SOFIA SILVA, *1990, IT
lives and works in Padova, IT.
EDUCATION
2023–2025 BPsych Techniques and methods in psychological science, Padova, IT
2013–2016 MA History of Art and Preservation of Artistic Heritage, Venice, IT
2009–2012 BFA Visual Arts and Theatre, Venice, IT
SELECTED SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Private Index, Braunsfeder, Cologne, DE; 2025 Spoiled by Freud, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, US; 2025 Notizie da lei [News from Her], Barbati Gallery, Venice, IT; 2024 Melania pieve mostarda, curated by Edoardo De Cobelli, Una boccata d’arte - Fondazione Elpis, Palazzo Pignano, IT; 2023 Consolations, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico at Maradeiboschi, Turin, IT; 2023 La shampista novecentesca, Il Crepaccio, IT; 2022 Lapidario, Rolando Anselmi Galerie, Rome, IT; 2021 Sofia Silva / Sarah Loibl, Galerie Rolando Anselmi and Daniel Marzona, Berlin, DE; 2020 Sofia Silva: Fifteen very short and rather bitter stories, Arcade, London, UK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Pintura italiana hoy. Una nueva escena, Palacio Libertad. Centro Cultural Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, curated by Damiano Gullì, Buenos Aires, AR; 2025 Les choses que nous ne savons pas, Galerie Romero Paprocki, Paris, FR; 2023 Close Corners, curated by Scott McCracken, Turps Gallery, London, UK; 2023 Pittura Italiana, Triennale Milano, Milano, IT; 2023 Perché questo è un tempo duro. Linguaggio, sensibilità, politica, curated by Sergio Risaliti, Circolo, Milan, IT; 2021 L’Italia è un giardino, curated by Geraldine Blais, Archivi Vitali, Bellano, IT; 2021 On Refection, curated by Tess Tomassini, The Crypt Gallery London, London, UK; 2019 Is there something I should know, Vinifero, Vienna, AT; 2019 Adrian, George, Peter, Sofia, Tamina, P420, Bologna, IT; 2019 The Dream Follows The Mouth, Arcade, London, UK; 2019 Stand by Me, Pelagica, Milan, IT; 2018 Les Pratiques Solitaires, curated by Francesco Garutti and Vittorio Dapelo, THE VIEW, Genoa, IT; 2018 Chesky’s manor, on the matter of services, Taylor Macklin, Zürich, CH; 2018 Night Plinths, narrative projects, London, UK; 2017 Pink Density, curated by Humberto Poblete-Bustamante, Clovis XV, Brussels, BE; 2016 You Say Monet, I Say Manet. Kate Hiley and Sofia Silva, LDD, Turin, IT; 2016 Glorious Abandon, Dynamite Projects, Redhill, UK; 2015 Vis-à-vis, Galerie Le Cabinet Dentaire, Paris, FR; 2014 Eden Amiss: Luci Eyers and Sofia Silva, The Juncture, Unit 3, ASC Studios, London, UK; 2013 Turps Studio Show, Vigo Gallery, London, UK; 2013 Artist Of The Day, Flowers Gallery, London, UK; 2012 First Come, First Served, The Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, UK; 2012 Mindsurf, Galerie Christian Berst, curated by Seymour Art Projects and Melissa Unger, Paris, FR; 2012 della Carezza, curated by Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Spazio Punch, Venice, IT.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2021–2022 Valentino Des Ateliers, Autumn/Winter Haute Couture Show
Selected writings on Sofia Silva:
Sofia Silva “Spoiled by Freud” Andrew Kreps Gallery, review by Yinka Elujoba, The New York Times, 2026
Veneta, analitica e viziata. Sofia Silva “Spoiled by Freud” Andrew Kreps/ New York, review by Giorgio di Domenico, Flash Art Italia, 2025
Notizie da lei, e che notizie!, review by Vittoria Caprotti, The Italian Review, 2025
Suspended, Flight Mode, exhibition text by Bice Curiger, Barbati Gallery, 2025
Famous questions and the paintings of Sofia Silva, by Kristian Vistrup Madsen, CFA, 2023
RESIDENCES
2019 Q-Rated Nuoro, Quadriennale di Roma, IT
2012–2013 Turps Painting Programme, London, UK
In parallel to her painting practice, Sofia Silva has been writing texts on art for ten years for newspapers, magazines (Il Foglio, The Italian Review and many more) and catalogues of institutions including La Quadriennale di Roma, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Kunsthalle Wien.
TEACHING
2015–present: Painting mentor, Turps Art School, London, UK
2018: The First Morning Fest of Unreasonable Acts, Palazzo Bentivoglio, Bologna, IT
2017: Workshop DI-SEGNO: esercizi sulla linea. Villa Médicis, Académie de France à Rome, IT
lives and works in Padova, IT.
