Trinity

36x48 in / 91x121cm oil on canvas

inspired by my friend Diego Villarreal

*SOLD- Thinkspace Gallery

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵

Oil on canvas

72 x 60” / 182.88 x 152.4 cm

“In November 2023, my brother took his life. I can’t put the shock of it into words, but I’m processing it through a series of paintings that I’ve been working on this year. They’ve become a deeply personal exploration of grief while serving as my tool for healing. I found that facing the pain of loss is freeing, rather than pushing it away, and that painting is my guiding light through the incomprehensible.

I started this piece by observing my brother and I as 2 kids set out to play the game of life. It’s like our souls agreed to share a childhood in the same bubble of reality, but our choices later lead us down different paths. As I’m retracing memories, I’m finding him again through these paintings but with a new lens.“ -Cassinova

“Bread Puppets”, 2022

Oil on linen

30 x 40”

Fear In Excitement, 2023

oil on canvas

11x16”

Point of Egress

(2021)

Oil on linen

30" × 40"

76 × 102 cm

Entropic Dragonfly, 2023

14 x 11”

Graphite + Charcoal + Oil on paper

SIFT

Graphite and charcoal on paper

26x40”

Los Angeles Times sports cover for the Dodgers Preview

Wings

Graphite and OIl on paper

20 x 16”

Liminal Lemonade, 2023

oil on canvas

11x16”

Invisible Uncertainty, 2023

oil on canvas

11x16”

Sports Media illustration for The Washington Post "Grievance Games" essays written by sports columnist Jerry Brewer.

"From columnist Jerry Brewer: In exploring the friction that plagues sports, it would be dishonest to omit media complicity.

As societal grievance divides sports fans, will media members meet this moment or get trampled by it? " - WP

Infinity to Oblivion, 2023

oil on canvas

11x16”

The junction of two souls finding each other can begin in excitement, but inevitably lead to the surfacing of deeper shadows. Unspoken conversations and silent exchanges can form the foundation of a connection, almost like a dance, that leads to the tender discovery of deeper truths within one another. This series aims to explore the delicate interplay of fear and vulnerability.

Showing at Paris AKAA Fair

*Email tellme@vcassinova.com for inquiries on this piece

Portrait illustration of LeBron James for TIME Magazine’s 2020 Athlete of the Year story.

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illustration portraits for Ava Duvernay, Ryan Coogler, Michael B Jordan, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Common, Cicely Tyson, and Dr. Martin Luther King for Blackout for Human Rights annual MLK NOW event.

𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥-4𝘋, 2023

𝘖𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴

36x48”

Illustration for Washing Post "Grievance Games" essays written by sports columnist Jerry Brewer

"We are not a tomorrow away from some kind of trans takeover. But rather than delving into the complexity and wrestling with how to create fair competition as gender norms shift, we are succumbing to a panic that forces us to choose between the extremes of firm exclusion and full inclusion." -Jerry Brewer

UNTITLED {AFTER NUDE DESCENDING}, 2021

Graphite and charcoal on paper

30" × 48" 76 × 122 cm

Circuits, 2023

Graphite on paper

26x40”

Jackie Robinson illustration for The Washington Post's “Grievance Games” essays written by Jerry Brewer

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𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴.

VESSEL, 2023

Graphite and charcoal on paper

40 x 26 in (101.60 x 66.04 cm) Framed 45 x 31 in

NONLINEAR, 2023

oil on canvas

36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

“Sky Blades”

Oil and Collage on canvas

36” x48”

As Much As Possible, 2022

Graphite, charcoal and oil on paper

45 x 29 in (114.30 x 73.66 cm) Framed 50 x 34 in

This is the first of five illustrations made for the Washington Post as visual interpretations of essays, written by Jerry Brewer, that focus on the intersection of sports and American division.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 “𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥”. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵.

