Americo Makk was born in Hungary in 1927. He died in Hawaii in 2015.
Americo Makk studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Art in Budapest, Hungary, and at the Academy of Fine Art in Rome, Italy. It was at the academy in Rome where he met his future wife, Eva Holusa. In 1949, they moved to Brazil and were married. They both served as Professors of Art at the São Paulo Academy of Fine Art. In 1967, Americo, Eva, and their son, A.B. Makk moved to Hawaii. In 2013, the government of Hungary awarded Americo Makk the Gold Medal of Merit for his life’s contribution to the arts.

The art of Americo Makk is or has been exhibited in museums, galleries, churches, and government facilities including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Basilica de San Francisco, Sobral, Ceara, Brazil (murals and ceiling)
Basilica Nossa Senhora do Rosario, Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil (murals and cupola)

Cathedral Metropolitana, Manaus, Brazil (mural and ceiling)
Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Cornwall, NY (mural and ceiling)
Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
Fascination Fine Art, Denver, CO
Framery and Gallery, Whittier, CA
Gallery Andrea, Scottsdale, AZ
Herndon Fine Art, Monument, CO
Howard E. Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Igreja da Coroacao, Jau, Sao Paulo, Brazil (mural)
Igreja da Santissima Virgem, Itaporanga, Paraiba, Brazil (mural and ceiling)
Igreja Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, Areia, Paraiba, Brazil (mural and ceiling)
Igreja Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Stations of the Cross paintings) Igreja Nossa Senhora dos Remedios, Sousa, Paraiba, Brazil (mural and ceiling)
Igreja Sagrada Familia, Sao Paulo, Brazil (tinted glass window)
Igreja San Jose, Victoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil (mural)
Igreja San Sebastiano, Taquaritinga, Sao Paulo, Brazil (mural)
Igreja Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil (mural and ceiling)
Island Art Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, HI
Kavanaugh Art Gallery, West Des Moines, IA
Kolibri Art Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Legacy Fine Art Gallery, Hot Springs, AR
Memorial United Church of Christ, Dayton, OH (mural)
Museum of Hungarian Military History, Budapest, Hungary
Palace of the Governor, Manaus, Brazil
Palacio do Bispo, San Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil (murals and ceiling)
Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Queen of Peace Church, Aurora, CO (mural)
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA
Santa Fe Art Collector, Santa Fe, NM
Sargent’s Fine Art, Lahaina, HI
U.S. Senate Rotunda, Washington, DC
Vail Fine Art, Edwards, CO
Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy
World's Fair, 1964, Paris Pavilion, NY
World's Fair, 1965, Paris Pavilion, NY