CARLY SILVERMAN
Born 1983, York, PA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2011: M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006: B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002: Carver Center for Art and Technology, Towson, MD
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011: Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition Finalist, Chicago, IL
2011: Recipient of Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant, Johnson, VT
2011: Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Juried Exhibition,Honorable Mention, Chicago, IL
2010-2011: Teaching Assistant, Painting and Drawing Dept., School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL
2010: Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Juried Exhibition. Honorable Mention, Chicago, IL
2008: Chashama Finalist, Jewish & Israeli Artist exhibition, J. Klaynberg Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Maryland Institute College of Art Summer Study Abroad Painting Program, Sorrento, Italy
2005: Bethesda Painting Awards Semi-Finalist, Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District, Bethesda, MD
2005: Painting Departmental Recognition Award, MICA, Baltimore MD
2004: Painting Departmental Recognition Award, MICA, Baltimore MD
2003: MICA Achievement Award, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2002: Maryland Artist Equity Foundation (MAEF) Finalist, Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, Ellicott City, MD
2002: National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) Finalist, Level II, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, FL
2002: Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist in Visual Arts, Annapolis, MD
ONE AND TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
2018: The Bee in the Lion Gallery, New York, NY (Upcoming)
2016: Conversations, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL
2015: Urban Haze, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012: Party Time, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL
2010: Carly Silverman and Baltazar Castillo, Clareo Partners LLC, Chicago, IL
2010: Wall Flowers, Carly Silverman and Lauren Gregory, Zrobili Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006: Interior Spaces: Recent Works by Carly Silverman, Student Space Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017: Group Portrait, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2016: Girls I Love, Curated by Marina Press and Amy Van Doran, The Love Museum, New York, NY
2016: Art Miami, exhibiting with Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Miami, FL (2011-2017)
2016: Expo Chicago, exhibiting with Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL (2013-2017)
2015: Art Silicon Valley, exhibiting with Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015: Hespe Gallery Group Show, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014: ReAnimate, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013: Summer Mix, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2013: Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
2013: The Need to Paint, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012: GO Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2012: Delicate Sensibilities, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2012: Push, Pull, Curated by Karen Azarnia, Riverside Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2012: The Question of Their Content, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011: Cloud Gate, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2011: Art Chicago, exhibiting with Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011: Selected Group Show, Rena Sternberg Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2011: Suspended Realities, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago IL
2011: Cinematic Bodies, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL
2011: Miss Representation, SAIC MFA Show Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL
2011: Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Juried Exhibition, Union League Club, Chicago IL
2010: Eat It or Wear It, Milk Tooth Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010: Midnite Snacks, 1366 Space, Chicago, IL
2009: I Know Exactly How You Feel, Biko Transformation Center, Brooklyn, NY
2008: Art Gotham’s 5th Square Foot Group Show, Art Gotham, New York, NY
2007: Art Gotham’s 4th Square Foot Group Show, Art Gotham, New York, NY
2006: Art by Twenty Somethings, Sandarac Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006: Group Show, Café de Paris, Columbia, MD
2006: Cultural Perspectives Group Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD,
2006: Emerging Jewish Artists, Norman and Sarah Brown Gallery of the Jewish Community Center, Baltimore, MD
2005: Sorrento Italy Summer Study Abroad Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004: Maryland Institute Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore MD
2004: Maryland Artist Equity Foundation Winner’s Circle Event, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2002: National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) Juried Exhibition, Miami, FL
2001: Maryland Distinguished Scholar Juried Exhibition, Annapolis, MD
RESIDENCIES
2016: Sandpoint, Idaho Residency, hosted by collector of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
2012-2014: Chashama Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2012: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2011: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
SELECTED COMMISSION PROJECTS
The Boys and Girls Club, Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012: The Question of Their Content: Featuring Works By: April Behnke, Caity Berndt, Antonia Gurkovska, Chinatsu Ikeda, Nazafarin Lotfi, Mario Romano,Kelly Romany, Kyunghwa Shon, Carly Silverman, and Erin Washington, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
LECTURES
2012: Art Talk Lecture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2010: Graduate Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2005: Visiting Artist Lecture, Advanced Placement Drawing Class, MICA, Baltimore, MD