ABOUT

About Alex Vignoli, the multi-talented visual artist, photographer. Brazilian.

ALEX VIGNOLI (Brazilian, b. 1965)

Southampton, NY–based Alex Vignoli is a Brazilian-born artist whose vision has unfolded across three decades of creativity. His work moves effortlessly between photography, collage, painting, and sculpture—each piece an invitation to see the world from a fresh perspective. In his hands, images and materials dissolve their boundaries, becoming portals into something both familiar and dreamlike.

Exhibited in more than fifty shows and collected in fifteen countries, Vignoli’s art speaks with a global voice. His works linger in the space between memory and imagination, exploring identity, connection, and the delicate threads that tie humanity together. Viewers often find themselves drawn into a dialogue—at once playful, thought-provoking, and deeply personal.

The roots of his artistry trace back to his father’s photographs of UN peacekeeping missions, early sparks that lit his lifelong pursuit of storytelling through images. Equally formative was his creative journey with his late brother and renowned artist Fernando Vignoli, with whom he first explored the depths of the artistic process and later collaborated on projects. Together with the influences of Dalí, Escher, and da Vinci, these experiences shaped an artistic language uniquely his own: a balance of realism and abstraction, discipline and dream.

Beyond creation, Vignoli has shared his knowledge as an educator, guiding students at Southampton College through Apple OS and Adobe applications. His passion for mentoring echoes the very spirit of his art—curiosity, experimentation, and the courage to reimagine the world.

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Achievements and Awards:
• Nominee for the III Visual Arts Press Award for the Fine Art Photography category. Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, FL (May 2018).

• ViewBug.com (the world's biggest online photo competition): Vignoli has received over 4,500 awards and peer recognitions since he joined the site in 2013. His first Achievement in Originality Award was in 2013 for his abstract photo "Long Beach Harmony". Many of Alex’s photos have been on the Top Class for more than 650 times and were selected several times to be the feature of the month and contest finalist. The site invited him to be a Curator in 2015 and a VIP member in 2016. My Viewbug website link: alexvignoli.viewbug.com

• 2006 - Most Thought-Provoking Award (by public votes) with "Freedom of Knowledge", digital photo montage, archival pigment print on fine art paper - Art Competition at The Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, (NY).

• 2004 -Honorable Mention Award with "Human Blend 1", digital photo montage, archival pigment print on paper - Curator: Alicia Longwell (Parish Museum, Water Mill, NY) - Photographers' Choice Show at the Southampton Public Library, SH (NY) - Photographers East Group.

• 2000 -Honorable Mention Award with “Cliffs of Hamptons”, photo, archival pigment print on paper - Members Juried Show at the Southampton Cultural Center, SH (NY) - Southampton Artist Association

• 1998 -Honorable Mention Award – “Untitled,” digital illustration - Juried Painting Show at the East End Art Council, Riverhead, NY

• 1997 -First and Second Winner (yes! he got two prizes in the same contest!) - Architecture category: “The Station” and Still Life category: “Dried Flowers” - Photo Contest at the Riverhead Free Library, Riverhead, NY

• 1990 -Winner, of Logo Contest for the Centro Cultural UFMG (Cultural Center-National University), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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