ARTIST STATEMENT
SASHA SILVERSTEIN
Through my paintings, sculptures and constructions, I aim to achieve authentic expression, an energetic vibrancy that stays with and moves and possibly heals the viewer.
Coming from an abstract, formalist tradition, I search for the dialogue between the conscious and the unconscious which drives the work.
Solving puzzles…. going from room to room in interiors, painting with color from black and white photography, working from Old Masters’ paintings to make sculpture and figuring out what it is we cannot see. These are my concerns.
I am interested in color, texture, gesture, perspective and flatness, form and line, chiaroscuro, human touch. My influences include Manet, Vuillard, Bonnard, Rembrandt, Degas and Caravaggio.
Sasha Silverstein
Born: Trenton, New Jersey Lives/Works: Brooklyn, New York
Museum Exhibitions
2020; N. Dakota Museum of Art virtual show
2002; Edmonton Art Gallery, ECAS 10th Anniversary
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016; Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1999; Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn, New York
1995; Schweich, Germany
1995; La Mama Galleria, Manhattan
1993; Cadena Studio, Manhattan
1989; Educational Alliance, Manhattan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023-2024, “Salon 81” 81 Leonard Gallery, Tribeca
2023; “Abstracted” Virtual Art Exhibition, Emerge Gallery
2023; New York Studio School Virtual Alumnae Exhibition
2023; Ice box4 Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2023; Re Boot 2023, Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022;”The Doll Show”, Gallery Gaia, Brooklyn, NY
2022; Epicenter NYC
2022,2021; Sarah Lawrence College Online Exhibition and Talk
2021; Biafarin Children Gallerium Art online Exhibition
2021; “At the Table”, Chashama and ASL, Brooklyn
2021; Painting Center Artfile
2021 Flatfile Gallery, 8 x 8, Season 3
2021; ArtBlog, Part 32, Art in the Time of Coronavirus
2020; Artblog Virtual Exhibition
2020; USPS Art Projects,Ely Center for Contemporary Arts,Pelham Art Center
2020; New York Studio School Online Exhibition on Artsy
2019; Flags for the New Land, Centre for Contemporary Art, NJ
2019; Bowery Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2019: Anne Reid Gallery of the Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ
2018 -19; Art from the Boros, Denise Bibro Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2019; “Fragile Threads”, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY
2018; “X Marks the Spot: Women of the New York Studio School”, NYC
2018 -2001; Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC
2018,2017; Mishkin Gallery, NYC
Since February 2016; Romance in the Zone,ART VallARTa, Mexico
Since 2004; El Petit, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2017; Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2016,2011; “Cowgirls” at BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY
2010; Common Sense Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
2009; Peter Robinson Gallery, Canada
2008 -1999; ECAS Exhibitions, Edmonton, Canada
2004; El Petit, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2003; New York Studio School, curated by Bill Jensen
2001,2000,1999; Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2000; Douglas Udell Gallery, ”Millennium Show”, Edmonton, Canada
1999; Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC
1997; “Insight”, Tribeca, NYC
1996; Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
1995; Salander O’Reilly Gallery,Manhattan,NYC
1995,1992,1987;Educational Alliance, NYC
1993,1992; Cadena Studio, Soho, NYC
1992; Franklin Furnace, Tribeca, NYC
1992; Junge Kunst Gallery, Trier, Germany
1992; Pen and Brush, Manhattan
1991; Jewish Museum slide show, Manhattan
1991; Nuyorican Cafe, Manhattan
1990; Bronx River Art Gallery, Bronx, New York
Education
Art Students League; Jill Nathanson, 2020.
Parsons School of Design/New York Studio School; 1984; M.F.A.Sculpture. —studied with Ronald Bladen, Sidney Geist, Peter Agostini, Jonathan Silver, Isaac Witkin
Art Students League; 1982
Semi-private study of painting with John Adams Griefen. 1976 -2001
Sarah Lawrence College; 1975; B.F.A.
Residencies
2019; Chateau D’Orquevaux, France.
2001; Workshop with John Adams Griefen in Umbria, Italy
1996; Manitoba Artists workshop, Manitoba,Canada
1994; Emma Lake Artists workshop, Saskatchewan, Canada
Selected Awards
2019; Recipient of Denis Diderot Grant
2017; Honorable Mention by Karen Wilkin at Aljira exhibition, Newark, NJ
2000, Invited to be member of Edmonton Artist Society, Canada
Invited as artist in residence Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic (had to postpone)
1988, 1986; Outstanding Sculpture Award, Educational Alliance, NYC
Selected Collections
Laurence Levy, Mexico Katya Edwards, New York
Anthony Korner, New York Michael Bennett, New York
Rebecca Smith, New York Georges Piette, New York
Flori Roberts, New Jersey Andre Trindade, Brasil
Jane and Mark Holtzka, New York Paul Booth, Australia
Carolyn Sargent, New York Dalienne Majors, New York
Chateau D’Orquevaux , France Joan Weber, New york
Holly Wnek, Connecticut Gustavo Barcellos, Brasil
Publications
The Mayor's Doorstep, Piri Halasz, April 1999, October 1999, 2006, 2009, Featured 2010, 2014, 2016,2018
Time Out Magazine, October 1998
Union Street Rag, Fall 1998
Featured in upcoming book, Life Models, introduction by Quentin Crisp
The World's Who's Who of Women, 4th edition
Dictionary of international Biography, 22nd and 23rd editions
Service
Ongoing, Dreamstreetnyc.org, theatre company for the differently abled
1998-1991, volunteer for Kings County Hospital, pediatric AIDS division
Speakers Bureau, Northern Lights Alternative