Emerging Artist Award

 

Victor del Moral

Víctor del Moral is a Mexican artist, born in 1987 who currently lives and works in Mexico.

 

He received a BFA from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, ENPEG, “La Esmeralda” (Mexico) in 2013 and a BFA Philosophy from the UNAM (Univesidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in 2010.

 

“I use contradiction as tension that interrogates; through the materiality of the word, orality and matter I try to translate the text into its texture. My work explores identity as a constant negotiation between language and landscape. In this sense I build habitable and deployable texts that operate as artist books; I am interested in the possibility of taking poetry out of the book and displaying it in space. […] For me, art is a different way of doing philosophy, of being in the world. I am interested in its critical and contemplative capacity.” – Víctor del Moral.

 

Del Moral has participated in different residencies around the world. His work has been shown in several art festivals and museums in Brazil, Colombia, France, Mexico and Peru among others.

 

 

 

Photo courtesy of the artist.

 

A Look Inside:

Born

Mexico City, Mexico, 1987. Lives and works in Mexico.

 

Education

BFA Visual Arts, Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, ENPEG, “La Esmeralda”, Mexico (2009-2013); BFA Philosophy, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Mexico (2007-2010); Escuela Activa de Fotografía, Centro integral de estudios de la imagen, Mexico City (2007-2008).

 

 

Awards and residencies 

Beca Jóvenes Creadores / Young Creators Grant, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes FONCA. Mexico (2018); Select in Festival Verbo, Galería Vermelho. Brazil (2017); Beca Jóvenes Creadores/Young Creators Grant, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes FONCA. Mexico (2016); Residence at Estudio 71. Mexico City (2015) ; Residence Taller 7. Medellín, Colombia (2015); Residence in Puerto Turín via Residencias Artísticas por Intercambio (R.A.T). Mexico City, Mexico (2014); Magazine publication Der PfeIl #3 Melt. Berlin, Germany (2014).

 

 

Selected Exhibitions 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

“RRITMA”, Museo Experimental El Eco, UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico (2016); “ORTRO”, Cráter Invertido Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico (2015); “Las cosas de los reveses”, Master Piss Gallery. Lima, Peru (2014); ‘“poNoesía” / La fabrique des images’, Galerie de l¨Ecole Supérieure d´art d´Aix en Provence. Aix en Provence, France (2013); “Despliegue de archivo”, Espacio Alternativo ENPEG. Mexico City, Mexico (2012).

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

“Puro rollo No.3 (La palabra que se esconde)”, Festival Verbo, Galería Vermehlo. Sao Paulo, Brazil (2017); “Libro-Máscara”, performance and installation (Biblioteca Itinerante Coreografía), Teatro de la Danza. Mexico (2017); “Colecciones Particulares”, Casa Maauad. Mexico City, Mexico (2016); “Tejido de textura textual”, performance with Fernanda Barreto and Ricardo Cárdenas. Santo Domingo, Mexico (2016); “Gravedad, performance A-rtifugio”, Centro Cultural Casa del Lago UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico (2016); “The End”, Estudio 71. Mexico City. Mexico (2016); “Espacio para uso del tenedor”, Taller 7. Medellin, Colombia (2015); “Llanura”, performance, El lenguaje primario, la casa primate, Casa de Lago UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico (2015); “Transripciones”, performance ¡Esca-leerás al revés!, Museo Universitario del Chopo. Mexico City, Mexico (2015).