Biography
Nikki Silva is an artist living and working in Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.
She received her B.A. in Sociology and Political Science from Providence College in May of 2019. Her concentration for her minor in Studio Art was photography. She primarily focused on perfecting and experimenting with her darkroom technique and knowledge.
She has since moved into a more interdisciplinary art practice. She works primarily in printmaking, photography, and digital art. She has recently received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the School of Museum of Fine Arts in May of 2022.
Artist Statement
I previously made work that attempted to explore the intersection of relative truths, social normalization, and manifested narratives through a political, sociological, and anti-capitalistic lens. My hope was to make pieces that are confrontational enough to start conversation but not repel, and ideally, educate. By exposing political and social realities my artwork was asking audiences to question what they believe and why they believe it. The ultimate goal was not to sway opinions but rather expose truths that will help continue to build and complicate an existing body of knowledge that one already holds.
I have continued this practice of constructing histories and truths but have turned my practice inward. I am currently exploring the histories of my family's immigration past and the loss of those histories over generations. My work is an attempt at reconstructing those narratives in order to rebuild what has been lost.
“I am a necessary part of an important search to which there is no end.”
“The public has a right to art. The public is being ignored by most contemporary artists... Art is for everybody... I am interested in making art to be experienced and explored by as many individuals as possible..."
-Keith Haring