Artist profile
Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz is a Brazilian artist and photographer best known for creating intricate visual illusions using non-traditional materials such as chocolate syrup, garbage, sugar, and wire, which he subsequently captures in large-scale photographic prints.
Ranking metrics
Cofactor
129.93
Credential score
2863.5
Reference 80×100cm
$161,100
Credentials
- Nationality
- Brazilian
- Museum exhibitions
- 110
- Solo exhibitions
- 85
- Group exhibitions
- 280
- Museum collections
- Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Gallery representation
- Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Ben Brown Fine Arts, Galeria Nara Roesler
- Private collections
- 200
- Press
- 1400
- Scholarly articles
- 120
- Books
- 35
- Auction record
- $329,000
Last updated 2026-08-08.
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Identity
Nationality
Brazilian
Birth / death years
1961
Mediums
Photography, Mixed Media
Prices
Auction record
$329,000
Representation
Gallery representation
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Ben Brown Fine Arts, Galeria Nara Roesler
Museum collections
Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate, Whitney Museum of American Art
Private collections
200
Exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
110
Solo exhibitions
85
Group exhibitions
280
Bibliography
Books
35
Press
1400
Scholarly articles
120