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Victor Arroyo

Victor Arroyo (born April 20, 1991) is a video artist recognized for a style that combines community-based research with ethnography. His practice is situated in the crossfield between cinema and contemporary art.[1]

Victor Arroyo
Born (1991-04-20) April 20, 1991 (age 33)
Slidell, Louisiana, U.S.
NationalityMexican-American
EducationUniversidad Iberoamericana, Concordia University
OccupationVideo artist
Known forVideo art, cinema, ethnography
Notable work
Turcot, Cherán
Awards
  • 2019 - DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Short Documentary Award)
  • 2018 - Sheffield DocFest (Nominee: Doc/Dispatch Prize)
  • 2018 - Montreal International Documentary Festival (Nominee: Grand Prize)
  • 2015 - Mitacs Globalink Research Award

Education

Arroyo studied visual arts, filmmaking, and design art at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico. He also studied at Concordia University in Canada, where he earned a PhD in Humanities.[2]

Artistic work

His first video installation, called Turcot, was about the rebuilding of the Turcot Interchange and the relocation of people because of it. The work was shown at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in 2012.[3] [4]

In 2021, Arroyo directed his first film called Cherán. The film is about a P'urhépecha uprising in Michoacán in 2011. It was shown at BIENALSUR and the CCA.[5] [6]

His work has been shown in galleries and festivals around the world.[7]

Awards

  • 2019 - Winner of the Short Documentary Award at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival[8]
  • 2018 - Nominee for the Doc/Dispatch Prize at Sheffield DocFest[9]
  • 2018 - Nominee for the Grand Prize at Montreal International Documentary Festival[10]
  • 2015 - Winner of the Mitacs Globalink Research Award[11]

Affiliations

  • Member of the Global Emergent Media Lab[12]
  • Board Member of the Images Festival[13]
  • Peer Reviewer for the Journal for Artistic Research[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Victor Arroyo: Disappearance in Three Acts". Quartier Des Spectacles. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "ARCHIVO". Sur Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "ABC:MTL : Victor Arroyo. Library Holding. 2012". CCA. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ Huard, Maxime (February 9, 2013). "Turcot au carrefour des luttes sociales". Metro Journal. https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/219087/turcot-au-carrefour-des-luttes-sociales/. Retrieved July 1, 2024. 
  5. ↑ "BIENALSUR / Video Program". BIENALSUR. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Documents of Displacement III". CCA. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "An Exhaling Aviary of Scattered Flights". SBC Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Victor Arroyo - Awards - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Victor Arroyo - Awards - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Victor Arroyo - Awards - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Globalink Research Award". MITACS. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  12. ↑ "GEM Lab Members". Global Emergent Media Lab. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Board of Directors". Images Festival. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ "JAR Members". Journal for Artistic Research JAR. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
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