CV - VICTORIA THOMEN

Dominican-Italian visual artist, photographer, architect, and cultural manager. Her practice focuses on memory, landscape transformation, ecology, and the relationship between human beings and their environment. She has exhibited internationally across Europe, the United States, and Latin America, participating in biennials, festivals, and curatorial programs at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, the Durrës Biennale, PHotoESPAÑA, and the Venice Biennale (screening). She lives and works between Madrid, Rome, and Santo Domingo.

 

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

•   2017/2018 - Master’s Degree in Cultural Project Management, Fundación     Contemporánea and La Fábrica. Madrid, Spain.
•   2016/2017 - Master’s Degree in Author Photography Projects, Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes, Lens School of Visual Arts, Madrid, Spain.
•   2015/2016 - Photography Technician, ISO 9001 Certification, National Institute of Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2005/2006 - Master’s degree in interior Space Design, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ELISAVA School of Design, Barcelona, Spain.
•   2005/2006 - Professional Jewelry, College of Jewelers, Goldsmiths, Watchmakers and Gemologists of Catalonia (JORGC).
•   2005/2005 - Postgraduate Degree in Scale as an Environmental Parameter, Polytechnic Foundation of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
•   2003/2004 - Specialist in Project Management, Postgraduate Program, Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   1994/2000 - Architecture, bachelor’s degree, Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   1992/1994 - Architecture, First Year, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

 

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OPEN CALLS

•   2025 - 3rd Prize, Biennial Salon of Photography and Video, Centro de la Imagen, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2025 - Selected for the 31st National Biennial of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2025 - Invited Artist, “Inteligencia Tropical,” Museum Night, Comune di Roma & Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Italy; Rome, Italy.
•   2025 - Winner of the EXPERIMENTAL LOOP Open Call (2025), International Video Art Festival, New York, U.S.A.
•   2025 - Selected for “Mujeres Mirando Mujeres,” the digital space where feminism and art come together to create and celebrate artistic equity, Madrid, Spain.
•   2024 - Selected for the 1st Durrës International Biennale of Contemporary Art (DIBoCA), Durrës, Albania.
•   2024 - Selected as Invited Artist in the exhibition “Intelligenza Artificiale: uno strumento per la pace” at the Italian Media Art Fest, Rome, Italy.
•   2023 - Selected for the 30th National Biennial of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2023 - Winner of the Miami New Media Fest competition, Global Healing, Villa Altieri, Rome, Italy.
•   2023 - Winner of the EXPERIMENTAL LOOP Open Call (2023), International Video Art Festival, New York, U.S.A.
•   2022 - Winner of the Miami New Media Fest competition, Civiltà Vs Violenza, Centro di Studi Americani, Rome, Italy.
•   2019 - Winner of the 12 Miradas::Riverside Scholarship, Corporación Hijos de Rivera and Laboratorio Creativo Vilaseco, Boanuno, Galicia, Spain.
•   2016 - Accésit Scholarship, master’s degree in Author Photography Projects, Lens School of Visual Arts, Madrid, Spain.
•   2013 - Selected for the 27th National Biennial of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2010–2011 - Finalist in several photography competitions: “Wilfredo García” at Casa de Teatro and “Foto-Expo” Plaza Lama in Santo Domingo, D.R.; “Homage to Old Age” at Centro León and the 3rd National Natalio Puras “APECO” Competition in Santiago, D.R. Special Mention in the Black and White category, Foto-Expo Photography Competition, Plaza Lama, Santo Domingo, D.R.

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

•   2023 - Videomapping Artistic Residency, FLxER & FOTONICA, Audio Visual Digital Art Festival, 7th Edition, Rome, Italy.
•   2019 - 12 Miradas :: Riverside Residency, Corporación Hijos de Rivera and Laboratorio Creativo Vilaseco, Boanuno, Galicia, Spain.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

•   2024 - Futuristic Visions and Contemporary Memories, Kou Gallery, Rome, Italy.
•   2020 - The Plasteozoic Era, Pictoria Newhouse Collective, Virtual Exhibition, Madrid, Spain.
•   2019 - The Plasteozoic Era, Pictoria Newhouse Collective, Jardín Tropical Atocha, Madrid, Spain.
•   2018 - The Plasteozoic Era, Pictoria Newhouse Collective, Centro León, Santiago de los Caballeros, D.R.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

•   2025 - Rutas de Esperanza, Sala Dalí, Instituto Cervantes, Rome, Italy.
•   2025 - Open Studio Victoria Thomen, Rome Art Week. Rome, Italy.
•   2025 - Un'Umanità in Movimento: Viaggiare Migrare Fuggire, Fondazione MAGIS ETS – Rome.
•   2025 - Adorabili Viziosi de Sade, Bat Gallery, Rome, Italy.
•   2025 - Espace, Espaces, Trans’Arts Nicolet, 9th edition, Paris, France.
•   2025 - Abitare: non solo casa, Villa Altieri – Palazzo della Cultura e della Memoria Storica, Rome, Italy.
•   2024 - Giulia Farnese: ‘La Bella’ nel Contemporaneo, Chiesa di Santa Maria, Carbognano, Viterbo, Italy.
•   2024 - Open Studio Victoria Thomen, Rome Art Week. Rome, Italy.
•   2024 · Intelligenza Artificiale: uno strumento per la pace, Italia Media Art Festival,
  • Maker Faire Rome, Gazometro, Rome, Italy
  • Personal Structures | Public Screenings, 60th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Italy
•   2024 - Grupos Fotográficos Dominicanos: Un Siglo de Imágenes 1924-2024, PhotoImagen, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2024 - Eau, Trans’Arts Nicolet, 8th edition, Studio Dario Imbò, Paris, France.
•   2024 - La Sacralita’ Di Una Lotta Moderna, CorporeAzione, Museo di Sant'Oreste, Palazzo Caccia Canali, Sant'Oreste, Italy.
•   2023 - Videomapping Projection, FOTONICA, Audio Visual Digital Art Festival, 7th edition, Acuario Romano, Rome, Italy.
•   2023 - Tutte le Foglie sono del vento, Studio Quipu, Rome, Italy.
•   2023 · Global Healing – Miami New Media Festival (MNMF), 18th edition
  • Exhibition at Villa Altieri, Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy
  • International screenings at:
  – Doral International Art Fair (DIAF), Miami, U.S.A.
  – Centro de Bellas Artes, Ateneo de Maracaibo, Venezuela
  – Galería Arte Carelis, Maracay, Venezuela
  – Barquisimeto Golf Club, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
•   2023 - Open Studio Victoria Thomen, Rome Art Week. Rome, Italy.
•   2023 - The Plasteozoic Era, Pictoria Newhouse Collective, Ágora Mall, Centro de la Imagen, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2022 · Civiltà vs Violenza – Miami New Media Festival (MNMF), 17th edition:
  • Screening at the Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy
  • Installation at the Centro di Studi Americani, Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy
  • International screenings at:
  – Galleria Art To Save Lives Contemporary, Miami, U.S.A.
  – North Museum Santander and Città di Cúcuta, Colombia
  – Gallería Universitaria Braulio Salazar, Valencia, Venezuela
  – Centro de Bellas Artes, Ateneo de Maracaibo, Venezuela
•   2022 - Open Studio Victoria Thomen, Rome Art Week. Rome, Italy.
•   2022 - Spazio Sferocromia, Rome Art Week. Rome, Italy.
•   2022 - Woman and Resistance, PhotoImagen 2022, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2022 - “Women Behind the Lens in Dominican Photography (1885-2022),” La Era Plasteozoica collective, as part of the official selection of the PhotoImagen 2022 festival at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2021 - Latin American Creators Network, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
•   2020 - The Plasteozoic Era, Pictoria Newhouse Collective, Virtual Exhibition, Madrid, Spain.

  

PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES

•   2025 - Victoria Thomen. Memory and Ecology in the Feminine, by MUJERES MIRANDO MUJERES | 11th edition, Online Magazine, Madrid, Spain.
•   2025 - Art from South America. Here the pulse beats faster, by Anna Theiss, Architectural Digest, Online Magazine, Poland.
•   2025 - Dominican Women Photographers, by Jennyfer Parra, Online Magazine, New York, U.S.A.
•   2025 - Mujer + República Dominicana, sixth edition, Online Magazine, D.R.
•   2022 - Artist exhibition catalogues, KOU Gallery, Rome, Italy.
•   2020 - Posta, Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana Magazine, AAA075, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2019 - Photobook ‘The Plasteozoic Era’, First edition, Pictoria Newhouse Collective, Madrid, Spain.
•   2015 - The Last Blow, 27th National Biennial of Visual Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Santo Domingo, D.R.

 

COLLECTIONS

•   Works in private and corporate collections in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

•   2011/2016 - Teaching / Photography Professor. School of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2012 - Workshop “Architecture and Inclusion: A City for Everyone,” 15th ENEFA, National Meeting of Schools and Faculties of Architecture, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, D.R.

 

JURY PARTICIPATION

•   2014 - 4th ZooDom Animal Photography Competition, National Zoological Park, Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2012 - A Look at Your Planet, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, D.R.
•   2011 - Fotos de Feria, Espacio Joven, 14th International Book Fair, Santo Domingo, D.R.

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work investigates the relationship between body, territory, and memory, using media such as photography, video art, installation, and new technologies. I am interested in how nature and everyday objects can become symbolic languages through which to explore social transformation, displacement, resilience, and ecological urgency.