Victor Vargas Villafuerte
Birthdate: 1980
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Based location: Montréal, QC, Canada
Social profiles
Victor Vargas Artist Profile on Sur Gallery
Victor Vargas Artist Profile on World Photography Organisation
Biography
Victor Vargas Villafuerte (b. 1980, Mexico)
Victor Vargas Villafuerte is a Mexican photographer and director based in Montréal. He has a BSc in Actuarial Sciences from UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), and a diploma in Professional Photography from Dawson College. Vargas co-directed the short documentary Paal, which was nominated to the Mexican Academy Award in 2013; he also won a first prize at the Sony World Photo Awards in 2012. His artistic work has been showcased in several exhibits across Canada, Mexico and internationally.
Victor Vargas’ photography deals with the uncanny, in which he aims to discover an inherent beauty in the hideous. His documentary work and street photography, on the other hand, allows him to reveal social complexities in everyday life in Mexico, Canada, and other countries, hinting at these locations’ collective pasts and futures. Victor’s work has been showcased in the solo exhibition La Moitié Lointaine (Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal, 2019). His work has been part of the collective exhibitions Autour de la Table (Around the Table) (La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, 2024); Tracing Labor Territories (Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2024); Flux Acoustiques (multiple locations, Montréal, 2022-2023); Mobilità (Maxville Studio, Montréal, 2017); Carbon (as part of CONTACT Photography Festival, Neubacher Gallery, Toronto, 2014); and the Hector García Photography Biennial (Hector Garcia Foundation Gallery, Mexico, 2013).
Solo exhibitions
Victor Vargas Press Release Solo Exhibition La Moitié Lointaine, Magazine In Situ, 2019 (in French)
Collective exhibitions
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition and Participatory Event Autour de la Table (Around the Table), La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, 2024
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition Tracing Labor Territories, curated by Mariza Rosales Argonza & Tamara Toledo, Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2024
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition MXSPF Contest, Centro Queretano de la Imagen, Queretaro, Mexico, 2023
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition Flux Acoustiques, curated by Mariza Rosales Argonza, Fondation LatinArte, multiple locations, Montréal, 2022-2023
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition Mobilità, curated by Maude Arsenault and Joyce Yahouda, Maxville Studio, Montréal, 2017
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition Carbon, CONTACT Photography Festival, Neubacher Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Victor Vargas Collective Exhibition Video for Hector García Photography Biennial, Hector Garcia Foundation Gallery, Mexico, 2013 (in Spanish)
Victor Vargas Press Release Collective Exhibition Sony World Photo Awards, The Guardian. Somerset House, London, United Kingdom, 2012
Interviews
Victor Vargas Video Interview, Fondation LatinArte, 2021 (in French)
Victor Vargas Video Interview Los Esqueletos de la Señora Morales, with Federico Carbajal, Espacio México, Montréal, 2017
Presentations
Victor Vargas Artist Talk Conversalón 38, held with Martín Rodríguez, Toronto, January 2024
Published work by Victor Vargas Villafuerte
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Published work about Victor Vargas Villafuerte
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Press release
Victor Vargas Press Release Mexican Academy Award nomination for Paal, Latam Cinema 2013 (in Spanish)
Victor Vargas grant recipient for La Moitié Lointaine, Vivacité Montréal–Multidisciplinary Arts, 2013
Victor Vargas Documentary Paal, 2012
Victor Vargas Open Competition Winner, Sony World Photography Awards, 2012
List of Grants, Awards and Projects
Victor Vargas Programming Calendar for Solo Exhibition La Moitié Lointaine, Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal, 2019 (in French)
Victor Vargas Press Release Collective Exhibition Carbon, blogTO, 2014
Victor Vargas Paal Documentary Screening, Dok.fest München, Germany, 2014
Victor Vargas Press Release Collective Exhibition Mobilità, HuffPost Québec, 2014