About Víctor
Víctor Yruegas. Guadalajara, México 1967
Former architecht (1985-90 University of Guadalajara, Mexico) between 1989-2004 he worked and taught in the field of the architecture in México and Nicaragua, profession that abandoned to dedicate himself completely to the art since the moment he went to live in Europe to the city of Mechelen in Belgium where he currently lives. Before that, between 1994 and 2003 he joined the free drawing workshop of Juan Carlos Macías www.(juancarlosmaciaspinturaygrabado.com) in Guadalajra City among joining several collective exhibitions in Guadalajara and Nicaragua, country where he also carried out some mural paintings. Since 2004 he develops his art in the ateliers of the Kon Academie in Mechelen, Belgium. In this country he has joined among diverse cities several individual and collective exhibitions showing acryl paintings, ink drawings, etchings, wooden sculptures, mural paintings and isntallations at the same time he has been involved in projects about documental films and projects with creativity for young people. In 2007 he carried out together with Toni Gallardo (Cuba 1975) a 4.00 m. high wooden door covered with recycled materials from the garbage as price for the cleanest neighborhood of Mechelen's county. In 2008 he formed together with Koen Wisse (wooden sculptor), Gijs Vanhee (www.sgism.com, illustrator and alternative graphic artist), Roland Dries (www.gusta.be, fire juggler and street clown) and Jean Phlips (ex-musician and owner of The Stipkever, comics shop and gallery for alternative art) CLOCHART, a project for betting-exhibitions with alternative art for new artists. Also in 2008 he joined the crew of TOVERSPEL, organization that works with urban decoration in big scale mainly with fire for street theater and other spectacles in Belgium and Holland. At this moment he works in a collective mural together with alternative artists at; H-30 'ART SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE' in Mechelen and continues mainly developing his etching works in big format.