Marcus VinÃcius da Silva Bernardo, best known by his nickname Marcus Baby, is a Brazilian
plastic artist
Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium by molding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics. Less often the term may be used broadly for all the visual arts (such as painting, sculpture, film and pho ...
. In the 1990s, he decided to create his sculptures using child dolls and action figures (such as
Barbie) as a base.
In November 2005, he began creating dolls in the likeness of celebrities. His first work to attract significant media attention was a doll of
Alinne Moraes' character in ''
Viver a Vida'', a Brazilian
telenovela. He also gained media attention when he refused to sell a doll he had created in the likeness of
Hebe Camargo.
His doll of
Dilma Rousseff, the
President of Brazil, was released right after her January 2011 inauguration. Named, "Barbie Dilma," it has become the best-known of his dolls.
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Living people
1969 births
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