Selected Exhibitions
2021 (upcoming) Salto in Altro, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2021 Steep Bend, Light Step, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA (solo) Catalogue
2020 Curator's Focus, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA
2020 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 99 Loop Gallery booth, Cape Town, SA
2020 Future without N, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA (solo) Catalogue
2019 Psithurism, DAOR Contemporary, Cape Town, SA
2019 Territory, Glen Carlou Gallery, Curated by Pierre le Riche, Glen Carlou Estate, SA, Catalogue
2019 Searching for an Electric Peanut [part II], Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, SA (solo), Catalogue
2018 The Cat Show, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, SA Catalogue
2018 Rethinking Boundaries, Priest Gallery, Johannesburg, SA , Catalogue
2018 Searching for an Electric Peanut, Priest Gallery, Johannesburg, SA (solo), Catalogue
2017 BoCs Art Museum Opening, BoCs Art Museum, Cosenza, Italy
2017 Sublime, Moór Gallery, Curated by Aidon Westcott, Franschhoek, SA
2015 BoCs Art Finissage Exhibition, The BoCs Project, Curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Cosenza, Italy
2015 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London>>Castle Fine Art, Birmingham>>Guildford House
2014 Manpower 2014, Rua Poço dos Negros, Lisbon
2014 ArtVerona Projects, 2000Maniacs, Curated by Andrea Bruciati and Lorenza Boisi, Verona
2014 Kullu Perceived, Curated by Shehani Fernando, Royal Drawing School, London
2014 At Hand and Far Away, Serena Morton, London (solo), Catalogue
2012 Sanskriti Kendra Open, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi
2010 Hot Boredom, Artwars Project Space, London
2009 Pnim Ha'ir, Artura Gallery, Tel-Aviv (solo)
2009 The Dondon Lungeon, Shoreditch House (CosmicMegaBrain), London
2008 Urban Heroes and Saints, Rivington Gallery, London (solo)
2008 Spiritual Promises from Lost Prophets, Cordi House (CosmicMegaBrain), London
Awards / Residencies
2021 Artist in Residence- Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2015 Artist in Residence- BoCs Art, Cosenza, Italy
2012/2013 Artist in Residence - International Institute of Fine Arts, Modinagar(UP), India
2012 Artist in Residence - Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
2010 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Canada
2009 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Canada
Press
Morris, Cheri, interview: 'Artists we love: Jonathan Silverman' , Art, VISI Magazine, June 25, 2021
Schoeman, Leana interview: 'Jonathan Silverman combines multiple views of a landscape into a single artwork' , LifeStyle, ART, The Sunday Times, March 28, 2021.
Arts Desk. article: ‘https://mg.co.za/friday/2020-02-07-the-weekend-guide-3/, The Weekend Guide, Mail & Guardian, February 07, 2020.
Olivier, Bert. article: ‘Searching for an Electric Peanut (part II)’: Jonathan Silverman’s liminal art ', Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian, February 18, 2019.
Sassen, Robyn. review: "Is there a Peanut in the Gallery?" , The Arts at Large by Robyn Sassen, JHB, July 16, 2018.
Mattioli, Massimo, "Inaugura il BoCs Art Museum di Cosenza. Lo racconta il direttore Alberto Dambruoso", ArtsLife Magazine, December 14, 2017.
Boisi, Lorenza, "2000MANIACS – The Big Instant Painting Show", ESPOARTE Magazine, September 30, 2014.
Bartholdi, Pascal Ancel, review: "Jonathan Silverman at Serena Morton's Gallery: At Hand and Far Away" , A non Art X invisible Magazine, London, March 14, 2014.
Education
2010 - 2011
PGDip Drawing, Royal Drawing School, London, UK
2001 - 2006
BFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
Lectures / Teaching
2017 + 2020 Visiting Lecturer - Drawing, School of Architecture, School of Fine Arts, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
2017 + 2018 Visiting Lecturer - Drawing, Painting, School of Fine Arts, Rhodes University, South Africa
2017 ArtWorks for Youth pARTners programme, Artworks for Youth and Gutsche Family Investments, South Africa
2017 Digital/Material - Artist Talk, ArtEC /EPSAC, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2014 At Hand and Far Away - Artist Talk, Serena Morton, London
2013 - 2015 Royal Drawing School, London, UK
2012 Visiting Lecturer - International Institute of Fine Arts, Modinagar(UP), India