kate silvio

REPRESENTED ARTIST
Kate Silvio is a Detroit-educated and trained sculptor, who lives and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For the past several years, her work has evolved from sculptures grounded in steel, to include rubber, felt, bronze castings and wood. The language created by planar material expresses her focus of evolution, broken progression and the feelings that accompany that change.

Silvio is an alumna of the College of Creative Studies and The Cranbrook Academy of Art and has shown extensively in the Midwest. She has also spent a great deal of time working on commissions, most notably for The Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield, Michigan, The Hotel Baronette in Novi, Michigan and Cambridge Consulting, Detroit, Michigan.

Kate Silvio

REPRESENTED ARTIST
Kate Silvio is a Detroit-educated and trained sculptor, who lives and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For the past several years, her work has evolved from sculptures grounded in steel, to include rubber, felt, bronze castings and wood. The language created by planar material expresses her focus of evolution, broken progression and the feelings that accompany that change.

Silvio is an alumna of the College of Creative Studies and The Cranbrook Academy of Art and has shown extensively in the Midwest. She has also spent a great deal of time working on commissions, most notably for The Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield, Michigan, The Hotel Baronette in Novi, Michigan and Cambridge Consulting, Detroit, Michigan.

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Education

2006 M.F.A, Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art

2000 B.F.A., Sculpture, The College for Creative Studies

1994-1996 Non-Degree Studies in Advertising, Michigan State University

1995 International Studies Program, Language and Politics, Florence, Italy

Selected Exhibitions

2014 “Re:collect” The Simone DeSousa Gallery; Detroit, MI.

2013 “40 weeks unprepared… little nightmares.” Solo Exhibition The Simone

DeSousa Gallery; Detroit, MI.

“Emerging Artists: Michigan” Gallery One: Ypsilanti, MI.

2012 “kate & annica” Two Artist Exhibition Macomb Performing Arts Center

Gallery; Macomb, Michigan

“Re:view at Scavolini” Scavolini Birmingham, MI.

“Re:collect 2012” Re:view Contemporary Gallery: Detroit, MI.

“A(wake)” Cornerstone Building; Grand Rapids, MI.

“Faculty Exhibition” Historic Federal Building Gallery; Grand Rapids, MI.

“Scholarship ” Detroit Artist’s Market; Detroit, MI..

2010 “expect. expecting. expected.” Solo Exhibition Re:view Contemporary

Gallery; Detroit, MI.

“Artprize” Women’s City Club; Grand Rapids, MI.

2009 “Sculpture and Poetry” Oaken Transformations, Brighton, MI.

“Artprize” Urban Institute of Contemporary Art; Grand Rapids, MI.

2008 “Steel” Dell Pryor Gallery; Detroit, MI.

“Installations” Green Oak Village Place Sculpture Park; Brighton, MI.

“Activesite” Grand Rapids Art Museum; Grand Rapids, MI.

“Faculty Exhibition” Kendall College of Art and Design; Grand Rapids, MI.

2007 “A Northern Migration” The Twisted Fish; Elk Rapids, MI.

“Instrumental” Gallery Project; Ann Arbor, MI.

“Open” Loft Gallery; Royal Oak, MI.

“This Week” Motor City Brewing Works; Detroit, MI.

2006 “Works in Material and Space” Concordia University; Ann Arbor, MI.

“Summer Exhibition” Cranbrook Museum of Art; Bloomfield, MI.

“Graduate Exhibition” Cranbrook Museum of Art; Bloomfield, MI.

“Chair Spray” PF Gallery; Clawson, MI.

 

“100 Year Show” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI.

“Stylize” Detroit Artist’s Market; Detroit, MI.

2005 “kate silvio” Solo Exhibition The Center Galleries; Detroit, MI.

“Steel and Clay” Two person show District Arts Gallery; Birmingham, MI.

“Foundations Does Foundations” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit,

MI.

“Wall to Wall” Flatlanders; Blissfield, MI.

2004 “Foundations Faculty Show” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI.

“Metallica” Forum Gallery: Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2003 “Kate Silvio” Solo Exhibition at Gallery One: Washtenaw Community College;

 

Ann Arbor, MI.

“Selecti” chosen by Lawrence Rinder of the Whitney Museum of American Art

at The Detroit Artist’s Market; Detroit, MI.

“Menorah” Janice Charach Epstein Gallery; West Bloomfield, MI.

“Actual Size (4.25” x 5.5”)” The Detroit Contemporary; Detroit, MI.

