Victoria Cantons (b.1969, London, UK) is a conceptual visual artist working in London, UK. Cantons’s artistic work is varied and is presented in multiple mediums including painting, neon, poetry, text, performance, photographs and videos, connecting and disconnecting psychological boundaries in the relationships we have with ourselves and others.
Her work is autobiographical and confessional with political undercurrents. Being raised in a multicultural and multireligious home by European immigrant parents—her mother was from Spain and Catholic, and her father was French-Algerian, born to Russian Jewish and Basque parents—Cantons has memories of being different from the outset. Her ability to accept, declare and celebrate oneself is an ongoing journey for her, and has been littered with mental anguish, trauma, and scars. This influence can be seen in her works, with her use of text written into the surface of paintings and the language used to title works.
Highlights of recent exhibitions include "There Are Other Skies", Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Arizona (2025, group); "Art Icon 2025", Phillips & Whitechapel Gallery, London (2025, fundraiser); "Present Tense", Hauser & Wirth (2024, group); "If Only, Time Were Ours To Spend, Again", Kunstverein Dresden (2023, solo); "What Birds Plunge Through Is Not The Intimate Space", Guts Gallery (2023, solo); "Nothing is Absolute", Flowers Gallery, London (2023, solo). Upcoming exhibitions include: "A Guide For How To Remove Steps From Thought To Action", Niru Ratman Gallery, London (2025, solo); Queer Britain, London (2025, group); "Build it, Beat it", Christie's London (2025, group fundraiser); Mimosa House (2026, solo).
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