Roberta Silva

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Roberta Silva (born 1971, in Trinidad and Tobago) is an artist based in Milan and Lake Garda.

Silva attended the Brera Academy of Fine Art where she graduated in 1995. She works mainly with sculpture, [1] installation and site-specific interventions. [2]

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References

  1. Pasini, Francesca. "Francesca Pasini on Roberta Silva". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. Union-Gallery.com