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Luis Manuel Cravo Silva Associate Professor CAS | ART | Art

Degrees
MFA, Columbia University
BA, Government, Harvard University

Languages Spoken
Portuguese
Bio
Luis Silva鈥檚 writing and painting wander through the spaces and gaps provided by life and fiction in search of imagination, the real, belief and the thread of myth that binds them. He received a BA in Government from Harvard University and his MFA from Columbia University. He has exhibited at numerous international venues that include the Museum of Modern Art, Gramercy Theater, New York, the Taimiao Temple Gallery, National Museum of China, Beijing, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, the Southeastern Center of Contemporary Arts, Winston Salem, the DALI Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, Art Basel, Miami, the Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York, the 澳门皇冠体育 Project for the Arts, 澳门皇冠体育, DC, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Serbia, IOAM, Beijing. Gallery exhibitions include G Fine Art, 澳门皇冠体育, DC, Gallery MC, New York, Fusebox, 澳门皇冠体育, DC, Bernard Toale, Boston. He has collaborated on projects with Kiki Smith, Linn Meyers, Tomas Vu, and Jennifer Nuss.
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Teaching

Summer 2024

  • ARTS-100 Art: Studio Experience

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Maryland Arts and Humanities Council, Creative Project Grant

Exhibitions/Performances

  • G Fine Art, 澳门皇冠体育, DC
  • 澳门皇冠体育 Project for the Arts, Curator, 澳门皇冠体育, DC
  • Fusebox Gallery, 澳门皇冠体育, DC
  • Artpoint, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
  • Museum of Modern Art, Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
  • Corcoran Museum/澳门皇冠体育 Project for the Arts(WPA/C)
  • Schwarzenberg鈥檚hcen Meierie, Schrattenberg, Austria
  • PS-122, New York, NY
  • Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • District of Columbia Arts Center, 澳门皇冠体育, DC

Research Interests

Luis Silva explores issues entailing identity and identity formation. His work particularly addresses the cultural outsider utilizing aspects of fable construction, fa莽ade and myth. His media is project dependent and recently includes video, installation, painting, drawing, digital imaging and textile.

Professional Presentations

  • Lecturer, Library of Congress/Southern Graphics Council
  • Visiting Artist, Brandeis University
  • Technical Assistant and Video Consultant, Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University
  • Visiting Artist, George Mason University
  • Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art
  • Visiting Artist, Chautauqua Institution

See CV for full list.

Selected Publications

  • 鈥渢he Surreal Life,鈥 澳门皇冠体育 Post/ Express, January 6, 2006
  • Glenn Dixon, 鈥淕鈥檚 Puff鈥檔鈥橲tuff,鈥 澳门皇冠体育 Post/ Express, January 5, 2006
  • Michael O鈥橲ullivan, 鈥淭he Seen, Art and Museum Events,鈥 澳门皇冠体育 Post, December 16, 2005
  • DC Style Magazine, December 2005
  • Art in America; 2004, 2005
  • Sarah Godfrey, 鈥淎rtifacts: Groovy Ghoulies,鈥 The 澳门皇冠体育 City Paper; June 11, 2004
  • Jessica Dawson, 鈥淕uise and Dolls,鈥 澳门皇冠体育 Post (April 10, 2003), p. C5
  • 鈥淎rt Wrap,鈥 The Georgetowner (April 18, 2003)
  • Bret McCabe, 鈥淭hree Way: Gallery Four鈥檚 Trio of Fresh Artistic Visions,鈥 City Paper (Baltimore, Vol. 26, No. 26, June 26-July 3, 2002), pp. 41-42
  • Michael O鈥橲ullivan, 鈥淎 Pop (Culture) Quiz,鈥 澳门皇冠体育 Post (June 28, 2002), Weekend Section, p. 48