Vhils

Vhils

CvSE
Vhils ; CvSE
	Vhils in 2017 in Beja, Portugal
Born	Alexandre Farto ; 1987 (age 36–37)
Nationality	Portuguese
Education	Byam Shaw School of Art
Style	Street art
Website	www.vhils.com

Vhils (born 1987) is the tag name of Portuguese graffiti and street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto.

Life

Alexandre Farto was born in Portugal in 1987. He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. Vhils lives and works in London and Lisbon. He gained prominence when his work of a face carved into a wall appeared alongside a picture by street artist Banksy at the Cans Festival in London in 2008. A photograph of him creating the work appeared on the front page of The Times.

He was later given space to show his work by Banksy's agent, Steve Lazarides. Several of his works were published in 2008. He is also shown by Vera Cortes and the Magda Danysz Gallery.

During Fremantle's 2013 Fremantle Street Arts Festival, the Norfolk Hotel was decorated with an original image of the first Australian female senator. The image of Dame Dorothy Tangney DBE was created by Vhils and his assistants.

Luxembourg Freeport, an art storage facility opened in 2014, includes a large mural by Vhils, etched into one of the atrium concrete walls.

In 2023, the Hotel Artsys Cascais was inaugurated, with a facade designed by Vhils. That same year, he painted a mural for UNESCO headquarters. It was the first work of street art to be added to the walls of UNESCO.

Vhils has travelled to many places around the world, trying to reveal the stories that lie within the walls.

Main Work

Gallery

Vhils artwork in Covilhã
Dame Dorothy Tangney DBE in Fremantle
Self-portrait mural
Vhils New Mural in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico for All City Canvas Global Series
Vhils Diorama
Vhils Sified Wall
Vhils - Street art festival 2013

Solo shows

2021, Latency - Danysz Gallery, Shanghai
2021, Trace - Fluctuart, Paris
2021, Portal - MAGMA Gallery, Bologna
2021, Fenestra - Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon
2020, Haze - Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
2020, Momentum - Danysz gallery, Paris
2019, Realm - Galerie Danysz, Shanghai
2019, Panorama - Arsham/Fieg Gallery, New York
2019, Incisão - CAIXA Cultural Brasília, Brasilia
2018, Fragments Urbains - Le Centquatre, Paris
2017, Vhils X CAFA Museum - Pékin, Beijing
2015, Dissonance, Lazarides, London
2014, Vestiges, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris
2012, Entropy, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris
2012, Vera Cortes, Lisbon
2012, Visceral, Magda Danysz Gallery, Shanghai
2009, Scratching the surface, Lazarides, London
2008, Even if you win the rat race

Honours

Knight of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (9 June 2015)

Vhils CvSE
Vhils in 2017 in Beja, Portugal
Born	Alexandre Farto 1987 (age 36–37)
Nationality	Portuguese
Education	Byam Shaw School of Art
Style	Street art
Website	www.vhils.com