Lauren Silva (born 1987 in

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) is an American painter based in

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Career

Lauren Silva obtained a Bachelor in Visual Art from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

. At UCLA, Silva was mentored by painting professor

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. Silva is a visiting critic in the Visual Arts department at

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, where she obtained her Master of Fine Arts. Silva mainly produces painted work on silk and large-scale paintings in abstracted forms.

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of the

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called her "a painter to watch" as her painting exhibits "astuteness and aplomb." She writes, "Ms. Silva's elaborately layered compositions force various techniques, styles and spatial notions into carefully orchestrated collisions." Silva is currently pursuing a

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at Columbia Business School.

Awards

2013 Toby Devan Lewis Award, Columbia University, New York, NY
2011-13 Visual Arts Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME 2009-10 Emma B. Keller Award

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Lauren 1987 births Living people American women painters 21st-century American women artists Painters from New York City University of California, Los Angeles alumni People from Vallejo, California Painters from California Columbia University alumni