Bela Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal and studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal as well as at ArCo, Lisbon, Norwich Fine Arts in the UK and The Art Institute of Chicago in the United States. She currently lives between Lisbon and Brussels, Belgium. She has exhibited at Ann Nathan Gallery and Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, Lisbon’s Museu do Azulejo (Tile Museum), Museu Anastácio Gonçalves in Lisbon, Palácio da Ajuda, and Fundação Ricardo Espírito Santo, as well as in various exhibitions in China and in Japan. She has participated in group shows in Belgium (Kleureyck, Designmuseum Gent, Lille 3000), Brazil, Spain, France (Biennale de Vallauris) and ran ceramics workshops in Japan and Morocco. She has been awarded residencies at Kohler, Wisconsin, USA, and at Fabrica Bordalo Pinheiro, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. She has created several public art pieces, namely tile panels for the Alvalade subway station in Lisbon; panels for the Sakai Cultural Center gardens in Japan; and panels for the João de Deus School in the Azores Islands. She created 12 large pieces in 2017 for the gardens of the museum of Ancient Art as well as exhibited her work that same year at the Museum of Orient in Lisbon. Spazio Nobile has represented Bela Silva since 2017. Among her shows at the gallery and at art fairs include: Season X-Land/Scapes, Season XIV- Despierta Corazón Dormido, Collectible Design Fair, Art Brussels, Cosmogony, with Finnish Kustaa Saksi, Révélations Biennial at Grand Palais, Paris, Unique Design Shanghai at Tank, West Bund… For this group show, Spazio Nobile will launch Bela Silva, Four Seasons, a wearable and wall jewellery collection and will open up a new gallery window and exhibition space with Bela Silva at rue des Minimes, 61, in downtown Brussels, in front of Les Minimes Church in May 2021.
Spazio Nobile is pleased to present “Codex Mexico” a limited edition of 1/250, numbered and signed by artist Bela Silva, in the form of a leporello, which accompanies her solo show,
Signed and numbered by the artist
Printed on Munken print white 150 gr 1.8
Full Quadri
Leporello with colored clothbound front and back and hotfoil printing on the cover
(closed) : 108 x 165 mm –
Spazio Nobile invites you to Season XIV- Bela Silva, Solo Show,
Despierta Corazón Dormido,
on Thursday 12 March, 18-22.00, at Spazio Nobile, rue Franz Merjay 142, Brussels
Sunday brunch on 15 March,
The vibrant colours of Bela Silva’s newest series give Spazio Nobile’s space a Spring awakening. Inspired by the artist’s recent trip to Mexico, the show celebrates Latin-American culture, its history and diverse craftsmanship in a cycle of drawings,
Spazio Nobile presented “Ikebana” at Collectible Design Fair, at Vanderborght Building, rue de l’Écuyer, 50, 1000 Brussels, Belgium,
5-8 March 2020. All photos by Yen-An Chen.
Download the catalogue here
Spazio Nobile takes part into the 1st edition of Unique Design Shanghai at Tank, West Bund, Shanghai, which will happen from 7 until 10 November at Tank, West Bund, Shanghai.
Featured artists and designers represented by the gallery: Garnier &
Spazio Nobile présente /presents Bela Silva,”Dessin Sculpture”, solo show Art On Paper, Booth 22, Bozar, rue Ravenstein, 23, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
24 – 27.10.2019 –
This Sunday, visual artist Bela Silva opens the doors to her studio in Brussels’ very own Zaventem Ateliers to host a cosy brunch where everyone is invited to come and gather,
We are delighted to invite you to a Sunday Brunch to discover Bela Silva’s ceramic workshop at Zaventem Ateliers, on Sunday 15 September, from 12 until 4pm, in the framework of Brussels Design September
Address: Fabriekstraat,
Spazio Nobile celebrates the Nordic Summer. Welcome to our Midsummer Smörgåsbord this Sunday 23 June from 12-18:00, rue Franz Merjay, 142. Free entrance.
