BIO
Steven Silverleaf was born in 1954 and grew up between New York City, Athens Greece and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He attended the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee during the 1970s where he studied painting and drawing. He was active in the local art, poetry and experimental theatre scene in Milwaukee. He returned to North Carolina in 1980 living in the mountains and on the coast before becoming a leading figure in the Raleigh-Durham Chapel Hill art community.Silverleaf now maintains a studio in Carrboro His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and juried shows. His works are included in many corporate collections.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I work both in abstract and figurative styles and in any medium that will make a mark upon a surface. The work presented in this show is acrylic and collage on rag board or paper.People often ask me “What am I thinking about when I make work like you are seeing here? I would start my answer by quoting a lyric of Leonard Cohen that goes
“We are so small between the stars,
We are so large against the sky”
From the song “Stories of the Street”, 1970
Solo Exhibitions
Tyndall Galleries 2006, 2000, 1996
Open House, Carrboro, NC 2005
ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC 2004, 2002
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC 2001
Hugh Mangum Museum, Durham, NC 2000
Braddigans Gallery, Hillsborough, NC 1999
Water Street Gallery, Prairie Du Sac, WI 1998
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 1997
NoFo Gallery, Wilmington, NC 1997
Arete Gallery, Durham, NC 1996, 1995, 1994, 1992
The Artery Gallery, Greensboro, NC 1996, 1994, 1990, 1988, 1986
Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 1995
Durham Technical College, Durham, NC 1992
Group Exhibitions
Group and Invitational Exhibitions
Toyama Art Center, Toyama, Japan 2000
Tyndall Galleries, Durham, NC 1998
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC 1998-1990
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC 1997, 1995
Juried Group Exhibitions
Steven Silverleaf has been in numerous shows juried by some of the leading figures in art in America. These include art critic Dore Ashton (specialist in abstract expressionism); curator Michael Shapiro, San Francisco Museum of Art; curator Janey Saley Dickson, Yale University; director Jack Flemming, SECCA; and curator Marla Prathers, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Silverleaf has also been in shows juried by artists such as Wolf Kahn, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitsky, and Robert Ryman.
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC 2000, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991
North Carolina Museum of Art 1999
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 1999, 1998
Art Space, Raleigh, NC 1997
Wake Visual Arts Association, Raleigh, NC 1996, 1995
Parents Foundation, New Haven, CT 1995
Winston-Salem Associated Arts, Winston-Salem, NC 1996, 1995, 1993
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