Alfredo Da Silva - United States of America
About the artist
Member since 2010-03-17
Bio: Alfredo Da Silva.
Born in Potosi, Bolivia June 20 1935 Studied at the Potosi Academy of Fine Arts
and the Prilidiano Pueyredon Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires where, in
1958, he obtained his degree as teacher of drawing and painting. In 1959, He won
first prize in a competition for foreign artists at the Salon National of
Painting in Buenos Aires. In 1961 he was invited to have a one-man show at the
Pan American Union in Washington, D.C.; that same year He represented the Pan
American Union at the Biennale of San Paulo. In 1962, he won a grant to study
graphic Arts at the Pratt Institute of New York. In 1963, the Institute of
Spanish Culture in Madrid invited him to participate in the exhibition of
"Art of America and Spain ;" that same year he was awarded a
fellowship by the Guggenheim Foundation for the period of 1963-1964. In 1964,
he was invited to participate at the II American Biennale of Cordoba,
Argentina, where he won 3rd prize. In 1977 participated at II Biennale of
Bolivia INBO, where he won grand prize. In 1980 he was invited to the II
Biennale Iberoamericana of Art in Mexico where he had a show.
Skills
- Drawing
- Illustration
- Technical Illustration
- Painting
- Traditional Photography
- Fine Art
- Graphic Design
- Art Direction
