Portuguese artist Vhils, aka Alexandre Farto, peels back urban layers to reveal how urbanization shapes identities, uncovering hidden narratives through unique street art.

Nov 14, 2019 · But it was in 2008 that Vhils caught the world’s eye by collaborating on a smaller-format mural at the Cans Festival in London. The pieces were made in Leake Street below Waterloo Station, one next to the other. Vhils’ is the portrait of an elderly woman.

Vhils first began working with epoxy resin in the context of the Billboards body of work. By redeploying some piles of carved advertising posters removed from the street and dipping them in resin, he sought to imbue them with a fossil-like quality.

Apr 28, 2016 · The piece combines natural and human elements, with the figure's eye gazing out poetically towards the city and its old neighbourhoods, humanising the built environment while highlighting the wealth of its human heritage".

Jun 9, 2020 · Vhils’s art focuses on the excavation of surface layers, using construction materials such as drills, hammers, and chisels, to expose the social and historical dimensions buried beneath the surfaces.

Jan 29, 2017 · vhils, the alias of portugese artist alexandre farto, has completed a high-relief composition on the façade of the GS1 portugal headquarters in lisbon.

View VHILS’s 359 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist.

Alexandre Farto (born January 1987), known professionally as Vhils, is a Portuguese visual artist and urban interventionist celebrated for his groundbreaking techniques in public art. Renowned for his innovative "destructive construction" methods, Vhils carves portraits into walls and urban surfaces, exploring themes of identity, globalization ...

Alexandre Farto, known as Vhils, is a Portuguese contemporary artist celebrated for his innovative urban art. Hhis unique bas-relief carving technique, "Scratching the Surface," reveals deeper layers of urban landscapes.

Mirroring the effect of an optical prism, it manipulated space, scale, and light, refracting shared experiences into different wavelengths, arousing different reactions and emotions regarding …