Vanessa da Silva
MA work
MA work
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Resistance, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Mix media
variable | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
The Inner Rhythm of the Collective, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Fabric, acrylic paint, PVA, resin aluminium, steel
168 x 76 x 78 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
The Force, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Fabric, acrylic paint, PVA, resin, aluminium, steel
96 x 130 x 72 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
Proposition, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Fabric, acrylic paint, PVA, resin, aluminium, steel
184 x 130 x 84 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
Kinesis #3, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Styrofoam, fibre glass, jesmonite
100 x 66 x 16 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
Kinesis #2, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Styrofoam, fibre glass, jesmonite
50 x 68 x 16 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
Kinesis #1, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Styrofoam, fibre glass, jesmonite
60 x 27 x 11 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
The Gate, Vanessa da Silva 2017
Steel, clay, jesmonite, acrylic paint
123 x 40 x 71 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
The Sea, Vanessa da Silva 2016
Jesmonite, pigment, fabric, steel
160 x 3.5 x 62 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva -
Trio A (movement 2), Vanessa da Silva 2017
Fabric, acrylic paint, paper, PVA, resin, steel
155 x 32 x 12 cm | Photographer: Vanessa da Silva
Resistance
How can the body be used as a form of resistance?
For her graduation show at the Royal College of Art, Vanessa da Silva presents Resistance, a series of painterly sculptures and carved white shapes together with a live performance that investigate ways of translating political resistance into materialised forms.
With a particular interest in capoeira, a historical martial art created by African slaves in Brazil as a form of opposition against oppression, Vanessa has been researching the use of the body as a political tool.
In Resistance, capoeira gestures were embodied in the painting-sculptures as well as in the choreography of the live performance, Resistance’s Flow, expanding the notion of materialisation of political protests into different postures, movements and positions of the body.
Searching for her own Brazilian identity, Vanessa is also interested in the space in-between, a third space, which is neither African nor European. The selection of materials, media and techniques applied in the elaboration of her installation aim to assimilate this third space, in which heterogeneous and sometimes conflicting ideas cohabit.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Painting, 2017
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Contact
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+44 (0)7810 263366
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 My work is influenced by dance and choreography (through rhythm, time, synchronicity, tempo) – which is then translated through sculpture. My research has been focused on areas of globalisation (versus a localised and personal experience) and the formation of identity (constructed and projected).Â
Through my personal lived experience my practice intersects various strands: post colonialism, identity construction and community.
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Degrees
- Industrial Design, FAAP Faculty of Fine Arts, São Paulo, Brazil, 1999
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Experience
- Print tutor for YR1 & YR2 Bachelor, Middlesex University, London, October 2016 to present
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Exhibitions
- 'Herland', Bosse and Baum Gallery, London, 2017; 'Seamless Territories', Blyth Gallery, London, 2017; Carry On, Dyson Gallery, London, 2106; Stuff We Did, Dyson Gallery, London, 2016; Notes.app, Dyson Gallery, London, 2016; With Institutions Like This…, curated by Victor Wang and Alex Meurice, Averard Hotel, London, 2016; RCA Secret, Art Dubai, Mina A’ Salam, Dubai, 2016; Fine Art WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London, 2016; Fur, curated by Pablo Leon de la Barra, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, 2008; Tati, Pandangle House/ Favela Erotica, London, 2007