Read the story on Washington Post here

Mute, 2023

11x14”

Graphite + Charcoal + Oil on paper

SHADOW-INTEGRATION, 2023

graphite and charcoal on paper

16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.80 cm) Framed 27.75 x 35.25 in

16x20 inch oil on canvas

Innspired by Viviane Sassen, from her first monograph, Flamboya(2004-2008).

“Odyssey ll”

Graphite and charcoal on paper

18 x 24 inch / 45.72 x 63.5 cm

Phase 3 In Limerence

Graphite + charcoal on paper

20” x 30”

Simulacra

18x24”

Graphite + charcoal on Arches paper

With two weeks before midterm elections on November 8, artist-activists in partnership with People For the American Way launched a set of digital billboards across the Atlanta-metro area as part of People For’s multi-platform Georgia campaign — including radio ads, digital ads, press outreach and social media — focused on why Republicans Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker are the wrong choices for Black male voters in Georgia, and to help motivate people to the polls with an urgent message: vote.

Participating artists include visual artists Victoria Cassinova, Shepard Fairey and Alyson Shotz who both participated in People For’s “Enough of Trump” art advocacy campaign during the 2020 presidential election cycle, and renowned multimedia artist Carrie Mae Weems, who played a leading role in formulating the “Enough of Trump” campaign.

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Bloom

Graphite Drawing

36” x 45” / 91.44 cm x 114.3 cm

Proxies

(2021)

Oil on canvas

30" × 48"

76 × 122 cm

Syntropy In Entropy

24 x 24 inch (60x60cm)

oil on canvas

ODYSSEY

(2021)

Graphite and charcoal on paper

Professional framed (dimensions shared are of artwork only)

48" × 72"

122 × 183 cm

Still

16 x 20”

Oil on Canvas

Showing at Vertical Gallery Curated by Thinkspace Projects

Portrait of Bryan Stevenson commission

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Since 1989, he has been executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. EJI litigates on behalf of condemned prisoners, juvenile offenders, people wrongly convicted or charged, poor people denied effective representation, and others whose trials are marked by racial bias or prosecutorial misconduct. His work on criminal justice, capital punishment and civil rights issues is beyond inspiring. I am honored and grateful to get the chance to express his light through this portrait, a true hero.

Illustration created for Disney Pixar’s Soul animated film

Illustrations for CNN’s docu-series “The People v. The Klan” which tells the true story of Beulah Mae Donald who took down the Klu Klux Klan after the murder of her son in 1981.

Documentary series poster illustrated by Victoria Cassinova with Gravillis Inc.

I'm proud to be a part of the Artists Band Together campaign! I created this limited-edition bandana to symbolize the importance of democratic values, demand justice in the streets, and make sure all Americans make their voices heard this November. Alongside a group of world-renowned artists, EBay has launched #ArtistsBandTogether available NOW at the link in my bio. 100% of proceeds will go to voter-registration organizations committed to inspiring everyone to get out and vote: @risefreeorg, @conmijente & @wokevote. Check it out!

Huge thanks and gratitude to Amanda and Shepard Fairey

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Original portrait of Kamala Harris created by Victoria Cassinova in partnership with People For The American Way

*Portrait drawing referenced from Gage Skidmore under the Creative Commons ATTRIBUTION-SHAREALIKE 2.0 GENERIC

Theory Is, 2019

18 x 24inch

Graphite drawing

18 X 24inch Graphite & Charcoal

“Diego’s Feet”

18 x 24”

Graphite and Charcoal drawing

*figures are inspired by/based on a photograph shot by Nick Knight from Another Man magazine

MLK Now will again take place on MLK Day in Harlem, New York and feature a special program dedicated to uplifting and reclaiming the legacy of Dr. King, inspiring audiences to take action in their communities, and creating an inclusive space for all people to come together.

“Fickle” | 18 x 24”

Graphite

Illustration for Spike Lee film, Da 5 Bloods by Victoria Cassinova

I was inspired by Kerry James Marshall’s 1980 “A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self” for this one, as well as Emory Douglas 1969 piece. In partnerhsip with brand design agency, Gravillis Inc.