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Selected Exhibitions

2022 Mineral Vegetal Digital, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA (solo)

2022 Investec Cape Town Art Fair99 Loop Gallery booth, Cape Town, SA

2021 Salto in AltroPalazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy

 

2021 Steep Bend, Light Step99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA (solo) Catalogue

2020 Curator's Focus99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA

 

2020 Investec Cape Town Art Fair99 Loop Gallery booth, Cape Town, SA 

 

2020 Future without N99 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

Krynauw, Misha. review: 'Mutual Mutations: Jonathan Silverman’s Mineral Vegetal Digital' , Artthrob, March 18, 2022

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

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