Victor Salmones was born in Mexico City in 1937 to parents who were both of Spanish ancestry. His father immigrated to Mexico from Spain in the early thirties, and his mother was Spanish by heritage and Mexican by birth. Victor's father died when he was a young boy, and Victor began working part time to support his family.

It was first in public elementary school that Victor discovered his talent and love for the creation of sculpture. While learning to use children's modeling clay, Victor won his first award ~~ for the sculpture of a comic character. While attending high school and later at the Universidad de las Americas, Victor took as many art courses as possible, allowing him to afterward assume a position inco...