EDUCATION
2023–2025 BPsych Techniques and methods in psychological science, Padova, IT
2013–2016 MA History of Art and Preservation of Artistic Heritage, Venice, IT
2009–2012 BFA Visual Arts and Theatre, Venice, IT
SELECTED SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Private Index, Braunsfeder, Cologne, DE; 2025 Spoiled by Freud, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, US; 2025 Notizie da lei [News from Her], Barbati Gallery, Venice, IT; 2024 Melania pieve mostarda, curated by Edoardo De Cobelli, Una boccata d’arte - Fondazione Elpis, Palazzo Pignano, IT; 2023 Consolations, Case Chiuse by Paola Clerico at Maradeiboschi, Turin, IT; 2023 La shampista novecentesca, Il Crepaccio, IT; 2022 Lapidario, Rolando Anselmi Galerie, Rome, IT; 2021 Sofia Silva / Sarah Loibl, Galerie Rolando Anselmi and Daniel Marzona, Berlin, DE; 2020 Sofia Silva: Fifteen very short and rather bitter stories, Arcade, London, UK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Pintura italiana hoy. Una nueva escena, Palacio Libertad. Centro Cultural Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, curated by Damiano Gullì, Buenos Aires, AR; 2025 Les choses que nous ne savons pas, Galerie Romero Paprocki, Paris, FR; 2023 Close Corners, curated by Scott McCracken, Turps Gallery, London, UK; 2023 Pittura Italiana, Triennale Milano, Milano, IT; 2023 Perché questo è un tempo duro. Linguaggio, sensibilità, politica, curated by Sergio Risaliti, Circolo, Milan, IT; 2021 L’Italia è un giardino, curated by Geraldine Blais, Archivi Vitali, Bellano, IT; 2021 On Refection, curated by Tess Tomassini, The Crypt Gallery London, London, UK; 2019 Is there something I should know, Vinifero, Vienna, AT; 2019 Adrian, George, Peter, Sofia, Tamina, P420, Bologna, IT; 2019 The Dream Follows The Mouth, Arcade, London, UK; 2019 Stand by Me, Pelagica, Milan, IT; 2018 Les Pratiques Solitaires, curated by Francesco Garutti and Vittorio Dapelo, THE VIEW, Genoa, IT; 2018 Chesky’s manor, on the matter of services, Taylor Macklin, Zürich, CH; 2018 Night Plinths, narrative projects, London, UK; 2017 Pink Density, curated by Humberto Poblete-Bustamante, Clovis XV, Brussels, BE; 2016 You Say Monet, I Say Manet. Kate Hiley and Sofia Silva, LDD, Turin, IT; 2016 Glorious Abandon, Dynamite Projects, Redhill, UK; 2015 Vis-à-vis, Galerie Le Cabinet Dentaire, Paris, FR; 2014 Eden Amiss: Luci Eyers and Sofia Silva, The Juncture, Unit 3, ASC Studios, London, UK; 2013 Turps Studio Show, Vigo Gallery, London, UK; 2013 Artist Of The Day, Flowers Gallery, London, UK; 2012 First Come, First Served, The Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, UK; 2012 Mindsurf, Galerie Christian Berst, curated by Seymour Art Projects and Melissa Unger, Paris, FR; 2012 della Carezza, curated by Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Spazio Punch, Venice, IT.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2021–2022 Valentino Des Ateliers, Autumn/Winter Haute Couture Show
Selected writings on Sofia Silva:
Sofia Silva “Spoiled by Freud” Andrew Kreps Gallery, review by Yinka Elujoba, The New York Times, 2026
Veneta, analitica e viziata. Sofia Silva “Spoiled by Freud” Andrew Kreps/ New York, review by Giorgio di Domenico, Flash Art Italia, 2025
Notizie da lei, e che notizie!, review by Vittoria Caprotti, The Italian Review, 2025
Suspended, Flight Mode, exhibition text by Bice Curiger, Barbati Gallery, 2025
Famous questions and the paintings of Sofia Silva, by Kristian Vistrup Madsen, CFA, 2023
RESIDENCES
2019 Q-Rated Nuoro, Quadriennale di Roma, IT
2012–2013 Turps Painting Programme, London, UK
In parallel to her painting practice, Sofia Silva has been writing texts on art for ten years for newspapers, magazines (Il Foglio, The Italian Review and many more) and catalogues of institutions including La Quadriennale di Roma, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Kunsthalle Wien.
TEACHING
2015–present: Painting mentor, Turps Art School, London, UK
2018: The First Morning Fest of Unreasonable Acts, Palazzo Bentivoglio, Bologna, IT
2017: Workshop DI-SEGNO: esercizi sulla linea. Villa Médicis, Académie de France à Rome, IT
