Victoria Montero is a San Francisco-based Graphic Designer & Art Director, who, for more than ten years, has been creating thought-provoking print, digital, and video experiences combining design, filmmaking, and photography in several countries including Argentina, El Salvador, Spain, United States, and Mexico.
Her extensive background includes brand strategy and identity, editorial, packaging, print, and digital design. She is a strategic thinker with a hands-on style and exceptional attention to detail.
Victoria is also passionate about visual storytelling exploring social issues. She is an award-winning photographer and co-author of Guerrilleras. Tradition and Rebellion in the Salvadoran Civil War, a photo-book that is part of Guerrilleras, an audiovisual project which also includes a documentary film.
She holds a BFA in Graphic Design at the University of Buenos Aires, Top Tier Latin America University.
When she is not chasing pixels, you may find her traveling, trying to play guitar or watching classic films, always with a camera close by.
AWARDS
• Photography project Guerrilleras was awarded in the 19º edition of FotoPres by La Caixa Foundation in Spain.
• Documentary film project Guerrilleras was awarded a grant from Olof Palme Memorial Fund in Sweden.
EXHIBITIONS
• 2018. Guerrilleras at Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA.
• 2017. Guerrilleras at Community Media Center of Marin, USA.
• 2016. Short film Mujeres Luz exhibited as part of All of Me film premiere. Roxy Theater, San Francisco, USA.
• 2016. Guerrilleras at Acción Latina, San Francisco, USA.
• 2016. Guerrilleras at 19º FotoPres, Caixa Forum, Zaragoza, Spain.
• 2015. Guerrilleras at 19º FotoPres, Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2015. Guerrilleras at 19º FotoPres, Caixa Forum, Madrid, Spain.