BIOGRAPHY

• Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1973.

 

•  Academic training:

 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, 2004.

 M.F.A in sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 2004.

 Sculpture diploma, Ar.Co., School of Art and Visual Communication, Lisbon, 2001.

 M.A. in Philosophy of Language, Lisbon University, 2001.

 B.A. in Pure Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1995.

 

• Solo Exhibitions:

        Dolle Mol, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium, 2008;

        Involtino, Parfiri Building, Bossarino, Italy, 2007 [permanent project];

        Cyclopean Eye: Cairo, Pinsummer Gallery, Genoa, Italy, 2007;

Cyclopean Eye: Berlin,Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2006;    

Orange Works, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005;

Hominivorax, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005;

 Modulators, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA, 2004;

 Singulizer, Pinksummer Gallery, Genoa, Italy, 2003;

 Sub-urb, Serralves Park, Porto, Portugal, 2003;

Shortcut, Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2002.*

 

• Group Exhibitions:

Slow Movement or: Half and Whole, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, 2009;*

El Medio es el Museo, MARCO, Vigo, Spain, 2008;*

Articulações, Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro, Portugal, 2008;*

Love at First Site, Futura Projects, Prague, Czech Republic, 2008;

Museé Lumière, empty lot off the Darling Foundry, Montréal, Canada, 2008;

Shelter, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan, 2008;*

Portugal Agora, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, 2007;*

Open Garden, Palácio de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal, 2007;*

Morro, Projecto 270, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, 2007;

Reality Crossings, Heidelberg Kunstverein, Germany, 2007;*

Urban Interface: Oslo, corner of Lakkegate and Nylandsvine, Oslo, Norway, 2007;

Où? Scènes du Sud : Espagne, Italie, Portugal, Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes, France, 2007;*

União Latina Prize, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007;*

Che Ci Faccio Qui?, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Siracusa, Italy, 2007;*

60x60x60, Biaggio Steps, Valletta, Malta, 2007;

Depósito, Reitoria da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, 2007;*

ElDorado, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, 2006;*

Diegesis, Schwerin Staatlische Museum and Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, Germany, 2006;* 

Mind the Gap, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2006;*

Report from NYC, Susquehana Museum of Art, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 2005;

Cidade Iluminada, ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004;*

Whitney Independent Study Program Exhibition, New York, USA, 2004;

Outras Alternativas, MARCO, Vigo, Spain, 2003;*

Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003;*

Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, 2003;

The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2003;*

Detonation, Anthologie Film Archives, New York, USA, 2003;

Manifesta4, Frankensteinerhof, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002;*

Bolseiros e Finalistas do Ar.Co, CCB, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002;

Francisco Wandschneider Prize, Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal, 2001;

ExperimentaDesign99, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999;*

RAMa, Galeria Alvarez, Porto, Portugal, 1999.

 

(*catalogue)

• Scholarships:

Gulbenkian Foundation/Luso-American Foundation joint scholarship (Fall 2004);

Luso-American Foundation scholarship (Spring 2004);

Fulbright Foundation and Carmona e Costa Foundation joint scholarship (2001-2003);

Foundation for Science and Technology scholarship (1999-2001).

 

• Residencies:

Quartier Ephémere, Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada, October 2007- April 2008;

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, December 2005 - December 2006;

Steam Shop, Fábrica da Pólvora, Barcarena, Portugal, July 2006;

Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, March 2003.

 

LINKS

Sancho silva website: http://www.sancho-silva.blogspot.com

http://orangeworks.blogspot.com

NOTE: biography and bibliography are usually updated to the date of the artist exhibition at pinksummer, and they are not necessarily complete.