Biography

Caracas, Venezuela, 1970.

Inés Silva developed an inclination for the arts during her student days at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) of the Central University of Venezuela. After graduating with honors in 1992, she decided to focus on art, based on the study of geometry, proportion and color, permanently exploring new creative possibilities in their formal, material and technical aspects.

For several years, one of the constant factors in Inés Silva’s work has been the use of acrylic as a support. On this material she paints lines or stripes in vivid colors, resulting in an unlimited number of views that allow the work to be fully appreciated from any position.

As a result of her extensive research, she earned the Critics Award at the First Art Biennial of the FAU, Central University of Venezuela (2002). The following year she took part in the VI Salón Pirelli de Jóvenes Artistas at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela, and in 2010 she showcased her work at the Art Triennial “Spirit of Geometric and Constructive Art” at the Satoru Sato Art Museum, Tome, Japan.

Her work has been shown in Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Spain, the USA and Venezuela.

Her artistic career includes participation in two art salons in Paris, France: the Salon Comparaisons, Art en Capital at the Grand Palais (2006–2020), and the Salon Réalités Nouvelles (2014–2019). She has also taken part in several international art groups, such as the Madi group, Expansionism and Art Construit International. Notable exhibitions include “Nine Venezuelan Modern Masters” at the Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, USA (2003); “Mouvement Madi International, Buenos Aires 1946 – Paris 2008” at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France (2008); “Expansionism” at the Omar Carreño Museum, La Asunción, Venezuela (2009); and “Universo Madi” at Odalys Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2019).

Among her solo exhibitions are “Gravitación y Expansión” at the Ateneo de Maracaibo, Venezuela (2005); “Euritmia” at Graphic Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (2007); “De Rerum Natura” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Francisco Narváez, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela (2009); “Musik der Farben und Formen” at the Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany (2012); “Inés Silva” at Galerie Nery Mariño, Paris, France (2013); “Ars Modulor” at Ranivilu Art Gallery, Miami, USA (2016); “Between the Lines” at Ranivilu Art Gallery, Miami, USA (2018); “Jardinés Colgantes” at Graphic Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (2023); and “Rhythms of Geometry” at Durban Segnini Gallery, Miami, USA (2026).

Since December 2015, Inés Silva has been represented by the renowned Galerie Denise René in Paris, where she has participated in group exhibitions and projects such as “Art construit latino-américain, nouvelles propositions” at the iconic Galerie Denise René Rive Gauche (2015), “Transparence” (2017–2018), “Que de la sculpture” (2017–2018), “Espace et tension” (2019–2020), “Women & Abstraction” (2020), “Small is beautiful”, “Dynamique du bleu” and “Retour à la ligne” (2021), the Summer group exhibition (2022), and “Mouvement, Tribute to Denise René” at the Bonisson Art Center (2022).

Supported by Galerie Denise René, her work “Jardín Colgante Negro” was selected for the exhibition “Negative Space” at the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (2019), and her work “Spectrum” was selected for the exhibition “For Now” at the Coral Gables Museum, Miami, USA (2019–2020).

Her work is best described by art critic Perán Erminy:

«The conception of Inés Silva’s works, that is her ‘ars poetica’, consists of designing in her work a formal device as a group of signals, marks, lines, gaps, proportions, mobile sheets capable of organizing itself in a harmonic manner and make intelligible and sensitively emotional the group of dynamic situations and perceptive tensions that integrate themselves or that take place in that visual event that constitutes the work, and all that is displayed in accordance with, or in tune with, the invisible tensions of the space around the work.»

Since 2010, Inés Silva has lived and worked in Miami (USA), where she actively pursues her artistic research and takes part in the international art scene.

