Founder of Art

Viviane Silvera was born in Hong Kong and was raised in
both Hong Kong and Brazil before
moving to New York City at the age of fifteen.  After
earning her BA from Tufts University,
Viviane returned to New York City where she received
her MFA from the New York Academy of
Art.

While in art school she received numerous awards and
scholarships including the Chaim Gross
Scholarship, the Valerie Delacorte Scholarship and the
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth travel award.
She has been the recipient of grants from the Vermont
Studio Center and the Newington-
Cropsey Foundation.
Viviane is currently represented by 511 Gallery in New York City and Lake Placid  where she
has had several solo exhibitions. She has also exhibited at the Museo de la Cuidad-Mexico,
the Albright Knox Gallery and the Dahesh Museum.

Viviane’s work can be seen in the
Clinton Presidential Center art collection in Little Rock,
Arkansas and in
Vanderbilt University’s "Garden of Great Ideas" outdoor bronze sculpture
collection in Nashville, Tennessee.

Her work is included in many private collections and has been featured in the
Wall Street
Journal, Time Out New York, The NY Press, American Artist and Sculpture Review
magazines as well as in various catalogs and papers.