b. 1994 in Burgos, Spain. Lives in Madrid.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2019 - Three-month workshop in Creativity and Strategies in Contemporary Photography with Javier Vallhonrat. EFTI.
2019 - Workshops in editorial portrait and lighting with Sofía Moro and Rodrigo García. LENS School. Madrid.
2017 - Workshops with David Jiménez, Ricardo Cases, Simon Norfolk, Xavier Ribas, Bego Antón, Jesús Micó, Daniel Canogar, Vanessa Winship...
2017 - MA Photography in EFTI International Center of Photography and Cinema in Madrid.
GRANTS & COMPETITIONS
2022 - X Certamen Nacional de Fotografía Vila de Sant, PHOTOALICANTE. Winner.
2021 - Librarte: Feria del Libro de Artista de Castilla y León. Accésit best book (Dummy 'Presencio & The Rural Kids').
2021 - EMERGENTES 2021. BFoto Festival of Barbastro (Huesca). Winner.
2021 - XX Premio de Fotografía Universidad de Murcia - Exhibition Photographic Production.
2021 - On Photo Soria. 3rd Prize.
2019 - On Photo Soria. Finalist.
2019 - Plural 19, VIVIR EN UNA IMAGEN. EFTI. Selected.
2019 - CANON Student Program 2019 Grant to attend Visa Pour L’Image Festival in Perpignan (France). Winner.
2019 - IX Encontro de Artistas Novos: #EAN9. Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Winner.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 - 'Presencio & The Rural Kids' (February 8th - March 5th) | Solo exhibition. Curator: Angélica de la LLave. Real Sociedad Fotográfica. Madrid, Spain.
2021 - 'Antiálbum Familiar' (October 29th - December 19th) | Solo exhibitionl. Atlánticas Colectivas - FOTONOVIEMBRE. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
2021 - 'Presencio & The Rural Kids' (September 20th - October 2nd) | Solo exhibition. Sala Francisco de Goya - UNED. Festival BFOTO, Barbastro (Huesca). Spain.
2021 - 'Presencio & The Rural Kids' (April 9th - May 13th) | Solo exhibition. Espacio Tangente. Burgos (Spain).
2017 - Y nuestros rostros, mi vida, breves como fotos | Collective exhibition. Curator: María Santoyo. EFTI. Madrid (Spain).
PUBLICATIONS
2021, September - No Photos Please | Collective fanzine edited by Antonio M. Xouvanova | Publishers: Gimmefive Publishing & Tapas Duras
2021, July - Presencio & The Rural Kids | Salvaje Magazine #9
2021, February - Presencio & The Rural Kids | EXIT Magazine #81 BLACKNESS | Portfolio section.
NEWS
https://www.informacion.es/cultura/2022/04/16/premio-villa-sant-joan-virginia-65075516.html
https://www.rsf.es/exposicion/virginia-villacisla/
https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/09/13/album/1631530615_270541.html#foto_gal_2
https://www.bfoto.org/trabajos/virginia-villacisla/
https://burgosdijital.net/presencio-the-rural-kids-de-virginia-villacisla/
https://efti.es/noticias/finalistas-concurso-de-visionados-photo-soria-2021
https://efti.es/noticias/ganadores-concurso-de-visionados-photo-soria-2021