Represented by

Galerie Denise René, Paris

Award

Critics Award, 1st Art Biennial FAU-UCV, 2002

Groups

Madi · Expansionism · Art Construit International

Curriculum vitae (PDF) ↓

Solo exhibitions

• 2026Rhythms of Geometry CatalogueDurban Segnini Gallery, Miami
• 2023Jardinés Colgantes CatalogueGraphicart Gallery, Caracas
• 2022InstallationÉglise de Montgerain, Picardie
• 2018Between the Lines CatalogueRanivilu Art Gallery, Miami
• 2016Ars Modulor CatalogueRanivilu Art Gallery, Miami
• 2013Inés Silva CatalogueGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2012Musik der Farben und Formen CatalogueMuseum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis
• 2009De Rerum Natura CatalogueMAC Francisco Narváez, Isla de Margarita
• 2007Euritmia CatalogueGraphic Art Gallery, Caracas
• 2005Gravitación y Expansión CatalogueAteneo de Maracaibo

Group exhibitions

• 2026Tránsitos (de lo orgánico a lo abstracto geométrico)SAGA-Graphicart Gallery, Caracas
• 2026Architecte Artiste VIAbstract Project, Paris
• 2025Cinétique-QuantiqueMeta Haus, Paris
• 2025Architecte Artiste VAbstract Project, Paris
• 2024Women Shaping AbstractionDurban Segnini Gallery, Miami
• 2024Geografía AbstractaGraphic Art Gallery, Caracas
• 2024Architecte Artiste IVAbstract Project, Paris
• 2024Mujeres en el ArteGraphic Art Gallery · Centro de Arte San Pedro, Caracas
• 2023Petits formats et couleursGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2023Arte con Propósito: GeometríaGraphic Art Gallery · Centro de Arte San Pedro, Caracas
• 2023Architecte Artiste IIIAbstract Project, Paris
• 2023Hier | DemainGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2023Source CodeJST · Galerie Denise René, Paris
• 2023MADI Universe 77 – miniMADImaxSaxon Art Gallery, Budapest
• 2023Angle à angleGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2022Mouvement, hommage à Denise RenéBonisson Art Center, Château Bonisson, Aix-en-Provence
• 2022Architecte Artiste IIAbstract Project, Paris
• 2022Summer group exhibitionGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2022Group showGalerie Denise René, Espace Marais, Paris
• 2022In memory of Ivan Contreras-Brunet (1927–2021)Galerie Wagner, Paris
• 2022Concrete and Kinetic Art from the Suciu and Szöllősi-Nagy-Nemes CollectionsMuseum Ettlingen, Ettlingen
• 2021Retour à la ligneGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2021Dynamique du bleuGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2021Small is beautiful! Panorama construitGalerie Denise René, Paris
• 2020Luminokinetika (Suciu and Szöllősi-Nagy-Nemes Collections)Budapest Galéria · Vasarely Museum, Budapest
• 2020Women & AbstractionGalerie Denise René, Paris (online)
• 2020Convergences – ACI, Art Construit InternationalEspace Christiane Peugeot, Paris
• 2020ACI, Art Construit InternationalGalleria Spazio Martucci, Napoli
• 2019Espace et tensionGalerie Denise René, Espace Marais, Paris
• 2019For Now, Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami DiasporaCoral Gables Museum, Miami
• 2019Negative SpaceZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
• 2019CoreRanivilu Art Gallery, Miami
• 2019A lírai absztrakttól a geometriáig – Centrum és perifériaBudapest
• 2019Universo MadíGalería Odalys, Madrid
• 2019International-Constructive-ConcreteMansfeld Péter Gallery, Budapest
• 2019ACI, Art Construit InternationalChâteau des Tourelles
• 2019Architecte ArtisteAbstract Project, Paris
• 2018ACI, Art Construit InternationalKunsthaus, Rehau
• 2017Irreverent 2Ranivilu Art Gallery, Miami
• 201740 Años de GeometríaGraphic Art Gallery – Centro Cultural El Olivar, Lima
• 2017ACI, Art Construit InternationalCentro Cultural Mario Monreal, Valencia
• 2017Que de la sculptureGalerie Denise René, Espace Marais, Paris
• 2016ACI, Art Construit InternationalColegio de Arquitectos de Granada, Granada
• 2016TransparenceGalerie Denise René, Espace Marais, Paris
• 2015Art construit latino-américain, nouvelles propositions CatalogueGalerie Denise René Rive Gauche, Paris
• 2015ACI group 5+5 CatalogueEspace des Arts Abstraits, Abstract Project, Paris
• 2014Sculptures – Grands et Jeunes CatalogueGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2014France-Japon / Co-existence et co-prospérité interculturelles CatalogueEspace Culturel Bertin Poirée, Paris
• 2014End of Year ExhibitionGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2014Venezuela Arte Concreto CatalogueImaginart Gallery, Barcelona
• 2014Ézsiás 70+1 CatalogueBánki Donát Universitas Gallery – Art Industriel Gallery, Budapest
• 2014Couleur et transparenceGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2013ACI, Art Construit InternationalJorge Hulian Gallery, Miami
• 2013Ellas también lo ven diferente, Festival Mirada de MujerImaginart, Barcelona
