Silvia Brewda
Some Breathing

Originally from Buenos Aires, Silvia Brewda trained as a National Painting Teacher. Her career is marked by a diversity of expressions ranging from paintings and works on paper to installations and murals, as well as objects, artist’s books and textiles. With a career that dates back to 1978, she has exhibited in cultural spaces inside and outside her native country, including museums, galleries and renowned institutions. The year 2023 marked a significant milestone with the presentation of the book Silvia Brewda at the Asociación Amigos del Bellas Artes, curated by Rodrigo Alonso and Laura Casanovas, and with the outstanding presence of the editor Natalia Silberleib. Continuing with experimentation and collaboration, in 2024 she participated in our micro-Residency programme.

In addition to her artistic practice, Silvia has dedicated decades to teaching, guiding and nurturing students of all levels. Her work as an advisor for projects, exhibitions and competitions, as well as the coordination of practical-theoretical seminars, reflect her deep commitment to the dissemination and growth of art.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Art is the fabric of my growth as a woman and as a person, a growth that unfolds on three fundamental, parallel and interrelated axes: my artistic career, the construction of my family and teaching. My approach is dynamic, I need to work on playful aspects. They are flexible works, they can be one and many at the same time. I interrelate the two-dimensional with the three-dimensional, I make several works at the same time, a lithograph, an artist’s book, a drawing, a textile, a fretwork… As for my work, my production develops in an order of space and time, the location, the light, the frequency, these parameters organise certain rituals of making. I classify materials, I explore, I read, I take photos, I write. My tools are the dot and the line. The latter is rhythmic, automatic, modulated and enveloping, it comes and goes. I play with construction, layer upon layer and deconstruction, reusing and transforming.