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Victor de Castro
Address:
c/o S. Juillard - Rue de Lausanne 79
1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone:
0041 (0) 76 482 38 40
Email:
iamnotajukebox@gmail.com
Date of birth:
August 10, 1977
Nationality:
brazilian
Exhibitions & awards
Dec 08
Heimatpäckli, Adam Tellmeister, Group show
Substitüt, Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz - Berlin, Germany
Oct 08
Zoo Art Fair, Exhibition with 1m3 Gallery
Royal Academy of Arts - London, United Kingdom
Oct 08 / Nov 08
Jeunevois, Group show
Centre of Photography Geneva - Geneva, Switzerland
Oct 08
Salão de Abril, Visual Art Festival
Antônio Bandeira Gallery - Fortaleza, Brazil
May 08
Home : “A moving Place”, Group show
Casa das Onze Janelas - Bélem, Brazil
Apr 08
Natural Poetics, the echo of colour, Group show
Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) Ibirapuera - São Paulo, Brazil
Feb 08
Accrochages Vaud 2008, Group show
Fine Arts Museum Lausanne - Lausanne, Switzerland
Jan 08
Plat(t)form 08, Portfolio review
• Selected for the top seven portfolios with special mention
Fotomuseum Winterthur - Winterthur, Switzerland
Nov 07 / Dec 07
Block 2008, Presentation of the Block 2008 project
Les Complices* Contemporary Art Space & Editions - Zürich, Switzerland
Projektraum Exex - St Gallen, Switzerland
Circuit - Lausanne, Switzerland
Substitüt, Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz - Berlin, Germany
Jun 07 / Feb 08
BFF Promotion Prize
• Winner of the BFF Promotion Prize of Germany
Willy Brandt Haus - Berlin, Germany
Gruner + Jahr Pressehaus - Hamburg, Germany
Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany
Jul 07
Transformer II, Group show
Photoforum Centre Pasquart - Bienne, Switzerland
Jun 06
Accrochages Vaud 2006, Group show
Fine Arts Museum Lausanne - Lausanne, Switzerland
Collections
Contemporary Art Museum Ceará - Ceará, Brazil
Publications
Patria Amada - Centre of Photography Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
Wallpaper* Magazine - Next generation, our stars of tomorrow, UK, 2008
Block 2008 - Les Complices*, FINK Editions, Switzerland, 2007
BFF Prize's exhibition catalog - Germany, 2007
Magazine 360° - Free portfolio The underworld of princesses, Switzerland, 2007
PHOTO Magazine - Schools of photography contest, France, 2005
World Police & Fire Games - Calendar 05 for ECAL, Switzerland, 2005
Education
2002 - 2006
University of Art and Design Lausanne - ÉCAL - Lausanne, Switzerland
Graduate university diploma - Visual Communication - Photography
1999 - 2002
University of Lausanne /
École de français moderne - Lausanne, Switzerland
Filière diplôme d’enseignement
1997
Université René Descartes – Paris V - Psychology - Paris, France
1996
Universidade federal do Ceará (UFC) - Psychology - Fortaleza, Brazil
1984 - 1995
High school diploma - Fortaleza, Brazil
Spoken languages
Portuguese (mother tongue), French, English, Spanish.