Sancho Silva was born in Lisbon in 1973.

 

EDUCATION
2004
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York

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

 

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

M.A. in Philosophy of Language, Lisbon University

 

1995
B.A. in Pure Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublino

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
pinksummer, Genova

 

2008
Dolle Mol, Objectif Exhibitions, Anversa

 

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

Cyclopean Eye: Cairo, Pinksummer Gallery, Genona

 

2006
Cyclopean Eye: Berlin,Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlino

 

2005
Orange Works, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbona

 

2004
Hominivorax, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbona

Modulators, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

 

2003
Singulizer, Pinksummer Gallery, Genona

Sub-urb, Serralves Park, Porto

 

2002
Shortcut, Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, Netherlands*

 

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

 

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

Articulações, Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro*

Love at First Site, Futura Projects, Praga

Museé Lumière, empty lot off the Darling Foundry, Montréal

Shelter, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

 

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

Open Garden, Palácio de Belém, Lisbona*

Morro, Projecto 270, Costa da Caparica

Reality Crossings, Heidelberg Kunstverein*

Urban Interface: Oslo, corner of Lakkegate and Nylandsvine, Oslo

Où? Scènes du Sud : Espagne, Italie, Portugal, Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes*

União Latina Prize, Culturgest, Lisbona*

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

60x60x60, Biaggio Steps, Valletta

Depósito, Reitoria da Universidade do Porto*

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

 

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

Mind the Gap, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York*

 

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

 

2004
Cidade Iluminada, ZDB, Lisbona*

Whitney Independent Study Program Exhibition, New York

 

2003
Outras Alternativas, MARCO, Vigo*

Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbona*

Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo

The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art, Londra*

Detonation, Anthologie Film Archives, New York

 

2002
Manifesta4, Frankensteinerhof, Frankfurt*

Bolseiros e Finalistas do Ar.Co, CCB, Lisbona

Francisco Wandschneider Prize, Serralves Museum, Porto

 

1999
ExperimentaDesign99, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbona*

RAMa, Galeria Alvarez, Porto

(*catalogo)

 

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

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlino

Steam Shop, Fábrica da Pólvora, Barcarena

Open Studios, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt