Biography
Victore was born in 1962 and grew up on an air force base in Plattsburgh, New York in a family of a career airman and a college librarian. [1] He studied at Plattsburgh State College for one year before dropping out and moving to New York City to attend SVA. [1] Victore did not graduate from SVA [6] [7] either, and considers himself self-taught. [8] His early jobs included designing restaurant menus, greeting cards, CD [1] and book covers. [9] He apprenticed for book cover designer Paul Bacon. [1]
In 1992, Victore joined graphic designers John Gall, Leah Lococo, Morris Taub, Susan Walsh, and Steven Brower to form a design group under the name "Post No Bills" to produce political posters ahead of the 1992 Presidential election. [10] In 1993, in response to race riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Victore created a poster titled "Racism" that became one of his most famous works [11] and was acquired by the New York Museum of Modern Art [4] and Denver Art Museum. [12]
As of 2025, Victore lives in Texas, outside of Austin. [13]
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