“Mighty Midwest Biennial” New Visions Gallery; Marshfield, WI.

“Functional Sculpture” The Detroit Contemporary; Detroit, MI.

“invitational” Detroit Artist’s Market; Detroit, MI.

“Foundations” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI.

2002 Gallery 4731; “Unknown Spaces, Spaces Unknown” Detroit, MI.

The Detroit Contemporary; “Actual Size (8”x 10”)” Detroit, MI.

Detroit Artist’s Market; “Dealers Select” Detroit, MI.

2001 “Ripe” Solo Exhibition Exhibit A Gallery; Birmingham, MI.

“Alone?” Solo Show U245 Gallery; “Detroit, MI.

“Out of Glass” Michigan Glass Month: House Cat Glass; “” Ferndale, MI.

“Inveteus” Bankle Gallery; Detroit, MI.

“Untitled” The Garfield; Detroit, MI.

“Senior Thesis Exhibition” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI.

2000 “Essence” U245; Detroit, MI.

“Image Factory” The Detroit Contemporary; Detroit, MI.

“Girlee show” C-Pop: Detroit, MI.

“Spring Exhibition” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI.

“Ladies Only” The Majestic Cafe; Detroit, MI..

1999 “Drive By” Garfield Building; Detroit, MI 1999.

1998 “Spring Exhibition” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI

“Spring Exhibition” The College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI

1997 “Spring Exhibition” The College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI

“Selected Exhibition” The Kresge Gallery; East Lansing, mi 1997.

 

Commissions

2014 Cambridge Consulting; Detroit, MI

2009 Henry Ford Hospital; “Yet to Come…” West Bloomfield, MI

2009 The Hotel Baronette; “World Neighbors” Novi, MI

2009 Atlas Global Bistro; “Lady Slipper” & “Pulled” Detroit, MI

2001 Exhibit Works Inc.; “Intimate Portrait” Livonia, MI

Representation

2009 The Simone DeSousa Gallery; Detroit, MI;

2004-2005 T.R.A. Art Group; Michigan Design Center; Troy, MI

2004-2005 District Arts Gallery; Birmingham, MI

2002-2003 G.R N’Namdi Gallery; Detroit, MI

Awards And Lectures

2016 The University of Michigan Metals and Fiber Visiting Artist, Ann Arbor, MI

2013 & 2016 Crafted in Carhartt https://craftedincarhartt.wordpress.com/?s=kate+silvio

2011 University of North Carolina Asheville Guest Juror and Curator Asheville, North Carolina

2009 Motor City Motors Motorcycle builder on Discovery Channel program “Motor City Motors”, Detroit, MI

2009 Kendall College of Art and Design, Guest Lecturer, Grand Rapids, MI

2007 Crain Detroit Business (magazine) Emerging and Established Artist to Watch Detroit, MI

2006 Cranbrook Museum of Art Chosen from the graduating class by the museum curator to exhibit in a summer exhibition at the museum, Bloomfield, MI

2004-2006 Nominated for purchase award by board of directors, Bloomfield, MI

Fanfare scholarship

Academic scholarship

2003 Gallery One: Washtenaw Community College.

Two artist lectures with honorarium; Ann Arbor, MI

2003 The Detroit Artists Market

“Selecti ” Chosen by Lawrence Rinder of the Whitney Museum of

American Art, Detroit, MI

2002 G.R. N’Namdi gallery, “Dealers Select” chosen George N’Namdi to represent G.R.N’Namdi Gallery Detroit, MI;

1997-2001 The College of Creative Studies; Detroit, MI

 

Academic scholarship; 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.

Matilda Wilson scholarship; 2000.

 

Teaching Experience

Kendall College of Art and Design

-Full-Time Assistant Professor, Sculpture and Functional Art, 2011 – 2012 &

2013 –2014 [Sculpture 1, 2, 3 & 4; senior thesis].

-Adjunct Instructor, 2008 & 2012 [Sculpture 1, 2, 3 & 4; senior thesis].

Grand Valley State University

-Adjunct Instructor 2010 [three dimensional design].

The College for Creative Studies

-Adjunct Instructor, 2001-2007 [courses: 3-D studio, Advanced Welding,

Materials and Process -Metalshop].

Technical and Management Experience

2008-2011 Kendall College of Art and Design

Sculpture Manager

1996-2003 The College for Creative Studies

Interim Director -Metalshop 2003.

Metalshop Technician, 1996-2007.