Born in Leeds, UK in 1976, Artist Corinne Silva lives and works in London and is currently studying for a doctorate at the University of the Arts London. Her work investigates the politics of frontier spaces, diaspora and mobility, and landscape aesthetics. Using photography, and more recently moving image, she has explored these themes through architecture and topography, at the interface of the natural and man-made.
Recent exhibitions and commissions include Imported Landscapes, a site-specific installation for Manifesta 8, (2010); photographic series Badlands, Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Festival, Toronto (2010) and Noorderlicht Photofestival (2010); and moving image installation Wandering Abroad, from Leeds Art Gallery, UK (2009). Most recently, Corinne won the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Awards in 2010 and 2011.
Education
2009– Doctoral research, University of the Arts London (LCC)
2007–09 MA Photography, University of Brighton
1999-02 BA Photography in Europe, Nottingham Trent University & Universidad de Barcelona
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Imported Landscapes, Manifesta 8 Paralelos, Murcia, Spain
2009 Wandering Abroad, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
2008 Croydonisation, Museum of Croydon, London
2008 Róisín Bán, Leeds City Museum, Leeds, UK
2006 Róisín Bán, Format Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2006 Róisín Bán, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Róisín Bán, Whitehall Waterfront, Leeds, UK
Two Person Exhibitions
2010 Journeys out…Journeys with Mariele Neudecker, Leeds Art Gallery, UK
Group Exhibitions
2011 Flash Forward Festival, Toronto, Canada
2011 Open Here, Hereford Photography Festival, UK
2010 Noorderlicht International Photofestival 2010, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2010 Reading Landscape, Architectural Association, London
2009 Projected Landscapes, Architectural Association, London
2009 Noorderlicht International Photofestival 2009, Groningen, Netherlands
2009 Between the Hallucinatory and the Real, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
2008 Coded, Brighton Media Centre Gallery, Brighton, UK
2008 Portrait commission - From War to Windrush, Imperial War Museum, London
2007 Portrait commission - Journeys of Change, Imperial War Museum, London
2006 North By North West, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax, UK
2005 Place, Folly Gallery, Lancaster, UK
Awards/bursaries/residencies
2011 Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Award
2010 Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Award
2010 Artist in Residence, Israeli Centre for Digital Art, Israel Palestine
2009 Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award, University of the Arts London
2009 University of Brighton Santander-Abbey travel bursary
2008 Arts Council England Award
2006 New Artists’ Collaborations bursary, Artist’s Information Company
2004 Home Office Connecting Communities grant
2004 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Artist Talks/workshops/screenings
2011 University of Wales, UK
2011 University of the Arts London, UK
2011 University of East London, UK
2011 Leeds Trinity University College, UK
2009 London Metropolitan University, UK
2008 London Metropolitan University, UK
2008 Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
2008 Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
2006 Redeye, Manchester, UK
2006 Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Teaching
2010- Associate lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
2012- Associate lecturer, University of the Arts London (LCC)
Collections
Architectural Association, UK
Imperial War Museum, UK
National Photographic Archive, Eire
Leeds Museum Archives, UK
Private collections in the UK and Europe
Publications and articles
2011 Ways of Looking: Evidence ISBN 0-906361-22-2
2011 Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers 2010 ISBN 9781926856025
2010 Land - Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht Photofestival catalogue, ISBN 978-90-76703-43-5
2010 Flash Forward Festival 2010 Catalogue, ISBN 9781-926856-02-5
2009 Wandering Abroad exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-09-01981-83-7
2009 The Pursuit of Happiness, ISBN 978-90-76703-40-4
2008 British Journal of Photography, 29.10.08
2006 Róisín Bán, ISBN 0955252903
2006 Ag International Journal of Photographic Art and Practice, Autumn 06, Number 45
2006 Irish Arts Review, Autumn 06, Vol. 23, Issue 3
2006 Irish Independent, 17.07.06
2006 Guardian G2, 10.05.06
2006 AN magazine, 05.06