Eliseo Art Silva : Resume

BORN

1972 Manila, Republic of the Philippines. Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.

EDUCATION

2003 M.F.A. Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1997 B.F.A. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Philippine High School for the Arts, The National Arts Center, Laguna, Republic of the Philippines

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

2003

The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. 2003 MFA Grant Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc., New York
Semi-Finalist, Artlink 2003 International Young Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
First Prize, 2003 Emerging Artists Competition and Exhibition, InLiqiud.com, Philadelphia, PA

First Prize, William Penn Charter School Juried Art Show, Philadelphia, PA

2001

Hoffberger Graduate Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (2001- 2003)

1999

Works included in the Philippine Centennial Time Capsule, Rizal Park, Manila, Republic of the Philippines

1998

Scriptwriter and Producer, The Road To Freedom, Commemoration of the Philippine Centennial in a 45-minute tableau, performed at Echo Park, L.A.; Veteran's Park, City of Carson; Music Center Plaza, L.A.; John Thyberg Stadium, West Covina; Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA.

Centennial Mural, Commissioned by National Centennial Commission, Philippines, for the Boracay Regatta International Arts Festival

1997

Award for Design Excellence, The Los Angeles Board of Cultural Affairs Commissioners, Los Angeles, CA

Artwork was City of Los Angeles' Mayor Richard Riordan's official gift to Philippine president, Fidel V. Ramos.

1996

Best of Show (Art Expressing Social Context), US-Philippines Exposition, Los Angeles, CA

1994

Purchase Award, Liquitex Company, Binney and Smith, Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship, Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

1993

Excellence in Art Student Grant, Liquitex Company, Binney and Smith, Easton, PA
National Arts Association Scholarship, National Arts Association

1992

Merit Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (1992-1995)

Honor Student in Art, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
Roaring Tiger Award For Inspirational Leadership, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA

1989

Visual Arts Award, Philippine High School for the Arts, National Arts Center, Laguna, Philippines

1988

Third Place, 2nd CCP Independent Cinema and Video Competition, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003

The Future is Now: An MFA Biennial, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Academy 2003 (Annual Washington-Baltimore | MFA/BFA Invitational), Guest Curator: Michael O'Sullivan, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
DiscrimiNation, Painted Bride Art Center Café Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000

Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Tabo(o), Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Claremont, CA (catalogue)

1999

Memories of Overdevelopment: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary Art, Traveling Exhibition:
A Space Gallery,Toronto, Canada (1999) (catalogue)
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (1998)
Plug-In Gallery, Winnepeg, Canada (1997)
Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA (1996)

1998

Howling at the Moon, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997

Imagining Images: 4 Asian American Artists Explore the Homeland, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1996

Rejuvenation, East West Center Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (catalogue)

1995

Liquitex Emerging Artists of the Year, American Council for the Arts Exhibition Space, New York, N.Y.
Tastes Like Chicken, University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA (catalogue)
Flip, Main Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA

1994

Beyond Borders, Art Gallery, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

1993

Emergence and Diversity: Kayumanggi Presence, Honolulu Academy of Arts Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Downtown Lives!, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
La Fete Sauvage: The Festival of Savagery, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), LA, CA
Ugat Pilipino: Filipino Roots, LA City Hall, Los Angeles, California

1991

Protect Our Living Environment (4th Annual National Open Competition), Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA

1988

The Art of Ecology, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Republic of the Philippines

1987

Shankar's International Children's Painting Exhibition, Nehru Gallery, New Delhi, India
Nippon Television Network Cultural Society's International Children's Painting Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

1986

International Young Art Exhibition, The Emilly Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada

SELECTED PUBLIC ART/ MURALS

2003

Guardian of an Eden Regained, 20'. x 120', acrylic on stucco, Sponsored by Glaxo SmithKline and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA.

Sumisigaw: Kaluluwa (Soul), 6' x 9', acrylic on canvas, Philippine Forum, New York

College Life and Advocacy, 8 x 24, acrylic on canvas, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Heavenly Thoughts, 25 x 25, acrylic, Girls and Boys Town, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, PA

2002

Improvisations, 22' x 16', acrylic, Murals in Motion: Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, PA
Filipina Girl with Camera, 7 x 5, Fresco, The Fresco Barn, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

2001

Planting Our Future, 46' x 6', acrylic, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA
Life is a Jungle...Prepare!, 85' x 8', acrylic, Jurupa Valley High School, Riverside, CA

2000

The Price of Freedom, 100' x 30', acrylic, Lompoc Mural Society, Lompoc, CA
Knowledge Carries Us to a Higher Plateau, 30' x 10', acrylic, Rubidoux High School, Riverside, CA

1999

Can You Read the Secrets of History in My Face? , 8' x 9', acrylic on canvas, Eastern Hotel: The Carlos Bulosan Memorial Exhibit, Seattle, WA
Beyond the Water of Dreams, main 27' x 7', medallion murals: 4'x4' and 6' x 6',acrylic, Normandie Village Apartments, Little Armenia, Los Angeles, CA

1998

a shenere un besere velt: Towards a More Beautiful and Better World, 70’ x 20’,acrylic, Workmen’s Circle/ Arbeter Ring, Los Angeles, CA
UZUME: The Sun Goddess Who Restored Light Into the World, 68’ x 18’ acrylic, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
“Odyssey Towards the Eternal Kingdom: The 1898 Philippine Republic” (28’ x 8’) acrylic, Boracay International Arts Festival and Regatta, Aklan, Republic of the Philippines
Children are Flowers of the World, 10’ x 20’, acrylic, Butterfield Elementary School, Riverside, CA
The Gem of the Land and the Sea, 10’ x 35’, acrylic, Butterfield Elementary School, Riverside, CA

1997

Journey Into the Heart of America: The Asian Pacific American Experience, 20’ x 8’, acrylic, Asian Pacific Islander Student Center, California State University, Pomona, Pomona, CA
25 Years of the SIPA Spirit, 3’ x 5’, acrylic, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Los Angeles, CA

1996

Hearts of America, 70’ x 7’, acrylic, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
Roots and Wings, 40’ x 20’, acrylic, Manila Business Center, Carson, CA

1995

Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana: Filipino Americans: A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy, 145’ x 25’, acrylic, U.S. Postal Service Annex, Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA

PRESENTATIONS AT COLLOQUIA (Conferences/ Invited Talks)

1999

Public Displays of Filipinoness, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

1998

Community Murals Thirty Years Later, What’s in the Future?, Workmen’s Circle: Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Arts Then and Now, Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture, San Pedro, CA

1997

Cultural Products, Producing Culture, Third Annual Pilipino Studies Conference: Sharing Our Visions for the 21st Century, Session on Visual Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Culture, Boundaries, and Identity in Filipino Contemporary Art, University of California, Riverside, CA

1996

Art and Revolution, Waldo Perfecto Auditorium, St. Louis University, Baguio, Republic of the Philippines

1994

Emergence and Diversity: Philippine Art Through the Centuries, Carson Civic Center, Carson, CA

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

1995

Tastes Like Chicken, California State University, Dominguez Hills, University Art Gallery, Carson, CA
Alter(ed)natives, Abe and Helen Bolsky Student Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Philippine Arts Festival, Adobe Crow Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Tastes Like Chicken Too, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA

1994 A Collective Voice, Carson Civic Center, Carson, CA


	BORN 1972 Manila, Republic of the Philippines. Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. EDUCATION 2003 M.F.A. Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD 2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME 1997 B.F.A. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 1989 Philippine High School for the Arts, The National Arts Center, Laguna, Republic of the Philippines AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS 2003 The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. 2003 MFA Grant Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc., New York Semi-Finalist, Artlink 2003 International Young Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel First Prize, 2003 Emerging Artists Competition and Exhibition, InLiqiud.com, Philadelphia, PA First Prize, William Penn Charter School Juried Art Show, Philadelphia, PA 2001 Hoffberger Graduate Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (2001- 2003) 1999 Works included in the Philippine Centennial Time Capsule, Rizal Park, Manila, Republic of the Philippines 1998 Scriptwriter and Producer, The Road To Freedom, Commemoration of the Philippine Centennial in a 45-minute tableau, performed at Echo Park, L.A.; Veteran's Park, City of Carson; Music Center Plaza, L.A.; John Thyberg Stadium, West Covina; Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA. Centennial Mural, Commissioned by National Centennial Commission, Philippines, for the Boracay Regatta International Arts Festival 1997 Award for Design Excellence, The Los Angeles Board of Cultural Affairs Commissioners, Los Angeles, CA Artwork was City of Los Angeles' Mayor Richard Riordan's official gift to Philippine president, Fidel V. Ramos. 1996 Best of Show (Art Expressing Social Context), US-Philippines Exposition, Los Angeles, CA 1994 Purchase Award, Liquitex Company, Binney and Smith, Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship, Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 1993 Excellence in Art Student Grant, Liquitex Company, Binney and Smith, Easton, PA National Arts Association Scholarship, National Arts Association 1992 Merit Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (1992-1995) Honor Student in Art, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA Roaring Tiger Award For Inspirational Leadership, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA 1989 Visual Arts Award, Philippine High School for the Arts, National Arts Center, Laguna, Philippines 1988 Third Place, 2nd CCP Independent Cinema and Video Competition, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2003 The Future is Now: An MFA Biennial, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE Academy 2003 (Annual Washington-Baltimore \| MFA/BFA Invitational), Guest Curator: Michael O'Sullivan, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C. DiscrimiNation, Painted Bride Art Center Café Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2000 Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue) Tabo(o), Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Claremont, CA (catalogue) 1999 Memories of Overdevelopment: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary Art, Traveling Exhibition: A Space Gallery,Toronto, Canada (1999) (catalogue) North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (1998) Plug-In Gallery, Winnepeg, Canada (1997) Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA (1996) 1998 Howling at the Moon, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Imagining Images: 4 Asian American Artists Explore the Homeland, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1996 Rejuvenation, East West Center Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (catalogue) 1995 Liquitex Emerging Artists of the Year, American Council for the Arts Exhibition Space, New York, N.Y. Tastes Like Chicken, University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA (catalogue) Flip, Main Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA 1994 Beyond Borders, Art Gallery, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 1993 Emergence and Diversity: Kayumanggi Presence, Honolulu Academy of Arts Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii Downtown Lives!, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA La Fete Sauvage: The Festival of Savagery, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), LA, CA Ugat Pilipino: Filipino Roots, LA City Hall, Los Angeles, California 1991 Protect Our Living Environment (4th Annual National Open Competition), Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA 1988 The Art of Ecology, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Republic of the Philippines 1987 Shankar's International Children's Painting Exhibition, Nehru Gallery, New Delhi, India Nippon Television Network Cultural Society's International Children's Painting Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan 1986 International Young Art Exhibition, The Emilly Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada SELECTED PUBLIC ART/ MURALS 2003 Guardian of an Eden Regained, 20'. x 120', acrylic on stucco, Sponsored by Glaxo SmithKline and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA. Sumisigaw: Kaluluwa (Soul), 6' x 9', acrylic on canvas, Philippine Forum, New York College Life and Advocacy, 8 x 24, acrylic on canvas, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA Heavenly Thoughts, 25 x 25, acrylic, Girls and Boys Town, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, PA 2002 Improvisations, 22' x 16', acrylic, Murals in Motion: Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, PA Filipina Girl with Camera, 7 x 5, Fresco, The Fresco Barn, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine 2001 Planting Our Future, 46' x 6', acrylic, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA Life is a Jungle...Prepare!, 85' x 8', acrylic, Jurupa Valley High School, Riverside, CA 2000 The Price of Freedom, 100' x 30', acrylic, Lompoc Mural Society, Lompoc, CA Knowledge Carries Us to a Higher Plateau, 30' x 10', acrylic, Rubidoux High School, Riverside, CA 1999 Can You Read the Secrets of History in My Face? , 8' x 9', acrylic on canvas, Eastern Hotel: The Carlos Bulosan Memorial Exhibit, Seattle, WA Beyond the Water of Dreams, main 27' x 7', medallion murals: 4'x4' and 6' x 6',acrylic, Normandie Village Apartments, Little Armenia, Los Angeles, CA 1998 a shenere un besere velt: Towards a More Beautiful and Better World, 70’ x 20’,acrylic, Workmen’s Circle/ Arbeter Ring, Los Angeles, CA UZUME: The Sun Goddess Who Restored Light Into the World, 68’ x 18’ acrylic, Pomona College, Claremont, CA “Odyssey Towards the Eternal Kingdom: The 1898 Philippine Republic” (28’ x 8’) acrylic, Boracay International Arts Festival and Regatta, Aklan, Republic of the Philippines Children are Flowers of the World, 10’ x 20’, acrylic, Butterfield Elementary School, Riverside, CA The Gem of the Land and the Sea, 10’ x 35’, acrylic, Butterfield Elementary School, Riverside, CA 1997 Journey Into the Heart of America: The Asian Pacific American Experience, 20’ x 8’, acrylic, Asian Pacific Islander Student Center, California State University, Pomona, Pomona, CA 25 Years of the SIPA Spirit, 3’ x 5’, acrylic, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Los Angeles, CA 1996 Hearts of America, 70’ x 7’, acrylic, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA Roots and Wings, 40’ x 20’, acrylic, Manila Business Center, Carson, CA 1995 Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana: Filipino Americans: A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy, 145’ x 25’, acrylic, U.S. Postal Service Annex, Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA PRESENTATIONS AT COLLOQUIA (Conferences/ Invited Talks) 1999 Public Displays of Filipinoness, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 1998 Community Murals Thirty Years Later, What’s in the Future?, Workmen’s Circle: Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Arts Then and Now, Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture, San Pedro, CA 1997 Cultural Products, Producing Culture, Third Annual Pilipino Studies Conference: Sharing Our Visions for the 21st Century, Session on Visual Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Culture, Boundaries, and Identity in Filipino Contemporary Art, University of California, Riverside, CA 1996 Art and Revolution, Waldo Perfecto Auditorium, St. Louis University, Baguio, Republic of the Philippines 1994 Emergence and Diversity: Philippine Art Through the Centuries, Carson Civic Center, Carson, CA CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE 1995 Tastes Like Chicken, California State University, Dominguez Hills, University Art Gallery, Carson, CA Alter(ed)natives, Abe and Helen Bolsky Student Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA Philippine Arts Festival, Adobe Crow Gallery, Bakersfield, CA Tastes Like Chicken Too, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA 1994 A Collective Voice, Carson Civic Center, Carson, CA

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