Sancho Silva
Sancho Silva was born in Lisbon in 1973.
EDUCATION
2004
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, USA
M.F.A in sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA
2001
Sculpture diploma, Ar.Co., School of Art and Visual Communication, Lisbona, Portugal
M.A. in Philosophy of Language, Lisbon University, Portugal
1995
B.A. in Pure Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
pinksummer, Genoa, Italy
2008
Dolle Mol, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Involtino, Parfiri Building, Bossarino, Italy [permanent project]
Cyclopean Eye: Cairo, Pinksummer Gallery, Genoa, Itali
2006
Cyclopean Eye: Berlin,Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2005
Orange Works, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
2004
Hominivorax, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal
Modulators, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA
2003
Singulizer, Pinksummer Gallery, Genoa, Italy
Sub-urb, Serralves Park, Porto, Portugal
2002
Shortcut, Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Slow Movement or: Half and Whole, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
2008
El Medio es el Museo, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Articulações, Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro, Portugal
Love at First Site, Futura Projects, Praga, Czech Republic
Museé Lumière, empty lot off the Darling Foundry, Montréal, Canada
Shelter, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2007
Portugal Agora, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Open Garden, Palácio de Belém, Lisbona, Portugal
Morro, Projecto 270, Costa da Caparica, Portugal
Reality Crossings, Heidelberg Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Urban Interface: Oslo, corner of Lakkegate and Nylandsvine, Oslo, Norway
Où? Scènes du Sud : Espagne, Italie, Portugal, Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes, France
União Latina Prize, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
Che Ci Faccio Qui?, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Siracusa, Italy
60x60x60, Biaggio Steps, La Valletta, Malta
Depósito, Reitoria da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
ElDorado, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2006
Diegesis, Schwerin Staatlische Museum and Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, Germany
Mind the Gap, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2005
Report from NYC, Susquehana Museum of Art, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2004
Cidade Iluminada, ZDB, Lisbona, Portugal
Whitney Independent Study Program Exhibition, New York, USA
2003
Outras Alternativas, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbona, Portugal
Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Detonation, Anthologie Film Archives, New York, USA
2002
Manifesta4, Frankensteinerhof, Frankfurt, Germany
Bolseiros e Finalistas do Ar.Co, CCB, Lisbona, Portugal
Francisco Wandschneider Prize, Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal
1999
ExperimentaDesign99, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbona, Portugal
RAMa, Galeria Alvarez, Porto, Portugal
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Gulbenkian Foundation/Luso-American Foundation joint scholarship (Aurtunno 2004);
Luso-American Foundation scholarship (Primavera 2004);
Fulbright Foundation and Carmona e Costa Foundation joint scholarship (2001-2003);
Foundation for Science and Technology scholarship (1999-2001).
RESIDENCES
Quartier Ephémere, Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Steam Shop, Fábrica da Pólvora, Barcarena, Portugal
Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt