Silva BELA (born 1966) Lithography 20.5 x 15 cm accompanied by a limited edition of the Cahier Regala L'éveil du végétal Sold unframed Bela Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. She lives and works between Brussels, Lisbon and Paris. In Portugal, she studied at the Porto and Lisbon Schools of Fine Arts, as well as at Ar.Co. She attended Norwich Fine Arts in the UK and the Art Institute of Chicago in the USA. Her work has been exhibited around the world, with shows in China, Japan, Brazil, Spain and France, and she has organized several ceramics workshops in Japan and Morocco. She has taken part in artist residencies in Kohler (Wisconsin, USA) and at Fábrica Bordalo Pinheiro in Caldas da Rainha (Portugal). Recently, in 2023, she exhibited in South Korea and at the Palácio Cadaval in Portugal. Bela Silva has created several public artworks in which she integrates her work with the architectural element. Examples include the tile panels at Lisbon's Alvalade metro station, the panels in the gardens of Japan's Sakai cultural center, and the panels at the João de Deus school in the Azores. She has also created numerous works specially designed for private collectors in Europe and the United States. Bela Silva's travels are an inexhaustible source of inspiration, enabling her to include local history, culture and nature in her creative approach. The artist values the link between communities and identities, incorporating traditional elements into her work and reinterpreting them in a contemporary way. Bela Silva is represented by galleries in Paris, Lisbon, Brussels and Toulouse.