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Viviane Silvera
Drawings
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BORN

July 5, 1971. In Hong Kong
Lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil 1982-1987.
Lives and works in NYC.

EDUCATION

2000 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, M.F.A
1992 Tufts University, Medford, MA, B.A

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2008 Ratio Gallery, "Borrowed Memory", Bellport, NY
2005 511 Gallery, “Everyday Saints”, New York, NY
2004 Gallery Boreas, “Praying Hands (Clinton)”, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Hudson County Arts Annual, "Metropolitan Memories", curator Mara Miller, Jersey City, NJ
  511 Gallery, "Wall Works", drawings by Viviane Silvera and Mary Reilly, NYC, NY
2008 511 Gallery, "Works on Paper", NYC, NY
2007 Ratio Gallery, "Ever Changing Visions of Real", Bellport, NY
2006
511 Gallery, "Drawing Now", NYC, NY
  Gallery Boreas, NYC, NY
2005

“Summer Show”, 511 Gallery, New York, NY

  International Art Fair 2005, with Gallery Boreas, Cologne, Germany
  Phillips de Pury, "Take Home a Nude", NYC, NY
  “Contemporary Realism”, Ratio Gallery, BellPort, NY
2004 “Hands”, Eisenhauer Gallery, Hilton Hotel, NY
  “Brooklyn Preview”, Gallery Boreas Satellite, Lenox, MA
  “Drawn”, Luxe Gallery, New York
  Faculty Exhibition, Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, The Ninety-Second Street Y, New York, NY
2003 Faculty Exhibition, Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, The Ninety-Second Street Y, New York, NY
2002 Faculty Exhibition, Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, The Ninety-Second Street Y, New York, NY
  “Invitational” , Fairleigh Dickinson University, University College Art Gallery, Teaneck, NJ
  “Physical Units: Fragments of the Human Form”, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2002 “Convergence”, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
  “Small Works Show”, Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook
  “NY Panel Project”, Tribeca Hall, Prince of Wales Benefit, , New York, NY
  “911 Show”, Bronx River Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2001 “NY Panel Project”, Eye Beam, , New York, NY
  “911 Show “Kentler International Drawing Space, , Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
  Milton J.Weill Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, The Ninety-Second St Y, New York, NY
  Silvestre Galleries, Long Beach Island, NJ
  “Narration:Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art “,Creative Arts
  Workshop, Curator: Robert Taplin, New Haven, CT
2000 “Drawings for The Fault”, Sarratt Gallery, Nashville, TN
  “MFA Exhibition”, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1999 “A New Generation”, Dahesh Museum, New York, NY
1998 “Catherine Lorrilard Wolfe” National Arts Club, New York, NY
  Juried, Annual Exhibition, (catalog) National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
  “VSC Artists”, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
  National Academy of Design Museum, Juried, New York, NY
  Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1997 Juried, Annual Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, (catalog) , New York, NY
  Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

FLAT FILES

2004 Drawing Center, Artists’ Slide Registry, NY, New York
  Momenta Art, Artist’s Slide Registry, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2001 Eileen Guggenheim Education Grant, New York Academy of Art, NY
  Momenta Art, Artist’s Slide Registry, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 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 Artist’s 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

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2003 “Praying Hands”, The Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AK
2000 “The Fault”, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004 NY Press, August 25th
  Y’ideot Aranot, August 25th
  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
1998 Vanderbilt Register, October Issue
  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
   

LECTURES GIVEN BY ARTIST

2001-Current Bi-monthly Art Walks and Lectures, On Art, New York, NY
2004 Visual Artist Lecturer, “Making Faces; A History of Portraiture”, Makor, New York, NY
  Visual Artist Lecturer, “Making Faces; A History of Portraiture”, The National Acedemy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002 Visual Artist Lecturer, “Williamsburg Galleries”, The Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
  Visual Artist Lecturer, “Making Faces; A History of Portraiture”, 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,“Macquette to Monument” , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1999 Visiting artist Lecturer, “Greek Sculpture”, The Museum School at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

TEACHING POSITIONS

2002-Present On Art, New York, NY
2001-Present The Ninety-Second Street Y School of the Arts, New York, NY
2002-2004 Marymount Manhattan College, Continuing Ed, New YORK, NY
2001-2003 The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
2001-2002 The Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY