CV
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Photo by Ian Cox
ALEXANDRE FARTO aka VHILS
Born in Lisbon 1987
Lives and works in Lisbon.
Studies
2007-2008
University of the Arts London – Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
Byam Shaw Fine Art Skills and Practices.
Solo Shows
2013
Fragmentos, Clark Art Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dissolve, Skalitzers Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2012
Devoid, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK.
Entropy, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France.
Diorama, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal.
Visceral, Magda Danysz Gallery, Shanghai, China.
2011
Detritos, Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal.
2009
Scratching the Surface, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK.
2008
Even If You Win the Rat Race, You’re Still a Rat, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Group Shows & Festivals
2013
Nuart Festival 2013 – Stavanger, Norway – C215, David Choe, Faith 47 among others
Teenage Kicks – Rennes, France – Delta, Aryz, Honet, among others
Walk&Talk – Rabo de Peixe, Azores, Portugal – Cyrcle, Eltono, Nespoon, João Pedro Vale, among others
Mural Arts Programe – Philadelphia, USA
Made in Oaxaca – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Oaxaca, Mexico – Saner, Momo, Retna among others
Ex-Situ – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France – JonOne, Mark Jenkins among others
Sincronias, Portuguese artists in António Cachola’s Collection - MEIAC, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano
de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain
Urban Art! Biennale 2013 – UNESCO Weltkulturerbe, Völklinger Hütte Museum, Völklingen, Germany – Jef Aérosol,
Shepard Fairey, Futura, among others
Work in Progress Project – Swire Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China – Cyrcle, Victor Ash, among others
At Home I Am a Tourist, CAC – Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain – Banksy, JR, Obey,
among others
David, wall at the MAPR – Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, part of the Santurce Es Ley Festival, San Juan,
Puerto Rico – D*Face, Pixel Pancho, among others
ARCO Madrid, Vera Cortês Art Agency booth, Madrid, Spain
Art13 London, Magda Danysz Gallery booth, London, UK – Yang Yongliang .
Art13 London, Lazarides Gallery booth, London, UK – Banksy, JR, among other.s
Public Enemy, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France – Zhang Dali, Mounir Fatmi, among others.
While We Were Away, 941 Geary Gallery, San Francisco, USA – Miss Van, How and Nosm, Sten & Lex, among others.
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2012
Au-delà du Street Art, Musée de la Poste, Paris, France – Banksy, Invader, Shepard Fairey, among others.
Dig Dig: Digging for Culture in a Crashing Economy, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal – Ana Rito, among others.
Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland – JR, Liu Bolin, Cindy Sherman, among others.
FAME Festival, Grottaglie, Italy – Erica il Cane, Interesni Kazki, JR, among others.
A Ciência do Desenho, Casa da Cerca, Almada, Portugal – David Oliveira, Paula Rego, among others.
Walk & Talk, Azores, Portugal – Remed, Mark Jenkins, ±MAISMENOS±, Roadsworth, among others.
MileStone, Girona, Spain – Interesni Kazki, Boris Hoppek, Erica il Cane, among others.
Komafest, Vardo, Norway – Pøbel, Horfe, Remed, Roa, among others.
Out of Line, Differdange, Luxembourg – Alexone and Sumo.
Open Walls, Baltimore, USA – Momo, Swoon, Mata Ruda, among others.
Le Mur, Paris, France.
All City Canvas Festival, Mexico City: Roa, Escif, Aryz, among others.
2011
Paris Forever 100th, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France – Jef Aérosol, Alexone, Gary Baseman, Becca, Botto e Bruno,
Maya Hayuk, Wang Keping, among others.
Observadores – Revelações, Trânsitos e Distâncias, Berardo Museum – Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Lisbon, Portugal.
Meeting of Styles, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Jim Vision, Liliwenn, Emy Mariani, Bater, Ever, Corona, Gone,
Georgina Ciotti, Cuore and Pum Pum, among others.
Wool Festival, Covilhã, Portugal – ARM Collective, Btoy, Inside Out Project.
Wynwood Walls, Miami, USA – Aiko, Os Gêmeos, Nunca, Jim Drain, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Barry McGee,
Ara Peterson, among others.
Underdogs, Centro Cultural Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal – Sphiza, Mr Dheo, Oker, Sam3.
Nuart 2011 Festival, Stavanger, Norway – David Choe, DVS1, Dolk, Escif, among others.
European Bailout Show, New California, Steve Lazarides – Anthony Micallef, Conor Harrington, Ian Francis,
Jonathan Yeo, JR, Mode 2, Paul Insect, Stanley Donwood, Zevs.
Walk&Talk, Azores, Portugal – Baze, Carolina Bettencourt, Carolina Brito, among others.
Shadows and Reflections, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France – Jef Aérosol, Blek le Rat, C215, Miss.Tic,
Kris Trappeniers.
