VAGUJHELYI IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIO BASED IN NEW YORK CITY.

VAGUJHELYI AIMS TO TRANSFIGURE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND ITS HOLDER, AFFINITY AND COMPULSION.

VAGUJHELYI IS STEEPED IN TRADITION AND INNOVATION. OUR NAME IS A FAMILY NAME, EVOKING AND ECHOING THE PERSEVERANCE OF ANCESTRAL AGENCY. IT IS A NAME WHICH ROSE FROM THE STRAINS OF WORLD WAR II, BESTOWED BY A GRANDFATHER UPON HIS LINEAGE TO MAINTAIN HIS HUNGARIAN ROOTS INTO THE NEW WORLD. AS SUCH, VAGUJHELYI BINDS ADVERSITY AND DISCIPLINE, TENSION AND COMPOSURE.

DIEGO VILLARREAL VAGUJHELYI IS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY. BORN IN MADRID, VILLARREAL WAS EXPOSED TO AN OLD WORLD CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH SHAPED HIS ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT. DIEGO BEGAN HIS CAREER IN FASHION AS A MODEL, A TIME WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO HONE HIS CRAFT BEHIND THE CAMERA. AS THE STILL IMAGE IS NOT WITHOUT LIMITATIONS: VILLARREAL BEGAN EXPLORING OTHER FORMS OF EXPRESSION THROUGH SCULPTURE AND PRINT-MAKING. HE IS THE DESIGNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF VAGUJHELYI, FOUNDED IN 2022. HIS DEBUT PIECE, THE VAGUJHELYI 20LB SOLID STAINLESS STEEL WEIGHTS, PREMIERED WITH SIzed STUDIO FOR FRIEZE NYC 2022. VAGUJHELYI HAS BEEN FEATURED IN COLLABORATION WITH LUDOVIC DE SAINT SERNIN + THE ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE FOUNDATION, PIN UP MAGAZINE, CULTURED MAGAZINE, AND GQ.  DIEGO VILLARREAL CONTINUES TO DELVE INTO THE ASPECTS OF HIS PERSONAL IDENTITY WHILE REDEFINING THE EXPERIENCE OF HIS WORK.

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