About me

Hello! I'm Victoria (Vic) Aquino. I'm a Filipino, London born artist with experience in traditional hand-drawn animation, photography, film, and curation. I've worked with establishments such as Tate Galleries, Battersea Arts Centre, and Somerset House. Currently working as an Art Director for HETV/Film, Commercials & Music Videos. I create work with the word 'Sonder' in mind (n. the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own) - my empathetic and deep sense of understanding emotions comes through my work. I shoot candidly, capturing people's truer essence. I'm continuously exploring my talents, expanding and merging them to come up with something new and refreshing. I want to collaborate with other creatives to create pieces of work that will contribute to social change and to be able to tell a story.

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Projects

• Art Direction | Content ConceptsA selection of my concepts for various shoots I have worked on as Art Director for brands such as Coca Cola, FootAsylum and Mixoloshe
• Director | 'Tiempo' - Fedzilla (Music Video)Director, Camera Operator, Editor for Fedzilla's music video for her upcoming single 'Tiempo'
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  Art Direction | 'Would You Come To My Funeral' - Crawlers (Music Video)Art Directed the official music video for Crawlers 'Would You Come To My Funeral'. Directed by Callum LLoyd-Jones. Produced by HelloLove.tv. For Universal Music.
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  Director, Animator | VOXI MTV - Endless ConnectionsIdent created for VOXI MTV, conceived the idea - directed and rotoscope animated the video.
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  Director | Homeland//MotherlandBorn and raised in London, raised by my single parent Filipina mother, I've only been to The Philippines once in 2001, returning after 16 years at the end of 2017. Using the home footage taken from London and the Philippines, I have found aesthetically and spatial similarities within these two opposing worlds, finding the in-between and bridging them together. This video was shown at Battersea Arts Centre Homegrown Festival 2018 (as seen in the IG video)
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  Animation | Rule Britannia - VICERotoscope animation I made for D&AD's New Blood Awards. I had to make an ident for Vice's Rule Britannia series. Took me quite a long time, as each frame (nearly 200 of them) were hand drawn. Music was created by the talented Thom Rowlands.

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Projects credited in

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  Uniqlo Tate Lates | 2016–2020On the last Friday of every month, Tate Modern comes to life after-hours for Tate Lates with a mix of free art, music, film and workshops. Emerging and established DJs selected by NTS Radio soundtrack the night, alongside artist-led workshops, pop-up talks and film screenings.
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  MakeLoveNotPorn: The Love Bundle - Valentine's 2019MakeLoveNotPorn is the world's first and only social sex video sharing platform, celebrating #realworldsex as a counterpoint to porn - we're 'Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference.' We're what Facebook would be if it allowed you to socially sexually self-express and self-identify - we're socializing sex to make it easier to talk about, in order to promote good sexual values and behavior. With the added benefit of a revenue-sharing business model - everything our members pay to subscrib
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  Fast Track 50: meet 50 trailblazers redefining the creative & digital industriesWe’re thrilled to announce 2019’s Fast Track 50! Google and The Dots have partnered on the inaugural Fast Track 50 programme to fast track the careers of 50 rising stars – ensuring they land opportunities regardless of challenges set by socio-economic background. Over the past six months, the Fast Track 50 have had unrivalled access to industry connections and opportunities through a series of profession/skills masterclasses, industry introductions and speed recruitment events with the best in t
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  Event 3: Skills MasterclassGoogle and The Dots have partnered up to fast track the careers of 50 industry-ready rising stars! The third event in the 6 month programme kicked off at the Google offices in St Giles, London.
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  Routes In: Alternative Careers Fair 201915–25? Interested in a career in arts and culture? Not sure where to start? We got you!
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  Event 1: The kick-offIntroducing the evening was Nishma Robb, Ad Marketing Director at Google and Pip Jamieson, CEO of The Dots with inspirational talks followed by a full briefing of the programme.

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Work history

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Director/Camera Operator/EditorVictoria Aquino
Aug 2023London, United KingdomFreelance
Directed, filmed and edited Fedzilla's first single release 'Tiempo' ahead of her upcoming EP
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Art DirectorVictoria Aquino
Feb 2018London, United KingdomFreelance
Art Director for multiple commercials and music videos Adverts for: Mixoloshe Fulham Good Neighbours HomeCook Music Video: 'Would You Come To My Funeral' - Crawlers Content: Footasylum - Red Flags YT Series

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Skills

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• Film
• Visual Arts
• Art Direction
• Drawing
• Painting
• People
• Design
• Illustration
• Final Cut Pro
• Photoshop
• Photography
• 35mm Film Photography
• Rotoscope
• Curating
• Curating Photography
• Workshop Delivery
• Empathy
• Prop Design
• Art Department

Education

FdA IllustrationUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Jun 2013 - Jul 2015London, United Kingdom
2 Year Intensive course, trained in answering briefs in similar light to the creative industry, and exploring my illustrative style.
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A LevelHarrow College
Sep 2011 - Jun 2013Harrow, United Kingdom
A Levels in Fine Art, Graphic Design, Sociology, and Photography.