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| First Name | Silvana |
| Last Name | Soriano |
| Username | silvanas |
| Bio | Silvana Soriano, originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a visual artist, art teacher, and illustrator currently residing in Miami, Florida. Her artistic journey has taken her to various solo and group exhibitions across Brazil, Spain, France, the USA, and Cuba. In 2022, Soriano contributed to the group exhibition “Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Westport. She was also honored with the Teacher Travel Grant – The Ellies Oolite Art. Additionally, she participated in residencies at Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator (2020/2021), La Maldita Estampa Printshop Barcelona, and Project Art in Miami (2023). Beyond exhibitions and residencies, Soriano’s creates book illustrations, covering a diverse range from children’s literature to poetry. She is also involved in online printmaking magazine publishing. |
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| Country of residence | United States (US) |
Statement
| Statement | I work with collage, drawing, printmaking, textile art, and painting to create works that explore the feminine universe and its manifestations in literature. I’m interested in the connection between written and visual language. I like to work in series, researching stories, poems, and short sentences to understand what was not said, what is behind the scenes, and who has those words. My work is guided by interchangeable processes that allow me to use different media to realize an idea. The dynamic that I establish is formed by layers and connections of assertions and appropriations. In the exploration of other materials, I use images and rewrite new narratives. Therefore, it can be said that my work is a record of needed moments that alludes to the poetry of the mind and the connotations that it takes on the body. Two elements play an essential role in my work: the line and the gesture. I have been working with drypoint for many years, and the line is always present. Even in the painting, the line is there to give the structure that determines the space. Expressive gestures built strong lines that added movement and emotion to the composition. |
Exhibitions
| Exhibitions | SOL O E X HIBITIONS
2021 Ipsis Litteris – The CAMP Gallery, Miami 2002 8 Printings – Dantes Bookstore – Artist book – RJ, Brazil 1997 D’après George Bataille – Dantes Bookstore, RJ, Brazil 1988 Art Today – Sérgio Porto Cultural Center, RJ, Brazil
MAIN GROUP E X HIBITIONS 2023 Grãos de Afeto, Projeto Impresso, Tiradentes MG Brazil Aqua Art Fair, Miami Art Week This is not a Doll`s House, The CAMP gallery, Miami The Art of Living a Mark, Miami Dade College Gallery Hialeah Campus Encounters, The Collective 62, Miami Look at You Look at Me, The CAMP Gallery, Miami BluPrint Show, Bridge Red Studios, Miami 2022 Scope Miami Beach Art Fair, The CAMP Gallery, Miami Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, Museum of Contemporary Art in Westport, CT. Life at Street Level Pinecrest Gardens Gallery, Miami VOLTA Art Fair New York – The CAMP Gallery Miami Art of Community Festival, African American Research Library and Cultural Center`s, Broward, FL Pequenos Formatos AtelieFFAC Terraço da Fabrica Bhering , Brazil Casa Nueva Far Gallery, Fat Village, Fort Lauderdale A Room of One’s Own, The CAMP Gallery, Miami In Search of Dreams – The Migrant Experience Cultural Institute at the Consulate General of Mexico in Miami Hispafest – Cultural Institute at the Consulate General of Mexico in Miami
2021 Masters of Art Education– Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU, Miami Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse –The Camp Gallery, Miami Landscapes –FIU Miami Beach Visual Arts Gallery, Miami Beach 2020 Art Pinta Miami Art Fair – The CAMP gallery, Miami 40 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse -The CAMP gallery, Miami Gráfica 2020 Galeria Zagut, Rio de janeiro, Brazil
2019 The Academy, Frank Gallery Pembroke Pines Projeto Impresso “Um Pequeno Instante” , Espaço MarciaXClayton, RJ Brazil 22nd Annual Postcards from the edge -Bortolami Gallery, NY Uma Demão de Rosa,(Guimarães Rosa Project) Espaço Cultural Correios RJ, Brazil
2017 Art Brazil – Art Serve Fort Lauderdale, Honors Award Overall Outstanding Participation Projeto Impresso “Em Torno das Cinco Peles”, Solar Grandjean de Montigny Museu Universitario PUC RJ, Brazil Projeto Impresso “Em Torno das Cinco Peles”, Cultural Center Sesiminas Tiradentes MG Brazil 2016 Applied Art Pinta Miami Art Fair, Pinta Miami Art Fair 2015 Projeto Impresso “Conversa de Tabacaria”, Atelier da Imagem Gallery, RJ, Brazil
2014 Goodyear, Kilometros de Historia, LMNT Space, Miami Art After Dark /Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami Children Museum, Miami 2013 Projeto Impresso Regress to Imaginary, Societá Dante Aligihere Gallery, Miami Etching and Intaglio Juried Awards Show – Fullwood Limited Edition, Miami 2012 Um Duplo, Jorge Luis Borges, Galeria Academia Brasileira de Letras, RJ, Brazil 2011 A Poética do Devaneio – Galeria Paissandu Clube, RJ, Brazil First Annual Sister Cities International Artist Showcase – Art Deco Welcome Center, Miam 2010 MIAC II Miami International Art cocktail, – Main Library MDPLS, Miami Postcard from the Edge, A Benefits For Visual Aids-ZieherSmith Gallery, New York 2009 Harmonias e Contrapontos -Galeria Vila Riso, RJ, Brazil 2008 Dar permanencia ao transitorio -Galeria Candido Mendes, RJ, Brazil Estampas D`Alma – Galeria Academia Brasileira de Letras ,RJ, Brazil 2006 A Cara do Rio – Espaço Cultural dos Correios , RJ, Brazil 2005 Desejo “Projeto Impresso” – ArteClara Gallery, RJ, Brazil Encres & Papiers – Saint Mandé – Paris, France A Cara do Rio- Espaço Cultural dos Correios, Rj , Brazil Fair Book Artists – Graphias Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil 2004 Convenções “Projeto Impresso” , ArteClara Gallery, RJ, Brazil A Cara do Rio – Espaço Cultural dos Correios, RJ, Brazil 2003 Projeto Impresso – ArteClara Gallery, RJ, Brazil 2000 1st Miniprint International show Vitória, ES , Brazil 1995 Novíssimos – IBEU Gallery, RJ , Brazil 1994 Miniprint International Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Cadaqués, Spain 1993 13° Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas Museum de Belas Artes RJ Brazil “Printing Lab” – Museu de Arte Moderna,RJ, Brazil 1988 12° Salão Carioca de Arte – RJ , Brazil 1987 International Miniprint Cadaqués, Cadaqués, Spain Salão Prêmio La Jovem Estampa, Casa de Las Américas,Havana, Cuba 1986 6th International Exhibition Cadaqués, Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Spain and Richards Gallery, Boston, US 1985 Erotismo, Sim – Circo Voador Gallery , RJ, Brazil Gravura : Processo e Criação – EAV RJ, Brazil Doze Gravadores da EAV – ESDI/RJ , RJ, Brazil 1984 XVI Salão Nacional de Belo Horizonte – Museum of Art Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Pau, Pedra, Fibra, Metal EAV Escola De Artes Visuais , RJ, Brazil 8° Salão Carioca RJ, Brazil VI Mostra de Gravura Pan-americana de Curitiba– Paraná, Brazil
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Interests and medias
| Interests | Mixed media, Painting, Printmaking, Textile art |
| Painting medias | Acrylic |
| Printmaking medias | Intaglio, Linocut, Lithography, Monotype, Relief printing, Screen-printing, Woodblock printing |
| Textile medias | wool, cotton, weaving |
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