Vicki DaSilva
1413 W. Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18102-4226
studio: 610.821.5281 · cell: 610.248.0740
vickidasilva@fast.net
vickidasilva.com · lightgraffiti.com

 

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2011 Reverb, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, 511 W 25th Street, NYC

2011 Architectural Digest Home Design Show, NYC

2010 Architectural Digest Home Design Show, NYC

2008 Speed of Light, Flanders 311, 311 West Martin St. Raleigh, NC,

2006 Fluorescence, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC

2004 Non-Function Follows Form, Tompkins Gallery,
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

GROUP

2011 Independence Day, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2011 Keystone Biennial, Silver Eye Center for Photography

2010-2011 Outsight Inn, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ

2010 The Takeover, Art Whino, Art Basel Miami Beach

2010 Back to New York, HP Garcia Gallery, NYC

2010 Escape from New York, curated by Olympia Lambert, Paterson, NJ

2009 Currents in Contemporary Photography, Flanders Art Gallery,
Raleigh, NC

2008 Refracted Planes: Vicki DaSilva & Mia Yoon, Flanders Art Gallery,
Raleigh, NC

2008 Darkness, Darkness, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

2008 PHOTOGRAPHY NOW 2008' Center for Photography at Woodstock,
Juror: Darren Ching Creative Director, PDN and co-owner/co-director
KLOMPCHING Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007 New Works, Online Gallery, Silver Eye Center for Photography,
Pittsburgh, PA

2007 The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC

2006 Summer Thunder: Photos, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC

2006 PhotoImage '06, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia

2006 Center for Emerging Visual Artists Group Show, Philadelphia School District Administration Building

2005 Movement, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC

2005 29th Annual Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum

2005-2004 In Our Own Backyard, PA Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Main Line Art Center, Erie Art Museum, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona, Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University

2003 The Plaza at PPL Exhibition, Allentown, PA

2001 October International Competition, Armory Art Center,
West Palm Beach, FL, Juror: Peter Frank

2000 Kutztown University Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Open Space Gallery,
Allentown, PA

2000 Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA,
Juror: John Stevenson, Director, John Stevenson Gallery, NYC

1998 The Pleasure in Seeing: Six Photographers, Williams Center Art Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Curator: J. M. Welker, ICP, NYC

 

GALLERIES
2007-Present Flanders Art Gallery, 302 South West Street, Raleigh, NC
2000-2003 John Stevenson Gallery, 338 W 23rd Street, NYC

 

AWARDS/RECOGNITION
2008 myartspace.com, Bridge Art Fair Miami competition, one of 50 finalists, Jurors: Elisabeth Sussman, Senior Curator, The Whitney Museum; Janet Bishop, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA; Michael Workman, Founder, Bridge Art Fair

2008 Hasselblad Masters '08 Semi-Finalist

2007 myartspace.com, New York, New York 2007 competition, one of 50 finalists, Jurors: James Rondeau; Art Institute of Chicago, Jessica Morgan;
Tate Modern, Steven Zevitas; New American Paintings

2005 Allentown Art Museum, Third Place, 29th Annual Juried Show

2004 Creative Capital Foundation Project Grant, Visual Arts Finalist, NYC, (one of 128 Visual Arts applicants chosen from 1,800 artists nationwide presented at panel review prior to 20 who received funding)

2003 PA Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Photography Fellowship

2001 PA Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Photography Fellowship

2000 First Prize, Curator's Choice, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA Juror: John Stevenson, Director, John Stevenson Gallery, NYC

 

COLLECTIONS
Gregg Museum of Art & Design
Concannon Miller CPA
Wacker Chemical Corporation
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Cedar Crest College
numerous private collections

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Missy Magazine, Germany, 2011
EnvironmentalGraffiti.com feature interview, April 28, 2009 by Karl Fabricius
FormatMag.com feature interview, October 7, 2008 by Christian Barclay
Light Art from Artificial Light, ZKM/Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe,
Germany, 2006

 

EDUCATION
BFA, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1983

 

EMPLOYMENT
Photo Editor/Freelance, 2007-2008
Lehigh University, University Relations, Bethlehem, PA

Art Gallery Coordinator, 2004-2006
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

Photo Editor, 2000-2003
Runner's World magazine, Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, PA

Photo Editor, 1999-2000
Creative Dept, Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, PA

Advertising Sales Rep, 1997-1999
Interspace Airport Advertising, Allentown, PA

Photographer/Freelance, 1994-1999
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Trexlertown, PA

European Experience, 1989-1993
Faro, Portugal/Paris, France

Photo Editor, 1986-1989
Home Box Office, Inc., NYC

Photo Printer, 1985-1986
Time, Inc., NYC

Photo Printer, 1983-1985
Gary Schneider / John Erdman, Inc., NYC

Personal Assistant, 1981-1989
Richard Serra, Sculptor/Clara Weyergraf Serra, NYC

Technical Assistant/Intern, 1981-1984
Joan Jonas, Video & Performance Artist, NYC