About

Victoria Valjalo: The Art of Fragmented Realism

Victoria Valjalo resting her arms on a framed floral painting beside a staircase.
Photograph: Sebastián Valdivia

Victoria studied art at the Universidad de Chile and graduated in 1998. She has been traveling the world showing her art ever since and has had a steady class where she teaches her unique technique. Her style showcases strong charcoal drawings with splatters of vibrant colors that are heavily inspired by nature and the human femininity. Victoria's style is self-defined as Fragmented Realism where she takes detailed individual drawings of nature along female contours and coalesces them into completeness with calculated splats of strong colors.

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A practice rooted in Chile

Born in Santiago, Chile, Victoria developed an early interest in drawing. Her artistic path later took her through the University of Chile, where she returned to study in 1996 with a focus on painting. Journeys through the Atacama Desert became an important source for her landscapes. By 2003–2004, her imagery had moved toward Chilean valleys, vines and flowers, alongside a renewed exploration of the human figure.

Artist biography ↗
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Sharing the studio

Teaching has accompanied her practice since she began offering drawing and painting classes in her studio in 1998. Her 2024 figure-drawing course at Corporación Cultural Las Condes described an approach based on observation, reflection and conversation, giving students room to explore their own possibilities and develop at their own pace.

Teaching at Las Condes ↗
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Across borders

Her recent exhibition record connects Santiago with New York, Miami, Dubai, Incheon and Paris. It includes Personal Structures in Venice in 2024 and the BIGGEST small works show in Sausalito in 2025. The European Cultural Centre’s South Trip Gallery catalogue also documents La Tirana, a 2023 work made with acrylic and charcoal.

Exhibition archive ↗European Cultural Centre catalogue ↗
Studio film: Line, colour and layers

In the studio

Technique

Drawing, colour and intuition. Discover Victoria’s approach and watch her at work in the studio.

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