Vicente Jose Muniz, also known as Vik Muniz, is a visual artist and photographer from San Paulo, Brazil. He is currently working and living in New York City. He is best known for his visual puns, including one of his most famous works to date called "Clown Skull," which was a human skull with a clown nose projection.
Vik Muniz is also known for making realistic portraits with unconventional art materials such as chocolate syrup, cotton balls, and sugar. He photographs the portraits upon completion and the work is shown as a photograph.
Vik Muniz's work has been showcased internationally in museums such as The Florida Museum of Contemporary Art in Tampa, The Museum of Modern Art in NY, The Musee d'Art Compemporain in Montreal Quebec, Canada, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
View his gallery of completed works here!
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