FAME Festival, Grottaglie, Italy, Erica il Cane, Sam3, Blu, Swoon, Boris Hoppek, among others.
Museu em Ruínas, MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, Portugal – Alexandre Estrela, Ana Rito,
Isabel Simões, João Louro, Luís Palma, among others.
Underdogs, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal – Mar, Ram, Smart Bastard, among others.
NuArt Festival, Norway – Blu, Roa, Dolk, Erica il Cane, among others.
Viva la Revolución: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,
San Diego, USA – Akay, Banksy, Blu, among others.
FAME Festival, Grottaglie, Italy.
Eurotrash, Lazarides Gallery, Los Angeles, USA – Jr, Conor Harrington, Antony Micaleff, among others.
Carris – Arte em Movimento, Lisbon, Portugal – Susana Anágua, Vasco Araújo, Susana Mendes Silva.
2009
Grifters, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK – Faile, Paul Insect, JR, Invader, David Choe, among others.
Exposição *04, Bes Arte e Finança, Lisbon, Portugal.
FAME Festival 2009, Grottaglie, Italy.
Visual Street Performance 2009, Lisbon, Portugal – HBSR, Hium, Klit, Mar, Ram, Mosaik, among others.
Grow-up, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK – Faile, Paul Insect, JR, Antony Micallef, among others.
2008
Outsiders, Lazarides Gallery, New York, USA – Faile, Paul Insect, JR, Antony Micallef, Jonathan Yeo,
Miranda Donovan, Invader, David Choe, Mark Jenkins, Todd James, Polly Morgan, Mode 2, BAST,
Conor Harrington, Zevs, Blu, Borf and Ian Francis.
Under A Red Sky, StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK – Vitche, Jana, Word To Mother, Shepard Fairey, Andrew McAttee
The Cans Festival, London, UK – Bsas Stencil, Run Don’t Walk, James Dodd (dlux), Tom Civil (civilian), Vexta, Prism,
Daniel Melim, Altocontraste, Bandit, Roadsworth, 3D Del Naja, Artiste-Ouvrier, Blek le Rat, Sten, Sadhu, C215,
Lucamaleonte, Lex, Orticancvoodles, Kaagman, Dolk, Pobel, M-City, Btoy, Coolture, Schhh, Borbo, Sam3, Faile, Eine,
John Grider, Logan Hicks, Pure Evil, Dot Masters, Dan, Eelus and Banksy.
Visual Street Performance 2008, Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal – HBSR, Klit, Ram, Hium, Time, Mar, Xenz, Krek.
2007
Visual Street Performance 2007, Braço de Prata Factory, Lisbon, Portugal – HBSR, Klit, Ram, Hium, Time, Mar,
Maclaim Crew.
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2006
Visual Street Performance II, Interpress, Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal – HBSR, Klit, Ram, Mar, Time and Hium
Compact Life, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal
Hábitos de Rua, Centro Cultural Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal – Klit, HBSR, Hium, Ram, Kayo, Caos,
Eith and Boris Hoppek.
2005
Graffiti Show, Escola Adães Bermudes, Alcobaça, Portugal
Visual Street Performance, Interpress, Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal – HBSR, Klit, Ram, Hium, Time, Mar,
and Martha Cooper.
Graffiti 2005, Centro Cultural Malaposta, Odivelas, Portugal – Ram, Mosaik.
2004
¼ De Graff #2, Oficina da Juventude, Miratejo, Portugal.
2003
Arte Urbana, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
8th Young Painters Prize Show, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.
Site-Specific
2010
ArtBo Art Fair, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Bogotá, Colombia.
2009
O Futuro Não Conheço. O Passado, Já Não o Tenho, Entrance of ABBC building, Lisbon, Portugal.
2007
Re-installation of Building 3 Steps in MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, Portugal.
2006
Scaling the Great Wall of China, event promoted by Jason Associates, Hotel Ritz, Lisbon, Portugal.
Building 3 Steps – Part III, Galeria Promontório Arquitectos, Alexandre Farto & Miguel Maurício, Lisbon, Portugal.
Building 3 Steps – Part II, Galeria Promontório Arquitectos, Alexandre Farto & Miguel Maurício, Lisbon, Portugal.
Building 3 Steps – Part I, Galeria Promontório Arquitectos, Alexandre Farto & Miguel Maurício, Lisbon, Portugal.
Intervention at the Vera Cortês booth, Alexandre Farto & Martinha Maia, Lisbon Art Fair, Lisbon, Portugal.
Institutional & Private Collections
Fundação Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal.
MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, Portugal.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, USA.
Musée de la Poste, Paris, France.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
PT Data Center, Covilha, Portugal
Alfredo Hertzog da Silva, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jorge Pérez, Miami, USA.
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