Bio
Silas is a multi-disciplinary artist born in 1998 in Los Angeles, CA. They received their BFA in studio art from Cal Poly SLO in 2020. Silas has organized many exhibitions with their peers and participated in San Luis Obispo’s 2019 and 2020 Inverse Performance Art residencies. They continue their work with interactive, visual, and sculptural arts as a means of communication, commentary, and catharsis. Silas has lived in Portland, OR for three years, working in death care as a removal technician to support his artistic practice.
Artist Statement
As a queer, non-binary artist, much of my work examines what it means to exist in this body in this time. I use art as a means to navigate my own experience; exploring my connection to masculinity, my body, trauma, rage, and dysphoria. I treat my own body as a medium, to the point of destruction and abstraction, building up and breaking down form to create something new. My works consider the body as a tool; of labor, violence, connection, trauma, capitalism, intimacy, and healing. Collage, pastel, video, silicone, and plaster sculptures are my methods to examine the body and the structures that oppress ours. Through the creation of surreal creatures and environments, I separate the body from its institutional constraints, using flesh and form as a means to connect beyond binaries and societal structures. With an often blunt and absurdist approach, I make anatomically and personally inspired pieces, ultimately playing with human form in an attempt to connect with humanity itself.
