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Coral Silverman
Bio:
b. 1979, Cazadero, California
Lives and works, Brooklyn, New York
Education
2001 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, Interdisciplinary Arts
1997 California State Summer School for the Arts at CalArts
Solo Exhibitions
2009 “Real Life and Other Myths,” Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 “Unicorn Travesties,” AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 “Anodyne,” Fringe Salon, New York City
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 “Breaking the Spine,” Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Parlour,” Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR
“Artists Shop,” AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 “20x20 Show,” 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Forever Home,” Little Cakes Gallery, New York City
“8x10,” AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 “Fixed Price Art Sale,” The Lab, San Francisco, CA
“Another Step Forward, Walking Backward,” Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Post-Postcard,” Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
“The Postcard Show,” The Lab, San Francisco, CA
“Benefit Art Auction,” Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
“Mural,” Sycamore Alley, San Francisco, CA (ongoing)
“Careless Whispers,” Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Fixed Price Art Sale,” The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2003 “Handmade,” Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Adobe Benefit Auction,” Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
2002 “Post-Postcard 5,” Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 “Time, Speed, and Memory,” San Francisco Arts Commission
“Hand to Mouth,” Blue Books, San Francisco, CA
“Graduating BFA Exhibition,” Walter and McBean Gallery, SF Art Institute
Awards
Merit scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, 1999-2001
California Arts Scholar, 1997
Travel Grant, to attend CSSSA, Redding Arts’ Commission, 1997
Selected Press
Lisa Congdon, Poppytalk, September, 2009
http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-week-from-li sa-congdon-fontanelle.html
Grossman, Pam, Phantasmaphile, September 10, 2009
http://www.phantasmaphile.com/2009/09/coral-silverman-show.html
Meighan O'Toole, My Love for You is a Stampede of Horses, September 3, 2009
http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/2009/09/coral-silverman-at-fontanelle.html
Erin Loechner, Design for Mankind, August 20, 2009
http://www.designformankind.com/2009/08/coral-silverman/
All the Mountains, August 2009
http://allthemountains.blogspot.com/2009/08/coral-silverman.html
Grossman, Pam, Phantasmaphile, June 1 2009
http://www.phantasmaphile.com/2009/06/coral-silverman.html
McNeil, Sarah, “Intern Top Picks No. 10”, Toronto Craft Alert, May 15, 2009
http://torontocraftalert.ca
Louise, Jessica, Hess & Hodi, March 14, 2009
http://hesshodigallery.blogspot
Coray, Jena, Modish, March 27, 2009
http://www.modishblog.com/modish/
Statement:
I am interested in exploring how we as humans relate to nature and each other especially within the confines of a society increasingly driven by technology. My work is directly informed by my distinct experiences of having grown up in the remote mountains of Northern California as a child, and, as an adult, living in a large city. I am inspired by how my move to the city seems to parallel society’ s further removal from nature through the rise of machines that govern our interactions with each other and the world.
My book sculptures are comprised of found hardcover books that I hand-cut and paint to appear as though blades of grass are growing organically from their centers. As books become less and less a part of our lives, in this work I am interested in playing with the idea of things literally going to seed, of exploring what happens to technology once it becomes outdated. |
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