Veka Koestinger

I was born in Oaxaca (Mexico) in 2001, I lived in Spain for five years during my childhood and I now live in the south of France. I started by being part of the high school’s cinema club. Then, I did a year of art preparatory classes in Paris at the Atelier de Sèvres. This allowed me to join the bachelor’s program in photography/videography at the Gobelins School of Image, where I was able to study thanks to a scholarship from Universal Music France. A year after my graduation, I started my third-year equivalency at the Beaux Arts de Nice, the Villa Arson, then I obtained my National Diploma of Art in June 2026.

I am mainly interested in photography and imagery. Because I find a comforting freedom within which I allow myself to join different practices.
I am mainly inspired by my twin sister, humans, cinematography, the lights, the absurd, certain places and what’s in my head. I am in search of a specific aestheticism.
I have several ways of working:
- Through my obsessions like water, chiaroscuro, flying birds, a moment and more.
The photos are taken on the spot, as if I were taking notes. On the contrary,
I sometimes observe and stop to watch people live and be. I find humans
fascinating. The last step is the choice I make to l...

The Atelier de Sèvres preparatory art school in Paris
The School of Images Gobelins in Paris ( photo/ video bachelor )
School of Fine Arts, Villa Arson, Nice

GROUP EXHIBITION with my twin sister, Affi Koestinger, in the Maison des Artistes, 35 Rue d'Orée, 72800, le Lude. From the 1st to the 16th of agust 2026.

GROUP EXHIBITION, in the Halles aux Chevaux, Parc Georges Brassens, 102 Rue Brancion, 75015, Paris. From the 25th to the 26th of april 2026.

SOLO EXHIBITION in Alter Natives, 4 Rue Pierre Devoluy, Nice, from the 14th of july to the 3rd of october 2025.

GROUP EXHIBITION in the Neauphle Photo 2024 photo Fair, Neauple-le-Château, from the 16th to the 24th of March 2024.

GROUP EXHIBITION in the Zephyr & l'Olivier galerie, 17 rue François Coudreux in La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, from the 16th to the 27th of December 2023. With the artist painter Stephanie de Malherbe.

GROUP EXHIBITION in "LA CÉSURE" space, 13 rue Santeuil in the 5th district of Paris, the 7th and 8th of June 2023. Showcasing our diplomas at the School of Image Gobelins.

GROUP EXHIBITION in an appartement in the 4th district in Paris, from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022.

GROUP EXHIBITION in an appartement in the 4th district in Paris, from the 10th to the 12th of December 2021.

GROUP EXHIBITION in the Tia Gourmet, 73 Rue des Halles Tours, France from the 6th of June to the 5th of July 2019.