Sula Fay Bermudez-Silverman (born 1993) [1] is an American multi-media artist based in Los Angeles.
Sula Fay Bermudez-Silverman (born 1993) [1] is an American multi-media artist based in Los Angeles.
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman was born in New York City in 1993 and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is of mixed-race decent including Afro-Puerto Rican, Jewish, Latin, and African-American cultures and nationalities. Her artworks primarily focus on themes of post-slavery assimilation throughout the world. In 2015, Bermúdez-Silverman was an Honorary Artist-in-Residence at Project Row Houses in Houston, Texas. [2] Afterward she would study at the Yale University School of Art, earning her MFA in Sculpture in 2018. [3] Her first exhibition was at the University of Texas at Austin while she was still a student at Yale. [4] Currently, Bermúdez-Silverman lives and works in Los Angeles.
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman earned her BA in Studio Art from Bard College in 2015, and a MFA in Sculpture at Yale University School of Art in 2018. She also studied at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and Design in London in 2013. [5]
Her artworks are mostly sculptures of various mediums, including sugar, found objects, and hair and has dabbled in video art. [6] Her art primarily focuses on gender, pop culture, post-colonialism, identity and in particular, her mixed-race heritage. [7] Silverman deliberately leaves her artwork undescribed as for the viewer to find out what parts resonate with their identity. [8] Many of her currently displayed works deal with economic, racial, religious, and gender dynamics in abstraction.
The following are examples of Sula Bermúdez-Silverman's artworks:
| Exhibition | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutures | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, Texas, United States | November 2, 2018 - December 7, 2018 |
| Neither Fish, Flesh, nor Fowl | California African American Museum | Los Angeles, California, United States | February 28, 2020 - May 2, 2021 [12] |
| Sighs and Leers and Crocodile Tears | Murmurs | Los Angeles, California, United States | March 7, 2021 — April 10, 2021 [13] |
| Exhibition | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just Food | Fullerton College Art Gallery | Virtual | Present |
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