Silvia Poloto Portfolio

“My abstract work is a purely visual endeavor – it has everything to do with the process, which inevitably will express my self and aspirations. This process, which I approach intuitively, seems to open my imagination.   It’s dynamic, without a predetermined idea – the paintings develop and evolve as I work on them.  I let them find what they want to be.” 

Silvia Poloto

 

Silvia Poloto moved from Brazil to the USA in 1992, to work as an engineer, but instead she became an artist. Since arriving in San Francisco, she has developed a large following, with her work being purchased by more than 30 institutional and corporate collections in the USA and more than 500 private collections around the world.

Silvia has represented the USA in the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art in Italy in 2003, and has represented Brazil in the International Art Symposium in Dubai, UAE, in 2004.

She has exhibited her art throughout the Bay Area include the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Richmond Arts Center; Berkeley Arts Center; Oakland Museum of California (Gallery 555); and California Palace of the Legion of Honor (artist residency program).

Silvia has recently been nominated for a 2005 Eureka Fellowship Program for Visual Arts, a project from the Fleishhacker Foundation.  She was also one of the few artists invited to create a heart for the "Hearts in San Francisco" public project.

Silvia Poloto received her MBA in Administration with specialization in Marketing Resources at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Affiliated with Wharton Business School and UCLA).  She also has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Affiliated with Caltech)

From 1996 to 1999 she was an Instructor’s Assistant in the Sculpture Department at  City College of San Francisco, CA.  In 1996 she was an instructor in mixed media at the University of California, Berkley, CA.  From 1986 to 1991, she was an Electrical Engineer in the Teleprocessing Department at Elebra Data Communications Ltd in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Silvia Poloto’s fine work can be seen at the Fairmount Gallery in Dallas, Texas; Toomey-Tourell Gallery in San Francisco, California; Etra Fine Arts in Miami, Florida and at Julie Nester Gallery in Park City, Utah.

Silvia Poloto’s fine work can be seen at the Fairmount Gallery in Dallas, Texas; Toomey-Tourell Gallery in San Francisco, California; Etra Fine Arts in Miami, Florida and at Julie Nester Gallery in Park City, Utah.