Liza Sylvestre

Liza Sylvestre
Born1983
Minneapolis, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Education2019 MFA Candidate - University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 2006 B.A. Fine Art - University of Minnesota
Known forMixed Media, Installation, and Video Art
Awards2014 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Learning Grant

Liza Sylvestre (born November 13, 1983) is an American visual artist born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is known for detailed abstract mixed media paintings and drawings. Her current work explores new media such as installation and video art. Much of her work revolves around our sensory perceptions and misconceptions of the world around.[1]

Personal life

While growing up in Minneapolis she began to lose her hearing around the age of six. She had a very gradual decline in her hearing ability that became more debilitating around the age of sixteen. She had a cochlear implant surgically placed in her ear to improve her hearing in 2003 when she was 20 years old. After graduating with her Bachelor of Arts in 2006 she moved to Miami for 6 years to work and exhibit her artwork. [citation needed]

She currently lives in Illinois with her husband, artist and writer Christopher Jones, and her two children.[2]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2019

2018

2017

  • Interference. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2015

  • Meridians. Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN[4]

2014

Group Exhibitions

2020

2019

  • The Other Four. The Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
  • MFA Thesis Show. Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL

2018

2017

  • Twentieth International Opening Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Between the Sky & the Earth. Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL[5]

2016

  • Michael Dandley / Liza Sylvestre. Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
  • Art(ists) on the Verge 7 Fellowship Exhibition. Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

2015

  • Enormous Tiny Art Show 18. Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH

2014

  • Enormous Tiny Art Show 16. Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
  • Ned Evans / Carly Glovinski / Liza Sylvestre. Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
  • Get Lucky. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2013

  • Enormous Tiny Art Show 14. Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH

2012

2011

  • Recently Acquired. Audrey Love Gallery, Miami, FL

2010

  • Small Works. The Swenson Gallery, Miami FL
  • Lucky You. Audrey Love Gallery, Miami FL

Screenings & Events

2019

  • The Film and Video Poetry Symposium at Cinema Kosmos, Moscow, Russia

2018

2017

  • Northwest Conference of the Society for Photographic Education. Portland, OR

Commissions

  • 25 piece commission for the 4 star James Hotel, Miami Beach FL[8]

Awards

2021

2017

2016

  • University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

2015

  • Art(ists) on the Verge 7 Fellow (Jerome Foundation)
  • VSA Jerome - Emerging Artist Grantee
  • Metropolitan Regional Arts Council - Arts Learning Grantee

2014

  • Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Initiative Grant
  • Minnesota State Arts Board - Arts Learning Grant

See also

References

  1. ^ "__a_ i_ I _old you a __ory in a language I _an _ear?". LIZA SYLVESTRE. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. ^ "MN Original - Liza Sylvestre - Twin Cities PBS". Twin Cities PBS. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. ^ "Third Space – Plains Art Museum". Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. ^ "Artwork by Liza Sylvestre on display at Public Functionary - VSA Minnesota". VSA Minnesota. 2015-12-10. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  5. ^ "Between the Sky and the Earth". rootsandculturecac.org. July 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  6. ^ Nguyen, Minh (2019-09-03). "Liza Sylvestre's Ideal Museum Engages All the Senses—Not Just Sight". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. ^ "Graduate Symposium on Sensory Loss with Liza Sylvestre". Weisman Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  8. ^ "Liza Sylvestre - Mn Artists". www.mnartists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  9. ^ "Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces Inaugural Fellows". www.artforum.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-19.