One day, about 15 years ago, Victor was piloting his Hot Air Balloon upwards to 11,000 ft as a jumping platform for sky divers. While descending he mistakenly thought a prison was a high school from a mile up (true story) and landed in it. Upon landing, all became a joke and fortunately the prison warden did not press charges. Soon after Victor decided to sell the balloon and start traveling.
Camera in hand.
Ok, lets rewind After becoming an Eagle Scout he obtained a Bachelors of Arts degree in Architecture at the University of Buffalo, New York. In his travels through 64 countries Victor Spinelli has visually documented cultures, religions, landscapes and people. Eventually this photographic work became recognized in many art and production circles across the globe and this was the career path that he took.
For the past 15 years he has split his time between New York, the Mediterranean and California and has evolved into a multi-media artist by working on films, commercials, music videos, documentaries and print campaigns. After working for three summers in Mykonos, Greece photographing the island life, he was drawn to another island in the Mediterranean: Ibiza, Spain.
His documentation of the Ibizan nightlife has since been published in his first book ‘Manumission Reflections’. In 2002 Pacha’s Music Director, Danny Whittle called it “the best photographs work to come out of Ibiza in 10 years”. Spinelli also received a great personal compliment about his first book from Director/Writer Quentin Tarantino. For two years Spinelli served as the principle photographer for the islands largest magazine, ‘The Best of Ibiza’.
Several portraits of the Aristocratic Italian Chigi Family are on permanent display at the Museum-Palazzo Chigi di Ariccia in Lazio, Italy.
Since 2007 Victor has successfully steered his company, Camera Verité LLC into an expanding distribution base of over 30 countries and with such commercial success on such a cultural level his images have become engraved into our 21st century society. His latest book, ‘Camera Verité’ was just published in December.
Several museum shops are now selling Victor’s work including The Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK) in Vienna, Austria.
In 2009 a dive into the apparel market was taken and the company www.InsomniARTnation.com was created. Victor’s photographs & brand are now displayed on hats and the distribution network for this new endeavor now encompasses the entire USA and spreading into Europe. He teamed up with two partners on this project and they own the worldwide patent of a hidden pocket on the inside of the hats.
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Galleria Portoportiani, Mykonos, Greece 1997
Vail Library, Vail, Colorado 1998
Belmont Lounge, New York 1999
Galleria Ikebana, Ibiza, Spain 2001
Enigma, Ibiza, Spain 2001
Café De Ville, New York 2002-Permament collection
Ocean Brewing Company, Laguna Beach, California 2003
The Bedroom, Ibiza, Spain 2005
Duncan Miller Gallery, Hollywood, California 2005
Ibiza Spring Art Show, Ibiza, Spain 2006
Earth2Mars Exhibition, NYC May 2006
Museo-Palazzo di Ariccia. Lazio, Italy. 2006- Permanent collection
Exposure Gallery, Palm Springs, California 2007
Tracy Park Gallery, Mailbu, California Oct 2007-Current
Art Basel, December 2008, Miami Beach, Florida
White Plains Public Library, New York-Beaches & Cream Show July 2009
Rogue Gallery-group show, New York City, February 2010
Bar Suzette, NYC 2010, Permanent collection
205 Club, NYC 2009-2010
Sushi Club 133- Lago Di Garda, Italy 2010
La Barchessa Gallery-Bardolino, Lago Di Garda, Italy 2010
Atzaro-Ibiza, Spain 2010
MA (Music Arts) Club, Catania, Sicily 2010
Ibiza Rocks House @ Pikes, Ibiza 2011 Permanent collection
Delano Beach Club Gallery, August 2011, Ibiza, Spain
Urban in Ibiza collective show, Atzaro, August 2011, Ibiza, Spain
