Liza Sylvestre (born November 13, 1983) is an American visual artist born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is known for detailed Abstract Mixed Media paintings and drawings. Her current work explores new media such as installation and video art. Much of her work revolves around our sensory perceptions and misconceptions of the world around.
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Personal life
While growing up in Minneapolis she began to lose her hearing around the age of 6. She had a very gradual decline in her hearing ability that became more debilitating around the age of sixteen. She had a cochlear implant surgically placed in her ear to improve her hearing in 2003 when she was 20 years old. After graduating with her B.A. in 2006 she moved to Miami for 6 years to work and exhibit her artwork. She currently lives in Minnesota and has a two-year-old son with Luis Diaz, who is also an artist.
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Education
She received a bachelor's degree in Fine Art at the University of Minnesota in 2006. As of April 2018 she is working towards a Masters in Fine Arts from the School of Art and Design at University of Illinois.
Career
Liza Sylvestre is an award-winning artist that in 2014 received both the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and a Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Learning Grant. She uses a combination of both pen, ink, and paint, specifically acrylic paints and micron pens in her work. She uses unconventional materials to create textures in her pieces, such as chopsticks, cardboard, and fabric. In her early work she kept her line drawings created using pen separate from her acrylic paintings. Her later work is now mixed media, where she combines both drawing with painting. Her current work explores new media such as installation and video art, such as "What if I Told You a Story in a Language I Can Hear" in 2015 and "Standing in a Room Without Sound" In 2017. Her work has been shown in galleries across the United States, including New York, California, Oregon, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Florida, as well as in Australia and Canada. Liza is a founder in Create Move Communicate, a program to help those with hearing disabilities to communicate using art. Liza and co-founders Angela Olson and Canae Weiss work with teachers and artists who have hearing disabilities from varying artistic fields and disciplines in this program. The Creating Language Through Arts program is supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board. This program works within the centers community of ArtiCulture, Four Seasons Elementary, and MN Hands & Voices.
Exhibitions
2019
- The Other Four. Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN (upcoming)
2018
- "Humanly Possible: The Empathy Exhibition," Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2017
- Twentieth International Opening Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- "Interference: A multi-media installation," SooVAC Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
- "Between Sky and Earth," Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016
- Michael Dandley / Liza Sylvestre. Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
- Art(ists) on the Verge 7 Fellowship Exhibition, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2015
- Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN
- The Phipps Center, Hudson WI
- "Enormous Tiny Art 18". Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH
2014
- "Enormous Tiny Art 16". Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH
- SOLO SHOW - "Elements Unheard". MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids MN.
- "Ned Evans, Carly Glovinski, Liza Sylvestre". Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH.
- "Get Lucky". Soo VAC, Minneapolis MN.
2013
- Enormous Tiny Art Show 13". Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH.
- Mammoth & Co. Victoria BC, Canada.
- Gallery 360, Minneapolis MN.
2012
- The Collector, Berkeley CA.
- Gallery 360, Minneapolis MN.
- "Natural Curiosities". Miami International Airport, Miami FL.
- "Coil". Buy Some Damn Art, Brooklyn NY.
- "This and That". Art Center of South Florida, Miami FL.
2011
- "Recently Acquired". Audrey Love Gallery, Miami FL.
2010
- "Small Works". The Swenson Gallery, Miami FL.
- "Lucky You". Audrey Love Gallery, Miami FL.
- "Books". The Swenson Gallery, Miami FL.
- "Crossroads". The Sea Change Gallery, Portland OR.
Awards
- 2017, Art Works Grant, National Endowment for the Arts (in conjunction with SooVAC)
- 2017, Travel Grant, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- 2017, Mary Jane Neer Scholarship, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- 2016, University Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- 2015, Art(ists) on the Verge 7 Fellow (Jerome Foundation)
- 2015, VSA Jerome Emerging Artist Grantee
- 2015, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council - Arts Learning Grantee
- 2014, Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
- 2014, Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Learning Grant
References
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