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Artist who lives and works in:
San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara
Contact
- studio@chrissilva.net
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Curriculum Vitae for Christopher Silva
(Born November 30th, 1983, California, USA)
Work: www.chrissilva.net
Blog: www.articulat.es
Education:
MFA Candidate, Studio Art, University of California, Santa Barbara
BFA, Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute, 2009
Grants and Awards:
University of California Regents Block Grant, 2012-2013
University of California Regents Central Fellowship, 2011-2012
University of California Graduate Studies Fellowship, 2011-2013
San Francisco Art Institute Undergraduate Fellowship, 2009-2010
San Francisco Art Institute Continuing Student Scholarship, 2007-2009
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2012
“University of California, For Official Use Only”, Gallery 479, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
“FREE WIFI: Inquire Within”, MOCO, Oakland, CA
“Chris Silva: New Work”, Gallery @ Society: Culture House, Santa Rosa, CA
2011
“Pyramids and Other Angles”, Gallery 479, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
“QWERTY”, Little Bird, San Francisco, CA
2009
“Google Found My Problem”, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“This is Supposed to Be About Me”, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012
“The New Oceanscapes”, AFS Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Agit-Prop”, Left Coast Books, Goleta, CA
“BYOB (Bring your own beamer) L.A.”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Courbet is Better Than You”, Gallery 479, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
“I am Curious”, Left Coast Books, Goleta, CA
“IT’S A SMALL, SMALL WORLD”, Curated by Hennessy Youngman (Jayson Musson), Family Business, New York, NY
“The New MFAs”, Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Groupwork”, Gallery 479, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
2011
“SAY SOMETHING!”, Robert Berman E6 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Xerox as a Verb”, Tomm El-Saieh Presents, Miami, FL
2010
“Crystal Layer Sun”, Jellyfish Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Spring Show”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2009
“When we are old we will call our show “Manifestation of Time”, but for now we will call it “Teenage Dirtbike””, Curated by Keith Boadwee, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Contemporary Indigenous Identity”, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“San Francisco Chronicles”, The Peanut Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Locality”, SUB-Mission, San Francisco, CA
“Spring Show”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“Love in the Age of Craigslist”, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Press and Publications:
The Bottom Line, “MFA Open Studios Event Showcases Imagination, Innovation”, http://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2012/11/mfa-open-studios-event-showcases-imagination-innovation, Joanne Howard, November 2012
East Bay Express, “MOCO’s Meta Space”, http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/mocos-meta- space/Content?oid=3317929, Alex Bigman, August 2012
Art Fag City, “A Happy Ending? Chris Silva’s Censorship at MoCA resolved”, http://www.artfagcity.com/2012/07/24/a-happy-ending-chris-silvas-censorship-at-moca-resolved/, Corinna Kirsch, July 2012
Artinfo, “Mercedes Responds to Censorship of Artist’s Car-Themed Work at L.A. MOCA Event”, http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2012/05/29/mercedes-responds-to-censorship-of-artists-car-themed-work-at-l-a-moca-event/, Benjamin Sutton, May 2012
Design & Trend, “Mercedes-Benz Issues Apology to Chris Silva, Censored Artist”, http://www.designntrend.com/articles/1679/20120530/mercedes-benz-issues-apology-chris-silva-censored.htm, Jessica Kramer, May, 2012
Artinfo, “Artist Accuses L.A. MOCA of Censoring His Car-Themed Art to Appease Corporate Sponsor Mercedes-Benz”, http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/804335/moca-benz, Benjamin Sutton, May, 2012
Huffington Post, “Do Corporate Sponsors at MOCA Have Censorship Authority?”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mat-gleason/corporate- sponsors-at-moca_b_1508486.html, Mat Gleason, May, 2012
Santa Barbara Arts Blog, “I am Curious at Left Coast Books”, http://www.sbartsblog.com/2012/04/11/i-am-curious-at-left-coast-books/, Nathan Vonk, April, 2012
Casa Magazine, March Issue, “The new MFAs of UCSB + UC Davis”, March, 2012
Daily Nexus, “Art MFAs Share their Work in On-Campus Show”, http://www.dailynexus.com/2012-03-08/art-mfas-share-work- oncampus-show/, March, 2012
Daily Nexus, “Groupwork”, http://www.dailynexus.com/2012-02- 02/groupwork-living-breathing-monster/ February, 2012
580 SPLIT, Issue 13 “lines of (dis)connection”, 2011
Artbusiness.com, “941 GEARY – MICHAEL ROSENTHAL – ROBERT BERMAN/E6!! – CHANDLER – PRETTY PRETTY COLLECTIVE!! ARTISTS ALLEY – DRIP STUDIOS!! 01.15.11”, http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/011511.html, 2011
Artbusiness.com, “FIFTY24SF – D-STRUCTURE – NEEDLES & PENS – FABRIC8 – ARTIST-XCHANGE – JELLYFISH, 08.06.10”, http://artbusiness.com/1open/080610.html, 2010
“Photoworks 2009”, Lulu Press, Christopher Silva, 2009
Collections:
Thomas Dunker Collection, San Francisco, CA
Instruction:
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 7D – Art / Science / Technology, Lisa Jevbratt, Winter, 2013, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 1A – Visual Literacy, Yumi Kinoshita, Fall, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 19 – LD Photography, Patrick Melroy, Fall, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 1A - Visual Literacy, Yumi Kinoshita, Summer, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 7D – Art / Science / Technology, Andres Burbano, Summer, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 1A - Visual Literacy, Jennifer Vanderpool, Summer, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Reading Assistant, ARTST 1C - Colloquium, Richard Ross, Spring, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant, ARTST 7D - Art / Science / Technology, Andres Burbano, Winter, 2012, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Reading Assistant, ARTST 1C – Colloquium, Dick Hebdige, Fall, 2011, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Curation and Direction:
“The New Oceanscapes”, Curator, 2012, AFS Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Jane Deering Gallery, Director of Online Operations, 2011-2012, Santa Barbara, CA
Gallery 479, Director, 2011-Present, University of California Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
Still Lights Gallery, Director, 2007-2009, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA