BIOGRAPHY
Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1973.
Academic training:
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, 2004.
M.F.A Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 2004.
Sculpture diploma from Ar.Co., School of Art and
Visual Communication, Lisbon, 2001.
M.A. in Philosophy of Language and of Consciousness,
Lisbon University in 2001.
Erasmus Program at the Free University of Berlin,
1993-1994.
B.A. in Pure Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland in 1995.
Solo Exhibitions:
Modulators, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, December 2004;
Time Capsule (Singulizer), Pinksummer Gallery,
Genoa, March 2003;
Sub-urb, Serralves Park, Oporto, January 2003;
Shortcut, Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, August 2002.
Group Exhibitions (selection):
Cidade Iluminada, ZDB Gallery, Lisbon 2004;
Whitney Independent Study Program Final Exhibition,
New York, 2004;
Outras Alternativas, Vigo Contemporary Art Museum,
Vigo, 2003;
Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon, 2003;
Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, 2003;
The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art,
London, 2003;
Detonation, Anthologie Film Archives Gallery, New
York, 2003;
Manifesta4, Frankfurt, 2002;
Bolseiros e Finalistas do Ar.Co, CCB, Lisbon, 2002;
Francisco Wandschneider Competition, Serralves
Museum, Oporto, 2001;
ExperimentaDesign99, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon,
1999;
RAMaia, Old EPAC warehouse, Vila do Bispo, 1999;
RAMa, Galeria Alvarez, Oporto, 1999.
Publications:
Assimilating Space, in Art-ist, Istanbul,
March 2003;
Artist Statement, in Artkaleidoscop, Frankfurt,
June 2002;
Túnel, in Arte Ibérica, Lisbon, March 2000.
Scholarships:
Foundation for Science and Technology
scholarship (1999-2001)
Fulbright Foundation and Carmona e Costa Foundation
joint scholarship (2001-2003)
Luso-American Foundation scholarship (Spring 2004)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation/Luso-American Foundation
joint scholarship (Fall 2004)
LINKS
Sancho silva website: http://www.sancho-silva.blogspot.com
http://orangeworks.blogspot.com
