Victor F. M. Torres

MFA, Intermedia and Digital Arts

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD

BA, Cultural Anthropology

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD

Certificate, Full-Stack Software Engineering

Flatiron School, New York, NY

Two Cities, solo exhibition, Anotheroom, New York, NY

Polycentric, Dialogic and Relational, Faculty Exhibition, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY

(eye, virus), Visual AIDS: Day Without Art, premiere, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Screened internationally at more than 115 venues, including the Brooklyn Museum, New Museum, Queens Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, MOCA Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Harvard Art Museums, The Andy Warhol Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona, Schwules Museum Berlin, Pera Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei

Inspired by Auguste Rodin: Figurative Sculpture Collection, digital group exhibition, Saatchi Art Gallery

Victor Torres: Digital Works, solo exhibition, Reverb Collective, Baltimore, MD

Beyond the Medium, Faculty Exhibition, Stevenson University School of Design, Owings Mills, MD

Language Writes Myth Writes Reality, solo exhibition, City Arts 2, Baltimore, MD

Inaugural Show, Cosmic Spit, durational performance, Space Camp Gallery, Baltimore, MD

People 4 People, Carmen Scroll 1, interactive installation, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD

Fields Festival, Oracle Pyramid, site-specific installation, Ramblewood, MD

Fast Forward Future, Mythologizing the Real, durational performance, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Boundaries, Border, and Barricades Performance Art Festival, The Immigrant, durational performance, Baltimore, MD

The Loneliness-ness of the Immigrant, durational performance, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY

Incidental Matters, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Language Writes Myth Writes Reality, Version 1, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

Please Touch, Alinima Shrine 1, juried group exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ

Over Under Limbo, Devil Whore and Live Altar, Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD

Foreign Ad Agency, activated storefront, Horton’s Tuxedo Shop, Baltimore, MD

MIX NYC, Reptilian Love, durational performance, Brooklyn, NY

Worlds in Collusion, Fire, durational sound performance, University of Baltimore Theater, Baltimore, MD

Akhros, durational sound performance, The Red Room, curated by M.C. Schmidt, Baltimore, MD

Creation Myth 1, Transmodern Festival, Florestree Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Akhros Mah Staza, durational sound performance, Plano B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Capital Projects Fund, New York State Council on the Arts, Allied Productions Inc., Equipment Expert

Best in Visual Arts, POZ Magazine, for (eye, virus)

Beyond the Frame, BmoreArt Magazine, curated studio visit with Chris Bedford and Mera Rubell

Best New Face on the Scene, Baltimore City Paper, Lighthole Gallery

The Contemporary Baltimore Retreat, Baltimore, MD

John Cage Memorial Park Residency, Chance, MD

County Executive Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Baltimore County, MD

Awesome Foundation Grant, Rooms Fall Apart, Maryland Art Place

Art Star Award, Maryland Art Place

Maryland Art Place Sponsorship

Best of Nightlife, Baltimore City Paper, Glitter Thighs

Adjunct Assistant Professor

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY

Graphic Design and Digital Photography

Adjunct Faculty

George Mason University, Vienna, VA

New Media, Digital Arts, and Experimental Animation

Adjunct Faculty

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Newer Genres, including new media history and theory, video mapping, projection, 3D modeling and printing, physical computing, and microcontrollers

Visiting Assistant Professor, Full-Time

Stevenson University, School of Design, Owings Mills, MD

Web Design, Responsive Design, Interactive Design, and Digital Media

Guest Instructor

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

New Media, physical computing, and 3D modeling

Graduate Assistant Instructor

University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

Sculpture, 3D design, New Media theory and history, installation art, and software

Founding Director

Lighthole New Media Art Showcase, Baltimore, MD

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Lighthole Journal, Baltimore, MD

Artistic Director / Co-Organizer

Glitter Thighs, Baltimore, MD

Founding Co-Director

Socially Engaged Arts Projects, Baltimore, MD

“The Immigrant Becoming,” BMCC Career Conversation Seminar, New York, NY

Still Beginning, post-screening discussion, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

“The Language of the Immigrant,” WOKE New Media: Borders and Bodies, University of Michigan

“Moving Visuals,” panel discussion on time-based media, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

“Semiotics, Language, and the Foreign,” Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD

“Convo #82: Does Language Create Reality?”, D Center, Baltimore, MD

“Queer Video Art,” panel discussion, Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD