy, Perego is of British nationality and of White ethnicity. His birth/zodiac sign is not yet known and will be updated soon.
Marco Perego Spouse|Dating
As of his relationship status, Marco is married. He began dating Zoe Saldana, an American actress, and dancer in March 2013. Three months later, in June, the two were married in a secret ceremony in London. The two of them are progressive and after marriage, they went against certain cultural norms. Marco became Marco Perego-Saldana and Zoe became Zoe Saldana-Perego.
They together have three sons together, twins Bowie Ezio Perego-Saldana and Cy Aridio Perego-Saldana were born on 27 November 2014. Their younger brother, Zen Perego-Saldana, was born on February 2017. Perego and Zoe are raising their children to be bilingual as they want them to be fluent in both Spanish and English.
Marco Perego Family
Marco was born to his parents Ezio(father), and his mother’s name is not known. His father worked as a waiter during his youth while his mother was a homemaker. He was born in a blue-collar family. Perego is probably the only child since details about his siblings are not yet known.
He loved art as a child but his main interest was soccer. He played soccer throughout his adolescence and at 17, was included in Venice’s professional soccer team. Perego, however, suffered a leg injury when he was 21 years old that cut his soccer career short.
He initially left Italy and moved to Brazil so he could recuperate and return to the game one day but he eventually gave up and relocated to New York City, wanting to be an artist.
Marco Perego and his family Photo
Marco Perego Education
As of education background, not much is known. Details about it are not yet known and will be updated as soon as we get to hear from him or from other relevant sources.
Marco Perego Career
Perego abandoned all soccer aspirations in the fall of 2002 and moved to New York City in the hope of becoming an artist. Perego supported himself in the initial months by doing odd jobs. He was a busboy, a waiter, and even a soccer teacher and lived in Spanish Harlem and later at 104th Street.
Perego sold his first painting to Gilda Moratti, who hails from the famous Moratti family of New York. The sister of a friend, she visited him one day to see his art. He asked her for her honest opinion and even told her that if she did not like his work he was going to try something else as a profession. In the end, she did buy one of his paintings. In the subsequent years, he gradually built up his career. His paintings began to sell for $15,000 to $30,000 per piece after he became successful.
According to art critic and writer Glenn O’Brien, Marco’s work is in the ancient Mediterranean tradition. He remains loyal to his old Hellenistic roots. Marco was featured in 2007 on the cover of ‘The Guardian’ with his sculpture ‘The Only Good Rockstar Is a Dead Rockstar’, which seems to have foreshadowed the death of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse.
He exhibited his art in 2012 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, at the Museo Tuscolano in Rome, at Art Basel Miami among other notable art fairs, and at Zurich’s Galerie Gmurzynska. Perego released Burn to Shine, a 25-minute short film comprised of over 2,500 drawings three years later.
Marco Perego Net worth
As of now, his estimated net worth is approximately $ 5 Million dollars. In addition, his wife Zoe Saldana has an estimated net worth of around $20 million, as per Celebrity net worth, in 2019.
Zoe sold her Los Angeles mansion for $ 1.149 Million on 19 November 2013. The home had 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. She bought a Colonial Revival-style home in June 2016 for $8.7 million in Hidden Valley Hills. That 6,332 sq. ft. the house also features 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms.
Marco Perego Movies
1. Burn to Shine 2015
2. Me + Her 2014
Marco Perego Trivia
His nickname is “The Pirate”. In one of his earlier shows in 2007, Marco sold works between $15,000 and $30,000.
His break into the world of art came through a friendly connection, to who he made his first painting sale. In time, he has become an internationally renowned artist whose paintings have sold for about $ 30,000 for a piece.
Perego has painted the background for Dolce and Gabbana’s 2008 campaign Where the Fashion Meets Art. In spite of his early interested in soccer, he later built his successful career in the art. Also, he has provided his finest painting in various sectors and featured on the cover of The Guardian as well as The Only Good Rockstar Is a Dead Rockstar.