Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Puerto Rico. He went on to doctoral level coursework in Education, and Comparative Religion at New York University. In 1982, he traveled to India, China and Japan to study art, literature and the cultural history of these regions. He studied photography with Jan Jurasek and attended the School of Visual Arts and the Maine Photographic Workshop.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
SLUCAG - Southeastern. Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery, Louisiana, United States (Curated by Dale Newkirk)2009
Displacement, Dislocation and Encounter. Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, United States2008
Tierra de Mudos. New York Photo Festival, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, New YorkBody to Body. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
2007
Diálogos. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico2006
Selected Works, Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris, FranceLiquids and Signs. Espacio Proyecto ACE , Buenos Aires, Argentina
Liquids and Signs. Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
Selected Works. Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto RicoEl Ojo Ajeno. Photography Center, Lima, Peru
Liquids and Signs. Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2004
Liquids and Signs, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, United States2003
Requiem for / by a Culture. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto RicoL.A. International Biennial Art Invitational. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
Ancestros. Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
Borders. Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, United States
2001
Body and Memory. Installation, Galeria Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto RicoRecent Works. Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, United States
Selected Works. Galería de Arte Contemporáneo David Pérez-Mac Collum, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2000
Cultura-Natura, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto RicoRecent Works. Photography/Installation, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States
1999
The House of Souls. Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe House of Souls. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1997
Body and the Bird. Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCuenca Biennial,Cuenca Ecuador
1996
Body and the Bird. Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico1994
The Self Portrait and Extended Body. Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico1993
The Realm of Waiting. Hostos Gallery, Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York, United States1992
The Realm of Waiting. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico1991
Victor Vazquez’s Photography. Galería Latinoamericana, San Juan, Puerto Rico1989
Rites. Galería Latinoamericana, Photography Collection, San Juan, Puerto RicoRites. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1987
Eloquences : China and Its People, Liga de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico1986
Eloquences : China and Its People, Galeria Oller, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Phantoms, Shadows and Phenomena, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio, United States (Curated by Petra Kralickova)The Dinning Room Project, Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States (Curated by Marcus Cain)
ArtBo Art Fair, Bogotá, Colombia
Art Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
2010
Philigráfica, Seraphin Gallery, PhiladelphiaOut of Focus, MoLaa Museum, Long Beach, L.A., United Stated
2009
PHOTOSHOPPING. Museum of Latin American Art, Molaa, Los AngelesEl Golem. Point Of Contact Gallery, Syracuse University, United States
Art Miami Art Fair.,Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami Fl, United States
Human Geography. Museum Of America, Washintong DC,United States
Fia Caracas. Juan Ruiz Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
2008
CIRCA International Contemporary Art Fair, Walter Otero Gallery, Puerto Rico2007
Faccia Lei. Spazio Thetis, Arsenale. 52nd International Art Exhibition Venezia Italia.2006
Rewind..Rewind…Puerto Rican Art Video, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto RicoPresent Art XII, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
Reality (i) reality- Biennial, XIV Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografía 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gigantografías, Fachada del Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Muestra Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Foto Miami, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
Feria Arte América, Galeria Juan Ruiz , Miami, Florida, United States
2005
Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris, FranceFIA, Galeria Juan Ruiz , Caracas, Venezuela
Classical and Contemporary Art Fair of Chicago, Galeria Juan Ruiz , Chicago, United States
Feria Arte América, Walter Otero Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
Galerie Parisud , Art Paris, Paris, France
L.A Art Fair, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
ARCO, International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2004
Assassins of the Mirror: The Body and the Writing, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto RicoMiami Art Fair, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
2003
Foto L.A., Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United StatesOnly Skin Deep, International Center of Photography, New York, United States
Art Basel, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
2002
Paris - Photo, Galerie Baudoin Lebon , Paris, FranceHot City, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
Photography as Concept, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Noorderlicht Foto Festival, Fries Museum, The Nertherlands
Art has no Homeland but the Artist does, Photo Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts and Rice University Media Center, Houston, Texas, United States
2001
Latin Artists Photographers, The Lehigh University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesMuseo del Barrio, Nueva York, United States
Art in Puerto Rico Across Time, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000
New Perspectives in Photography, San Antonio Gallery, San Antonio Art University, Texas, United StatesPuerto Rico in Paris, Maison de l’UNESCO, Paris, France
Puerto Rican Art 2001, Instituto de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999
Soul / Searching, Rockford Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesTwenty Years, Galeria Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tracing time: Photogravure – Eight Latin American Photographers, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont, MADC, San José, Costa Rica
1998
Four Latin American Artists, Sicardi Gallery, Houston,Texas, United StatesSmall Format, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997
L.A. International Biennial Art Invitational, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United StatesARCO, International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Sixth Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba
American Voices, Smithsonian Art Gallery, Washington D.C., United States
Art Chicago Fair, Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
1996
Recents Works, Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto RicoFotoseptiembre, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Fotoseptiembre, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995
Still Life: Body as Objet in Contemporary Photography, American Society, Nueva York, United StatesInternational Photo Meeting (Photography Biennial), Sao Paulo, Brazil,
3rd National Competition of Plastic Arts, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Adquisition Price)
Island Journey, Hostos Gallery, Hostos Communitty College, Bronx, New York, United States
Cross Roads, 6 Latin American Photographers, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
1994
Small Format, Galeria Luiggi Marrozzini, San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin American Photography Meeting, Alejandro Otero Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
V Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Caribbean Art Today, Document Halle, Kassel, Germany
FotoFest (Photography Biennial), Houston, Texas, United States
Olympic Art, Chase Manhattan Bank Exhibit Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
ARTIS: Images against AIDS, Paris, France / Barcelona, Spain
1993
Greetings to the Tenth Biennial of Latin American Prints, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto RicoFirst National Plastic Arts Show, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Carnival: Traditions, Myths and Magic, Galería Normandie, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992
Foto’92, Museo Latinoamericano del grabado, San Juan, Puerto RicoNinety Years of Puerto Rican Still Life, Galería Latinoamericana, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1991
First National Competition of Plastic Arts, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico1990
Puerto Rican exhibition against Hunger, Chase Manhattan Bank Exhibition Gallery, San Juan, Puerto RicoPhoto’90, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rites and Sacrifices, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1989
Images of Silence, Itinerant exhibition, in the Caribbean, United States and Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris.Awards
Honorable Mention, Cuenca Biennial, International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rican Chapter
Angel Ramos Foundation, Prize of adquisition, for "Flowers for a Death", Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Best Book Award for The Realm of Waiting, International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rican Chapter
National Endowment for the Arts
Scholarship for Graduate Studies from New York University and New York State for Study Abroad in India, China and Japan
Fellowship from Seton Hall University, New Jersey, United States
Collections
Artium Center, Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo,Victoria Gasteiz, SpainMuseum of Art Fort Lauderdale (MOAFL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, United States
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Argentina
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Smithsonian Institution, OAS Art Museum, Washington D.C., United States
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Casa Las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Lehigh Photography Collection, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
ARTIS, Paris, France
Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museum of Art Los Angeles (MOLAA), Los Angeles, United States
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Point of Contac Gallery Syracuse University, Unites States
Fundacion América, Chile Santiago
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France
Comissioned Works
Resident Artist, Painted Bodies, American Foundation, Santiago, ChileARCO, International Contemporary Art Fair, Recorridos Fotográficos Arco, Madrid, Spain, Curated by Octavio Zaya
Rites, Installation, Fotofest, Houston, Texas, United States
The Realm of Waiting, ARTIS, Paris, France
Public Installation, "La barca de barro", commissioned by the Goverment of Puerto Rico