Born in Cuba to war refugees from Yugoslavia, she moved to Mexico as a young child and obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Universidad de las Américas, A.C. A 2000 Guggenheim Fellow, she has held individual exhibitions not only in her native Mexico and Cuba, but also in the United States, Europe, and South Africa, and she is also known for her exhibition "La Cárcel de los Sueños".
Vida Yovanovich was born on 9 October 1949 in Havana, Cuba,[1] where her parents fled from their native Yugoslavia due to war, and she moved to Mexico City in 1956.
[2] She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Universidad de las Américas, A.C. in 1978.
[1] She has held individual exhibitions not only in her native Mexico and Cuba, but also in the United States, Europe, and South Africa.
[1] Her work is generally characterized by being focused on the life and identity of women; her style of photography has been described by the ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara as "reflective and intimate.