ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Hailing from the coastal city of Santos, Brazil, award-winning artist Gisele Da Silva's creative journey weaves her family heritage and recent journeys to Egypt, Israel & Italy. Her Byzantine paintings are captivating tapestries, entwining history and future in a mesmerizing interplay of color, shape, texture, and form. Following her immigration to Canada in 1989, Gisele dedicated herself to diverse mediums like watercolor, acrylic and oil on canvas. Now residing in Orem, Utah, she shares her life with the spirited feline, Tico.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
The Calgary School of Art, Calgary, Canada
The Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada
Panamerican School of the Arts, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada
Panamerican School of the Arts, Sao Paulo, Brazil
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2023 37th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art, Springville Museum, Springville, UT
2022 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 36th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art, Springville Museum, Springville, UT
2022 Alfred Lambourne Arts Program, Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 Frame Your Pet Art Exhibit, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT
2021 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Avenues Open Studios, Art Off The Grid, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Spring Salon, It's Not A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 20/20 Group Show, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Avenues Open Studios Group Show, Sweet Library, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Avenues Open Studios, Art Off The Grid, Salt Lake City, UT
2016 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 Solo Exhibition, Tyler Library, Midvale, UT
2015 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 Calgary South Artists' Show & Sale, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, AB
2014 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 South Calgary Show & Sale, Calgary, AB
2012 Surfacing 7, The Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB
2012 Applaud the Arts Calgary Show & Sale, Calgary, AB
2012 Surfacing 5, The Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB
2011 RS Christmas Social, Calgary, AB
2009 Galleria Arts & Crafts, Calgary, AB
2003 - 2005 The Quilted Bear, Midvale, UT
2023 37th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art, Springville Museum, Springville, UT
2022 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 36th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art, Springville Museum, Springville, UT
2022 Alfred Lambourne Arts Program, Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 Frame Your Pet Art Exhibit, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT
2021 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Avenues Open Studios, Art Off The Grid, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Spring Salon, It's Not A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 20/20 Group Show, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Honoring Utah Artists, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Avenues Open Studios Group Show, Sweet Library, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Avenues Open Studios, Art Off The Grid, Salt Lake City, UT
2016 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 Solo Exhibition, Tyler Library, Midvale, UT
2015 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 Calgary South Artists' Show & Sale, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, AB
2014 Fine Arts Exhibition, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 South Calgary Show & Sale, Calgary, AB
2012 Surfacing 7, The Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB
2012 Applaud the Arts Calgary Show & Sale, Calgary, AB
2012 Surfacing 5, The Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB
2011 RS Christmas Social, Calgary, AB
2009 Galleria Arts & Crafts, Calgary, AB
2003 - 2005 The Quilted Bear, Midvale, UT
AWARDS
2022 Honorable Mention, 36th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art, Springville Museum, Springville, UT
2022 2nd Place Winner, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 5th Place Creative Arts Award, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 7th Place Acrylic & Oil Painting Category Award, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 2nd Place Winner, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 5th Place Creative Arts Award, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 7th Place Acrylic & Oil Painting Category Award, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
2019 - 2021 Avenues Art Walk, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 - 2016 Intermountain Society of Artists (ISA), Salt Lake City, UT
2014 - 2016 Intermountain Society of Artists (ISA), Salt Lake City, UT
COMMISSIONED MURALS
2011 Pirate & Crow, Yellowstone Pirates, West Yellowstone, MT
2011 Breakfast on the Trail, Brandin' Iron Inn, West Yellowstone, MT
2011 Breakfast on the Trail, Brandin' Iron Inn, West Yellowstone, MT