Vicente José de Oliveira “Vik” Muniz was born in 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil, and lives and works in New York and Rio de Janeiro. He is a photographer and artist internationally known for the creation of mixed-media artworks that re-use everyday objects to represent the world around him.
Vik Muniz
Bio
Vik Muniz (Murrine), 2019
Murrine on sheet of glass
140 x 100 cm
Glasstress 2019
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Muniz-Vik-Muniz-Murrine-2019-100-x-140-cm-Murrine-on-sheet-of-glass-photo-credit-Alessio-Buldrin-2.jpg)
Mina (Murrine), 2019
Murrine on sheet of glass
140 x 100 cm
Glasstress 2019
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Vik-Muniz-Mina-Murrine-2019-photo-credit-Alessio-Buldrin.jpg)
Individuals, 2017
Glass
21 elements, from 107 to 170 cm each (height), from 30 to 50 cm each (diameter) / variable dimensions (installation)
Glasstress 2017, Glasstress Ptuj Slovenija
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2004/03/MG_7391.jpg)
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2004/03/MG_2701.jpg)
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2004/03/MG_2665.jpg)
Untitled, 2010
Glass, brick, wood, steel
108 x 52 cm diameter
Glasstress 2011, Glasstress Stockholm, Glasstress New York, Glasstress Boca Raton, Glasstress Ptuj Slovenija
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MG_1281-683x1024.jpg)
![](https://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Muniz_Vik_Untitled-1-683x1024.jpg)