Vicki DaSilva

Vicki DaSilva (born c. 1960[1]) is an American light painter and graffiti artist.[2] She makes single frame time exposure photographs at night, which she terms ‘light graffiti’.

Career

DaSilva made her first deliberate text light graffiti photographs in 1980, beginning with her photograph titled Cash. She was also the first artist to use four and eight foot fluorescent lamps with the technique beginning in 1987. She captures images in photographs that can't be seen by the human eye, often the repeated movement of light sources to create written messages.[2]

DaSilva moved to NYC in 1983[3] after receiving her BFA from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. While at KU she met Keith Haring, a Kutztown, PA native. She was heavily influenced by the convergence of street and graffiti art during the birth of hip-hop that created a lasting graffiti love affair with light replacing spray paint. Her exploration of light graffiti and light painting as a multi-disciplinary, time-based art form anchored in the photographic process continues to push boundaries of intervention art.

DaSilva did an internship and worked as an assistant for several years with video and performance artist Joan Jonas. Through Jonas she was introduced to many artists including Richard Serra, for whom she worked as a personal assistant throughout the 1980s. Her first full time job in NYC was as photographer Gary Schneider’s first darkroom assistant.

DaSilva came to the attention of a wider audience when she began posting her work on YouTube in 2009.[1]

In 2012 her work was chosen from 35,000 entries to be displayed on a dozen billboards in Times Square, New York, for the 'Art Takes Time Square' event.[4] The work, in tribute to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, was projected using yellow light to represent the idea of the 'Jasmine Revolution'.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Ryzik, Melena (June 17, 2012). "Web Sites Illuminate Unknown Artists". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  2. 1 2 Garwood, Megan M. (August 2011). "Vicki DaSilva at Able Fine Art Gallery". Whitehot Magazine. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  3. 1 2 Rosenblum, Dana (June 19, 2012). "Times Square Billboard Answer a High-Brow Calling". Capital New York. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  4. ↑ Stoller-Lindsey, Nina (June 20, 2012). "Art Takes Times Square by Chashama and Artists Wanted". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2014-09-21.

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