
GIOVANNA DA SILVA CV
Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Living and working in Narrm/ Melbourne, Australia, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
Education
2023-24 Masters of Art (Art in Public Space)
RMIT University
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The In Between, Mario’s, Fitzroy, VIC
Group exhibitions
2023 Gather Together, Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania
2022 RSPCA fundraiser, curated by fortheart, Melbourne, VIC
2022 Trash Baby, Old Bar, Fitzroy, VIC
2021 Winter Days, Off the Kerb, Collingwood, VIC
2021 Honeypalooza, Honeybones gallery, Collingwood, VIC
2021 Deckade, curated by fortheart, No Vacancy gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2021 Valiance, fundraiser for Myanmar, Honeybones gallery, Collingwood, VIC
2021 Soundtrack to my Life, Honeybones Gallery, Collingwood, VIC
2020 Creative Distances, curated by Fortheart, online group show
2020 Resolutions, Gallery 17, St Kilda, VIC
2019 Wild horses festival gallery, VIC
2019 Strawberry Fields Festival gallery, VIc
2019 Shade, Light and Colour, Brunswick, VIC
2019 The Equilibrium, 4dverse, St Kilda, VIC
2019 Formas de vida, 4dverse, St Kilda, VIC
2018 Youth art group exhibition, 4dverse, St Kilda, VIC
Community Facilitation
2023 Youth art workshop facilitator, YWCA, Collingwood Yards, VIC
2022, 2023 TSB youth program, Power box painting and mural workshop program, Stonnington Youth Services
2021 Melton Council, 2 week youth art workshop program, Melton, VIC
2020 Namron Housing, 1 on 1 weekly art workshops, Bentleigh, VIC
2020 TLC disability services weekl;y group art workshops, Preston, VIC
2018 Ramana's Garden children’s home mural and art workshop, Rishikesh, India
2018 Pokhara children's home mural and art workshop, Pokhara, Nepal
Community Public Art Projects
2023 Viewbank Primary school student collaborative mural, collaborative design informed by the drawings of 5 student classes along with mural workshops during the install, Viewbank, VIC
2023 Commissioned by City of Dandenong, 3 week group workshop program in the lead up of painting a floor mural in the local area. Noble park, VIC
2022 Commissioned by Homes Victoria and Stonnington Council, Prahran Hoarding design, community consultation and artwork design to be printed onto vinyl covering up to 200m, Prahran, VIC
2020 Commissioned by Melton council, youth consultation power box project, Melton, VIC
Public Art Projects
Mural projects and installations since 2018 and continuing, Install scales ranging from 10 m squared up to 200 m squared. Some commissions include:
2023 ‘A Place to Sit’, Bangs st park mural, Prahran, Commissioned by Stonnington Council
2023 Prahran station mural, Prahran, commissioned by Urban Canvas Mural Festival
2022 Bangs st Hoarding project, Digital design printed on vinyl along Bangs st Prahran, commissioned by Homes Victoria and Stonnington council
2021 Rathdowne mural, Wollert, Commissioned by Rathdown estates and managed by MAMAM mural agency
Residencies and Festivals
2024 Mongolia Street art tour, facilitated by Heesco, group street art tour located in multiple locations around Mongolia.
2023 Urban Canvas Mural Festival, Prahran Station, Prahran, VIC
2022 Yarram Chalk festival, Yarram, VIC
2018 Into the Unknown, 3 week mural residency, Pushkar, India
Certifications
WWCC
First Aid and CPR certificate
NDIS training module
White Card
EWP ticket
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My work takes place in Naarm on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nations. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
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Giovanna Da Silva