VANESSA DA SILVA
b. São Paulo, BR
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2015 – 2017 MA Painting Royal College of Art (London, UK)
1995 – 1999 BA Industrial Design, FAAP (São Paulo, Brazil)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Artíssima, Solo presentation New Entries Section - Duarte Sequeira Gallery (Turin, Italy)
The Inner Rhythm of the Collective, Lungley Gallery (London, UK)
2019
Vertical Zen, Hospitalfield (Arbroath, Scotland)
Muamba Grove, Sculpture Park Commission, Duarte Sequeira Gallery (Braga, Portugal)
2017
Stranger than Paradise, StudioRCA Riverlight (London, UK)
SITE SPECIFIC PROJECTS
2023
Inner Landscapes (Floating Head), The Box, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery (London,UK)
2022
For a Collective Dance, S&D25 flagpole, 019 Ghent (Ghent, BE)
PERFORMANCE
2022
Muamba Grove (3), performed by Luann Dias, Pivô, (São Paulo, Brazil)
2019
Muamba Grove (2), Duarte Sequeira Gallery (Braga, Portugal)
The Up-Risers, Kunstraum (London, UK)
2018
Muamba Grove (1), Fitzrovia Gallery (London, UK)
Stranger than Paradise, StudioRCA Riverlight (London, UK)
2017
Resistance’s Flow, Royal College of Art (London, UK)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Chama-lhe Apenas Horizonte, curated by Camila Maissune & Filipa Oliveira, Casa da Cerca (Almada, PT)
Sculpture in the City, City of London (London, UK)
Soft Monuments, Frestonian Gallery (London, UK)
Trickster Figures, Sculpture and the Body, curated by Jes Fernie, MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
May Your Mouth Contain the Shapes of Strange Words, duo exhibition with Maya Weishof, Duarte Sequeira Gallery (Seoul, South Korea)
Babele, curated by Caspar Giorgio Williams, Spazio Musa (Turin, IT)
2022
Muamba Grove, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Wakefield, UK)
De Montañas Submarinas el Fuego Hace Islas, curated by Yina Jimenez, Pivô (São Paulo, Brazil)
Devenir Isla, curated by Aina Pomar, La Casa Encendida (Madrid, Spain)
Transient Roots, curated by Huma Kabakci, Sapling Gallery (London, UK)
Sol, curated by Alexandre da Cunha, Marli Matsumoto Gallery (São Paulo, Brazil)
Phantasmata, Public Gallery (London, UK)
2021
Frieze Sculpture, Regent’s Park (London, UK)
Frieze London - Focus Section - Instituto de Visión Gallery (London. UK)
In Bed with a Mosquito, Duarte Sequeira Gallery (Braga, Portugal)
Female Voices of Latin America, @Vortic with Public Gallery (London, UK)
2020
Assembly Points, Public Gallery (London, UK)
Four Flags, Jaqueline Martins Gallery (São Paulo, Brazil), CIAP Kunstverein (Genk, Belgium), La Loge (Brussels, Belgium)
Salón Acme N0.8 (Mexico City, Mexico)
2019
Antifascismo Tropical, curated by Pablo León de la Barra, White Cubicle at Queen Adelaide (London, UK)
Artworks Open 2019 selected by Emma Talbot & Alex Schady, Barbican Arts Trust (London, UK)
Dominó, curated by Camila Bechelany, Casa da Luz (São Paulo, Brazil)
Agua de Beber, curated by Persona Curada, Espace Lexi (Paris, France)
This Future Is Unthinkable, Yet Here We Are Thinking It, curated by Juliette Desorgues, Damien & The Love Guru (Brussels, Belgium)
2018
VIA Arts Prize, Embassy of Brazil (London, UK)
Artworks Open 2018, selected by Tai Shani and Emma Talbot, Barbican Arts Trust (London, UK)
ARCO Lisbon, Opening Section, curated by João Laia, House of Egorn (Lisbon, Portugal)
I Am He As You Are She As You Are Me, curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli, House of Egorn (Berlin, Germany)
That Same Far Place, curated by Noelia Portela, Chezkit (Pantin, France)
Legs, curated by Pinch Project, Fitzrovia Gallery (London, UK)
Form, Cob Gallery (London, UK)
Transcending Species, Gender and Nations, Depford Cinema (London, UK)
Representatives, St Peter’s College (Oxford, UK)
2017
Herland, Bosse and Baum Gallery (London, UK)
Seamless Territories, Blyth Gallery (London, UK)
2016
Notes.app, Dyson Gallery (London, UK)
With Institutions Like This…, curated by Victor Wang, Averard Hotel (London, UK)
2015
Manifest Matters, Enterprise House (London, UK)
AWARDS
2022
East London Printmakers, Keyholder Bursary Award (London, UK)
2020
The Hopper Prize (USA)
Royal Society of Sculptors, Gilbert Bayes Award (London, UK)
2017
Almacantar Studio Award, selected by Richard Wentworth (London, UK)
ARTISTS RESIDENCIES
2020
FAAP Artist Residency Program (São Paulo, Brazil)
2019
Pivô Research Residency (São Paulo, Brazil)
Duarte Sequeira Gallery, Artist Residency Program (Braga, Portugal)
2017
Ox-Bow Residency, Fall Residency Programme (Saugatuck, USA)