Vhils

Vhils
CvSE
Vhils in 2017 in Beja, Portugal
Born
Alexandre Farto

1987 (age 38–39)
Lisbon, Lisbon District, Third Portuguese Republic
EducationByam Shaw School of Art
StyleStreet art
MovementGraffiti
Websitevhils.com
Tag

Vhils is the tag of Portuguese graffiti and street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto (born 1987).

Life

Farto was born in Portugal in 1987. He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. Vhils lives and works in London and Lisbon. He gained prominence when his work of a face carved into a wall appeared alongside a picture by street artist Banksy at the Cans Festival in London in 2008. A photograph of him creating the work appeared on the front page of The Times.

He was later given space to show his work by Banksy's agent, Steve Lazarides. Several of his works were published in 2008. He is also shown by Vera Cortes and the Magda Danysz Gallery.

During Fremantle's 2013 Fremantle Street Arts Festival, the Norfolk Hotel was decorated with an original image of the first Australian female senator. The image of Dame Dorothy Tangney DBE was created by Vhils and his assistants.

Luxembourg Freeport, an art storage facility opened in 2014, includes a large mural by Vhils, etched into one of the atrium concrete walls.

In 2023, the Hotel Artsys Cascais was inaugurated, with a facade designed by Vhils. That same year, he painted a mural for UNESCO headquarters. It was the first work of street art to be added to the walls of UNESCO.

Vhils has travelled to many places around the world, trying to reveal the stories that lie within the walls.

Main Work

Solo shows

  • 2026, Interval - Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris
  • 2025, Selected Editions. 2008-2024 - Museu do Design e da Moda, Lisbon
  • 2025, Graphium - Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan
  • 2021, Latency - Danysz Gallery, Shanghai
  • 2021, Trace - Fluctuart, Paris
  • 2021, Portal - MAGMA Gallery, Bologna
  • 2021, Fenestra - Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon
  • 2020, Haze - Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
  • 2020, Momentum - Danysz gallery, Paris
  • 2019, Realm - Galerie Danysz, Shanghai
  • 2019, Panorama - Arsham/Fieg Gallery, New York
  • 2019, Incisão - CAIXA Cultural Brasília, Brasilia
  • 2018, Fragments Urbains - Le Centquatre, Paris
  • 2017, Vhils X CAFA Museum - Pékin, Beijing
  • 2015, Dissonance, Lazarides, London
  • 2014, Vestiges, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris
  • 2012, Entropy, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris
  • 2012, Vera Cortes, Lisbon
  • 2012, Visceral, Magda Danysz Gallery, Shanghai
  • 2009, Scratching the surface, Lazarides, London
  • 2008, Even if you win the rat race

Honours

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Street artisy Vhils carves wall structures". KhaleeJesque.com. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Greenwood, Michael (12 February 2019). "Banksy told fellow artists to meet him in a tunnel and the result was stunning". mirror. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Steve Lazarides (27 October 2008). "Inside the world of the Outsiders art movement". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Vhils New Mural In Fremantle, Australia, Street Art News, 3 March 2013, accessed 15 August 2013
  5. ↑ "Atelier d'Architecture 3BM3 completes concrete tax haven for artworks in Luxembourg". De Zeen. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Hotel Artsys Cascais was inaugurated" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Paris : une première œuvre de Street Art rejoint les murs de l'Unesco". Connaissance des Arts (in French). 19 July 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Vhils and his best murals around the world - All City Canvas". 14 November 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "VHILS | 22 May - 20 June 2026 - Overview". DANYSZ. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Studio, Vhils. "Selected Editions. 2008–2024 · VHILS". VHILS. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Press Release: Vhils Returns to South Korea for Major Solo Exhibition at the Ulsan Art Museum". UP MAGAZINE. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  12. ↑ Lusa. "Exhibitions by Portuguese- speaking artists liven up the Parisian summer". The Portugal News. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Horta, Bruno. "De Xangai a Lisboa. Vhils filmou "o impacto da globalização" e revela "tudo o que mudou" com a pandemia". O observador. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "VHILS INAUGURA PRIMEIRA GRANDE EXPOSIÇÃO INDIVIDUAL NOS ESTADOS UNIDOS". TVI. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Momentum / Vhils Solo show". que faire paris. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  16. ↑ Lusa (12 March 2019). "Português Vhils inaugura exposição a solo em Xangai". Radio Latina. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Magda Danysz, Paris, André Saraiva, Liu Bolin, Gael Davrinche, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Futura, JR, Li Hongbo, Ludo, Maleonn, James McNabb, Prune Nourry, Erwin Olaf, Felipe Pantone, Marion Peck, Charles Petillon, Abdul Rahman Katanani, Swoon, Vhils, Wang Keping, Yang Yongliang, YZ, Zevs, Zhang Dali". magdagallery.com (in French). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Lazarides – Dissonance". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Vhils - Vestiges, Vhils". Magda Danysz (in French). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Search result for "Alexandre Farto". Retrieved 23 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)