ABOUT
I am Veka Koestinger, born in Oaxaca (Mexico) in 2001, I lived in Spain for five years during my childhood and I now live in the south of France.
I started by being part of the high school’s cinema club. Then, I did a year of art preparatory classes. Thanks to which I enrolled in the bachelor’s degree in photography/videography at the Gobelins School of Image, where I was able to study thanks to a scholarship from Universal Music France. A year after my graduation, I started my third-year equivalency at the Beaux Arts de Nice, the Villa Arson, then I obtained my National Diploma of Art in June 2026.
The artists who are for me an inspiration are Gregory Crewdson (photographer), Tim Walker (photographer), Szilveszter Makó (photographer), Leonora Carrington (painter), Yorgos Lanthimos (director).
I am mainly interested in photography and imagery. Because I find a comforting freedom within which I allow myself to join different practices.
I am mainly inspired by my twin sister, the human, cinematography, the lights, the absurd, certain places and what is in my head.
I am in search of a specific aestheticism.
I have several ways to work :
– Through my obsessions like water, chiaroscuro, birds flying, a moment and more. The photos are taken at the moment, as if I were taking notes. On the contrary, I sometimes observe and stop to watch people live and be. I find humans fascinating. The last step is the choice I make to leave them as they are, or to modify them to create new imaginary worlds, making them surrealistic or disruptive.
– Another way, is to control everything that is in the frame. I plan everything, I know how the image will be. I like to create scenes, show fragments of fictional stories to which the observer can imagine a sequel. I like that these are absurd, or that there is a ‘uncanny feeling’.
– Exploring the object. Create them and bring them to life by staging them and taking photos of them.
Through my work, I want to show who I am, my thoughts, and my quirks.
If you would like to purchase one of my artworks or for any other enquiries send me a email at veka.koestinger@gmail.com via the contact button.
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EXHIBITIONS:
GROUP EXHIBITION with my twin sister, Affi Koestinger, in the Maison des Artistes, 35 Rue d’Orée, 72800, le Lude. From the 1st to the 16th of agust 2026.
GROUP EXHIBITION, in the Halles aux Chevaux, Parc Georges Brassens, 102 Rue Brancion, 75015, Paris. From the 25th to the 26th of april 2026.
SOLO EXHIBITION in Alter Natives, 4 Rue Pierre Devoluy, Nice, from the 14th of july to the 3rd of october 2025.
GROUP EXHIBITION in the Zephyr & l’Olivier galerie, 17 rue François Coudreux in La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, from the 16th to the 27th of December 2023. With the artist painter Stephanie de Malherbe.
GROUP EXHIBITION in « LA CÉSURE » space, 13 rue Santeuil in the 5th district of Paris, the 7th and 8th of June 2023. Showcasing our diplomas at the School of Image Gobelins.
GROUP EXHIBITION in an appartement in the 4th district in Paris « Expo Appartementale », from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022.
GROUP EXHIBITION in an appartement in the 4th district in Paris « Expo Appartementale », from the 10th to the 12th of December 2021.
GROUP EXHIBITION in the Tia Gourmet, 73 Rue des Halles Tours, France from the 6th of June to the 5th of July 2019.
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Portfolio (coming soon)