Viviane Silvera

 

 

Born in Hong Kong 1971.

Lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil 1982-1987.

Currently lives and works in New York City.

 

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming (2005) 511 Gallery, Two-Person Show, Chelsea, NY

2004 Gallery Boreas, 'Clinton (Praying Hands)', Solo Show, Williamsburg, NY

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004  Gallery Boreas 'Brooklyn Preview', lenox, MA

Luxe Gallery, ÒdrawnÓ, New York

The Drawing Center, ArtistsÕ Slide Registry, New York

Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, The Ninety-Second Street Y, New York

2003 Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, The Ninety-Second Street Y, New York

2002 Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, The Ninety-Second Street Y, New York

         Fairleigh Dickinson University, University College Art Gallery, Invitaional, Teaneck, NJ

         Bronx River Art Center, ÒPhysical Units: Fragments of the Human FormÓ, Curator: Bronx, NY

2002  Tribeca Hall, ÒConvergenceÓ, NYAA Alumni, New York, NY

         Kentler International Drawing Space, Small Works Show, Red Hook

BWAC, Pier Show 10, Red Hook, Brooklyn

Tribeca Hall, Prince of Wales Benefit, FANY, New York

Bronx River Art Gallery, 911 Show, Bronx, NY

2001  The Eye Beam Gallery, FANY, New York

Kentler International Drawing Space, 911 Show, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

BWAC , Small Works Show, Beard Street Pier, Brooklyn, NY

Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, The Ninety-Second St Y, New York

            Silvestre Galleries,  Long Beach Island, NJ

         Creative Arts Workshop,  Juried, Narration:Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art, Curator: Robert Taplin, New Haven, CT

            Clinton Hill Studio Tour,  Brooklyn, NY

2000 Sarratt Gallery, ÒDrawings for The FaultÓ, Nashville, TN

            New York Academy of Art, MFA Exhibition, New York

1999 Dahesh Museum, Juried, A New Generation, New York

1998 National Arts Club, Juried, Catherine Lorrilard Wolfe,  New York

            National Sculpture Society, Juried, Annual Exhibition, (catalog) , New York

            Gordon College, Invitational, VSC Artists,  Wenham, MA

            National Academy of Design Museum, Juried, New York

            Cork Gallery, Juried,  Lincoln Center, New York

            Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

1997 National Sculpture Society, Juried, Annual Exhibition, (catalog) , New York

            Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton,  NY

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS 

2001 Eileen Giggenheim Education Grant, New York Academ of Art, NY

2000 Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

1998 Sculpture Grant,  National Sculpture Society, New York, NY

            Scholarship Award,  New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

1997  Sculpture Grant,  National Sculpture Society, New York, NY                         

Fantasy Foundation Grant,  Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY

            VSC ArtistÕs Grant,  Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT,

            Award of Excellence,  Sixth Annual Manhattan Arts International

Valerie Delacorte Scholarship,  National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1996 Chaim Gross Scholarship, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

            Harriet Whitney Frishmuth Travel Award,  National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1995 Chaim Gross Scholarship,  The National Academy of Design, New York, NY

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

 

LECTURES

2003  Visual Artist Lecturer, ÒMaking Faces; A History of PortraitureÓ, Makor, New York, NY

Visual Artist Lecturer, ÒMaking Faces; A History of PortraitureÓ, The National Acedemy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY

2002 Visual Artist Lecturer, ÒWilliamsburg GalleriesÓ, The Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY

Visual Artist Lecturer, ÒMaking Faces; A History of PortraitureÓ, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

2001 Visual Artist Speaker, Career Lecture Series, The East Harlem School at Exodus House, New York, NY

2000 Visiting Artist Lecturer,ÒMacquette to MonumentÓ , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 

TEACHING POSITIONS

Current

On Art; Walks & Talks, New York, NY

Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

The Ninety-Second Street Y School of the Arts, New York, NY

 

 

PUBLIC WORK

2000 ÒThe FaultÓ, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN   

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004 Bershire Eagle, July 27th

2003 East Hampton Star, August

2000 Vanderbilt Register,  December Issue

            Word, The East Harlem School at Exodus House, Autumn Issue

1999 American Artist,  October Issue

            Vanderbilt Register,  October Issue

1998 Sculpture Review,  Spring Issue

            Sculpture Review,  Fall Issue

            Exhibition Catalog,  National Sculpture Society, Annual Show

1997 Manhattan Arts International,  Summer Issue

            Sculpture Review,   Fall Issue

1996 Exhibition Catalog,  National Sculpture Society, Annual Show

 

 

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