Silvia has been working professionally since receiving her BFA and MFA from the University of Utah. She is well known for her highly original wood and bronze sculptures of animals and complex still lifes which can be found in major collections nationally. Salt Lake City commissioned her to create public sculpture on 4 occasions. She has been the recipient of the prestigious North American Sculpture Award. She has created sculpture for the Sundance institute, the Houston Grand Opera, the Utah Opera, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Pioneer theatre company, the Showtime channel and the Disney channel. In 2020 she received the Utah Governors Mansion foundation award in the visual arts for sculpture. Silvia Davis has been aware of her desire to be an artist since childhood in Cupertino California. From a very young age she spontaneously searched for materials to draw, create and build things. Paper, pencil, mud, cardboard, pine cones, palm fronds and tinker toys were like gold to her. When she earned a bit of money she would go to the dime store to buy a model and spend the day sitting under a tree putting it together. The essence of these impulses are still what motivates her today. Professor Emeritus Education:1993 - M.F.A. Sculpture University of Utah1980 - B.F.A. Sculpture University of Utah1978 - Snowbird Summer Arts Institute Exhibitions:2012 - "Silvia Davis and Wendy Chidester" Two Person Show, Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, California2008 - "Paul and Silvia Davis", Two Person Show, Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, California2007 - Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah2006 - Featured Artist, Group Show, Gallery "B", Lexington, Kentucky2003 - "The Animal in Art"-A group exhibition, Utah Museum of Fine Arts2002 - "Utah Art 2000" - Norman Building, Salt Lake City, Utah (Catalog Show)2002 - "Women Without Borders" - Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (Catalog Show)2002 - "40 Eyes See" - Avenues Branch Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah2002 - "Animals, Animals" - Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah2000 - "Reinventing the West" - Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah2000 - "The Animal in Contemporary Art" - Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada1998 - Three Person Show - Torrey Gallery, Torrey, Utah1997 - Three Person Show - Coda Gallery, Park City, Utah1996 - One Person Show - Works in Wood & Bronze, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah.1994 - Sculpture for the Garden - Works in Bronze, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah.1993 - Faculty Show - Peterson Art Center1993 - M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Show - Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah1992 - Invitational, "April Salon" - Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah1991 - Invitational, "Artists of Salt Lake" - BYU Art Museum, Provo, Utah1991 - Invitational, Utah Sculpture and Craft Show - Union Pacific Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah1991 - "Toys by Artists" - Courtyard Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1991 - Group Exhibition - Dooly Gallery, Park City, Utah1991 - "75 Years of the Salt Lake Art Center" - Salt Lake City, Utah1990 - Two Person Show - Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, California1990 - Group Exhibition, Sculpture - Pierpont Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1990 - "Collaborative Art" - Pierpont Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1989 - One Person Exhibition - Pierpont Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1988 - "Pierpont Tapestries" - Group Show, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah1988 - "Local Motion" - Kinetic Group Show - Pierpont Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1988 - "Wreaths by Artists", Group Show - Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah1987 - 'The Best of the Loge", Group Show - Loge Gallery, Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah1986 - Two Person Exhibit - Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1985 - "North American Sculpture Exhibition", Juried Exhibition-Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado1985 - "Henry Moore with 6 Utah Sculptors" - Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1984 - "Women Artists of Utah", Invitational - Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah1984 - "Utah 84", Juried Exhibit - Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah1984 - One Person Show - Loge Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1983 - "Utah 83", Juried Exhibit - Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah1983 - "North American Sculpture Exhibition" - Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado1982 - "April Salon", Juried Exhibit - Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah Awards:1983 - North American Sculpture Award, North American Sculpture Exhibition - Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado Work Experience:2008 - Sculptor for "A Light in the Piazza" Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah2005 - Sculptor for "Peter Pan', Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah2004 - Sculptor for Showtime Channel, "The Maldonado Miracle"2004 - Sculptor for Disney Channel, "Don’t Look Under the Bed"2003 - Present Private Workshops sculpting the Human Head in clay1999 - Pioneer Theater Company, Sculpture for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"1999 - Houston Grand Opera Company, Monumental Figure sculpture for "A Little Night Music"1997 - Utah Opera Company, Nine larger than life figure sculptures for "Coronation of Popea"1995 -1996 - Sculptor for Utah Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, Utah1993 - Present Instructor, Petersen Art Center, Life Drawing & Sculpture1994 - Instructor, Woodworking, University of Utah1994 - Sculptor, Consultant, Edwards and Daniels Architects1993 - Architectural Relief Sculpture for Lowell Construction, Eric Smith Architect1984 -1985 - Sculptor, Fossil Preparator and Casting Technician, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, North American Ice Age Mammals Exhibit1988 - Instructor, Sculpture University of Utah Commission Work1994 - Wood Sculpture of St. Elizabeth for St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Richfield, Utah1994 - Percent for Art, Life size Firefighter carved in mahogany for Fire Station, Salt Lake City, Utah1992 - Liturgical work, St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Richfield, Utah. Sculptures of the Stations of the Cross1992 - Collaborative Designer and Sculptor for Public Block 57 Project, Salt Lake City, Utah. Works in Bronze and Cast Iron1992 - Percent for Arts Project, Public Sculpture for Fairmont and Warm Springs Parks, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bronze1992 - Percent for Arts Project, Interior Sculpture for Arts Council Offices. Wood Sculpture1991 - Interior Wood Sculpture commissioned by FFKR Architecture for University of Utah Genetic Engineering and Research Building1988 - Collaborative Designer and Sculptor for Pierpont Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah1988 - Sculptor for "Pierpont Walkway", Bronze1987 - Commission by The Sundance Institute for the U.S. Film Festival. Interior Wood Mechanical Sculpture