• 2013XX Festival Atempo – ACI, Art Construit International (homenaje a Omar Carreño)Asociación Cultural Humboldt, Caracas
• 2013Ricerche dell’Astrattismo Internazionale – ACICentro Culturale L’Approdo
• 2012Geometric Artists Circle the Globe CatalogueMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas
• 2012ACI, Art Construit International CatalogueMostra d’Oltremare, Napoli
• 2012Geometría y Color – 18 artistas geométricosCentro de Arte Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo
• 2012End of Year ExhibitionGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2011L’Arte Movimento IntergeometrismGalleria Universitas Budensis, Budapest
• 2011ACI, Art Construit InternationalColegio de Arquitectos, Quito
• 2011Alter Geometría – Alter EgoBlansini Gallery, Caracas
• 2011Treffpunkt Kunst – Kostbarkeiten CatalogueMuseum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis
• 2011Petit FormatGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2010Dal Futurismo all’Arte IndustrialeAccademia d’Ungheria in Roma
• 2010Instincts géométriques au fémininGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2010MADI · Collezione permanente CatalogueMAGI ’900 – Museo delle Eccellenze Artistiche e Storiche, Pieve di Cento
• 2010Tome International Art Triennial, Spirit of Geometric and Constructive Art CatalogueSatoru Sato Art Museum, Tome
• 2010Formas Concretas I – IIArt Nouveau Gallery, Maracaibo · Miami
• 2010ACI, Art Construit International CatalogueEspacio Chroma, Valencia
• 2010ACI, Art Construit International, XVII Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito CatalogueAlliance Française, Quito
• 2010ACI, Art Construit International CatalogueArt Nouveau Gallery, Miami
• 2009ExpansionismMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas
• 2009In forma geometricaMuseo Civico Maschio Angioino, Napoli
• 20098 artistes – 8 œuvres, Cité des GéométriesCentre Culturel de l’Arsenal, Maubeuge
• 2009Arte Construtiva InternacionalJG Arte Visual, Fortaleza
• 2009ACI, Art Construit International CatalogueMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Francisco Narváez, Isla de Margarita
• 2009Expansionismo CatalogueCentro de Arte Omar Carreño, La Asunción
• 2008Mouvement Madi International, Buenos Aires 1946 – Paris 2008 CatalogueMaison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris
• 2008Internazionale Madi a VeronaGalleria Spazio Arte Pisanello, Verona
• 2008Le teorie del MadiGalleria Scoglio di Quarto, Milano
• 2008ExpansionismoDurban Segnini Gallery, Caracas
• 2008New Amazons of the Avant-Garde · Seven MADI Women CatalogueMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas
• 2008Galerie Emilia Suciu · 20-jähriges Jubiläum CatalogueGalerie Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen
• 2008Oltre la geometriaGalleria Al Blu di Prussia, Napoli
• 2008Art Inter Geometrica Industria CollectionCsepel Galéria – House of Fine Arts, Budapest
• 2008Reneszánsz 2008 – BudapestMuseum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis
• 2007Nervo Vago, antologia Madí 1996–2006Villa Savonarola, Napoli
• 2007Arte en ExpansiónMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Francisco Narváez, Porlamar
• 2007Art Intergeometria CatalogueHatvany Lajos Múzeum, Hatvan
• 2006Mouvement Madi InternationalORION Centre d’Art Géométrique Madi, Paris
• 20064 Artisti Madi CatalogueGalleria Spazio Arte, Napoli
• 200614 Artistas Madí CatalogueGraphic Art Gallery, Caracas
• 2006ArtSzemArtSzem Contemporary Arts Gallery, Budapest
• 2006Arte Madi InternazionaleSpazio Lattuada, Milano
• 2006supreMADIsm – Tribute to the Masters of Russian ConstructivismMoscow Museum of Modern Art
• 2006International Geometric ArtGrand Hotel Hungaria, Budapest
• 2006Monochrome MadiORION Centre d’Art Géométrique Madi, Paris
• 2005A Celebration of Geometric ArtMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas
• 2005Arte Madí Venezuela CatalogueCentro de Arte Eladio Alemán Sucre, Valencia
• 2005Tetractis Madí, VII Artistas MadíFundación Cultural Corp Group, Caracas
• 2005Cinétique-GéométriqueGalerie Nery Mariño, Paris
• 2005Madi Art, Optic and GeometricDurban Segnini Gallery, Miami
• 2004Out of Frame · Madí CatalogueDurban Segnini Gallery, Miami
• 2004Universo – Esprit de GéométrieCaserta
• 2004Omaggio all’arte geometricaMuseo Bargellini – Museo d’Arte delle Generazioni Italiane del ’900, Pieve di Cento
• 2003X Festival AtempoFundación Cultural Corp Group, Caracas
• 2003Nine Venezuelan Modern Masters, Geometry and Movement CatalogueMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas
• 2003VI Salón Pirelli de Jóvenes Artistas CatalogueMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
• 2002I Bienal de Arte FAU-UCVUniversidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas

