Robert Marcius was born in Greenville, Mississippi. He attended Delta State University and the Dayton Arts Institute in Dayton, Ohio. He moved to New Hope, Pennsylvania in 1972 where he formed a business partnership with Gene Jonson to design furniture and accessories. They moved their business to Manhattan and it took off in 1975. Marcius sold his part of the business in the early 1980’s and moved to North Carolina. He currently operates Marcius LLC where he designs and creates his own products.
Marcius LLC creates jewelry, sculptures, furniture, and objets d’art.