Patricia Silva is an Iberian-born, NYC-based photographer and award-winning filmmaker. Their photographs have been shown in group exhibitions at the Center for Fine Art Photography, USA; The Berlin Biennale, Germany; by The British Journal of Photography, England; Flux Factory, USA; and shown at The Photographer’s Gallery, England in a selection by Martin Parr. Their photographs have been published in The New York Times, Diva UK, Out Magazine, The Advocate, and Der Grief, among numerous art books. Their photo books have been exhibited in group shows at Benaki Museum, Greece; Phoenix Museum of Art, USA; and Ateliê da Imagem, Brazil. Patricia’s independent films have screened internationally in film festivals and screening series at the British Film Institute, England; Anthology Film Archives, USA; The Museum of the Moving Image, USA; MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA; Glasgow Art Center, Scotland; IFC Theater, USA; Tengis Cinema, Mongolia; Cervantes Institute, Brazil; among numerous others. Their writings on photography and visual culture have been published in Decolonization and Diversity in Contemporary Photography: The Dodge & Burn Interviews; Daylight; The Gay and Lesbian Review; CultBytes; Queering the Collection; Memories Can’t Wait: Conversations on Accessing History and Archives Through Artistic Practices, and most recently in The Physical and the Digital City, Invisible Forces, Data and Manifestations by The University of Chicago Press, 2024. Patricia Silva holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual arts and an MFA Degree in Advanced Photographic Studies from Bard College.

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