Virginia Villacisla. About.

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' (June 1st - 24th) | Solo exhibition. Curator: David Flores. University of Murcia, Espacio ES/UM, Campus de la Merced.

2022 - 'Antiálbum Familiar' (May 10th - June 3rd) | Solo exhibition. CÓDIGO UBU. University of Burgos, Burgos.

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 13th - 18th - Presencio & The Rural Kids | El País | Sección Opinión: Exposición

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.

LECTURES

2022, PhotoESPAÑA, Travel Talks: La búsqueda de lo extraordinario en lo cotidiano. Xperience Madrid.

NEWS

https://viajerosconb.com/event/travel-talks-la-busqueda-de-lo-extraordinario-en-lo-cotidiano-con-virginia-villacisla/

https://viajerosconb.com/especial-photoespana-2022/