Salons

• 2016–2018Carré Latin, Festival d’Art Contemporain Latino-AméricainPalais Royal, Paris
• 2014–2019Salon Réalités Nouvelles CatalogueParis
• 2006–2020Salon Comparaisons, Art en Capital · Groupe géométrique Catalogue 2015 Catalogue 2014Grand Palais, Paris

Art fairs

• 2024–2025Art MiamiDurban Segnini Gallery, Miami
• 2021ARCO Madrid (online)Galerie Denise René
• 2021Art Wynwood (online)Ranivilu Art Gallery
• 2018–2019Art MiamiRanivilu Art Gallery, Miami
• 2018Texas Contemporary Art ShowRanivilu Art Gallery, Houston
• 2016–2018Art LimaGraphic Art Gallery, Lima
• 2016–2017Pinta Art ShowRanivilu Art Gallery, Miami
• 2016Art New YorkRanivilu Art Gallery, New York
• 2015BARCÚ Art FairImaginart Gallery, Bogotá
• 2007 · 2008 · 2013Art KarlsruheGalerie Emilia Suciu, Karlsruhe
• 2006–2010FIA, Feria Iberoamericana de ArteGraphic Art Gallery, Caracas
• 2006–2007ArtBo, Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá CatalogueGraphic Art Gallery, Bogotá

Collections

• MAGI ’900 – Museo delle Eccellenze Artistiche e Storiche, Pieve di Cento
• Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas
• Mobile Madi Museum, Budapest
• Festival Atempo, Caracas
• Satoru Sato Art Museum, Tome