Silvana LaCreta Ravena
Contact Information
Address: Minnetonka, Minnesota
Website: www.silvanaravena.com
Representation:
Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Artists Haven Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
Artwork Network, Denver, CO, USA
E-mail: sillacreta@aim.com
Education
2004-2006 Master of Fine Arts - Santa Marcelina College, SP, Brazil
1997-1999 Post Graduate degree - Art History Specialist – Armando Alvares Penteado College, SP, Brazil
1993-1996 Post Graduate degree - Art Therapist Specialist – Sedes Sapientiae Institute, SP, Brazil
1980-1985 Bachelor of Science – Psychology – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Professional Activities
Ongoing Art and Wearable art studio - encaustics, paintings and batiks, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006 Art History teacher at Santa Marcelina College - SP, Brazil
2002-2005 Art History teacher at the Art Therapy Department of Sedes Sapientiae Institute, SP, Brazil
Member of the Review Board for the Art Therapy Magazine of Sedes Sapientiae Institute, SP, Brazil
1999-2005 Author of the curriculum and teacher of the course “Art History Brought to Life” – Sedes Sapientiae Institute, SP and Nursery Home Villa Garoud, Alphaville, SP, Brazil
1986-2001 Clinical psychotherapy and art therapy work, SP, Brazil
Artist's Statement
My path as an artist has not followed a traditional route. The components of my life are not always clearly visible in my work or on my resume. A constant thread running through my work in various fields related to art and the mind is the basic idea that art is a human
function.
Since moving to the USA from Brazil I have established my studio in Minnesota and focused all my energy on painting. I have exhibited my work regularly in various galleries throughout the country, and my paintings are owned by corporate and private collectors in both the US and Brazil.
From my first watercolor at age five to the thesis I wrote for my last degree, my education, my life experiences and my professional endeavors have been synthesized with my art practice, serving as its natural background.
Selected Exhibitions
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Selected Solo Exhibits
2011 Artwork Network Gallery Features Silvana Ravena, AN Gallery
Denver, CO - March
2011 Off The Wall: Silvana LaCretaRavena, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN - February
2009 Hopkins Center for the Arts – ”Showcase : Encaustics by Silvana LaCreta Ravena, Hopkins, MN, USA, November, December
2009 “Memory Moves: Encaustics by Silvana LaCreta Ravena“, Bohlander Gallery, Minneapolis – MN - June to August
2008 The Minnesota Women’s Building – Two WARM Artists -
Encaustics, St Paul, MN – October to November
2005 “Women Sitting on a Bench In a Piazza”, watercolor, Bebedouro City, SP, Brazil
1998 “Daily Scenes”, acrylic on canvas, Bank of Brasil, Ribeirão
Preto City, SP, Brazil
1997 “Transparency and Light”, watercolor, Municipal Theatre of Bebedouro, SP, Brazil
1997 “Interior”, oil on canvas, Caixa Econômica Federal Bank of Bebedouro City, SP, Brazil
Selected Group Exhibits
2011
Consequential Fusion: Messages in Wax, International Encaustic Artists, Morro Bay Art Center, Morro Bay, CA
Abstractions, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
International Contemporary Artists IV, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts, Las Vegas, NE
Annual Gala, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Temporality - 2011 WARM Members Exhibit, GrainBell Bottle Hause,
Art District Minneapolis, MN
Arizona Aqueous, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2010
Women and Water Rights: Rivers of Regenerations - II Exhibit, Cascade Meadow Science Center, Rochester, MN
Hopkins Members Juried Exhibit, Hopkins Center For the Arts, Hopkins, MN
The Art of Mentorship, Ines Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
A World of Artists, Artist Haven Gallery, (Michael Joseph
curator), Ft Lauderdale, FL
Minnetonka Center for the Arts 2010 Biennial, (Bob Bowman curator),
MCA, Minneapolis, MN
International Contemporary Masters III, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts, (Despina Tumberg curator), Las Vegas, NE
WARM Currents, NK Building, (Beate Minkovsky curator), Minneapolis, MN
Women and Water Rights, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, (Lucy Lippard, curator), Minneapolis, MN
2009
Mirando al Sur, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Travel Stories, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Altered Esthetics – The Struggle Within, Minneapolis, MN
WARM Chronicles: Encaustic, Minneapolis MN
Encaustics, 2009, Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
World of Imagination Vol.02, APW Gallery, New York City, NY
Rejected!, Minneapolis, MN
2008
ART ATTACK 2008, The Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for The Arts, Minnetonka, MN
Art Spring Collection, Belfry Center, Minneapolis, MN
Bitter Fruits and Anxiety Dreams, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Midwest Sanctuary, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2007
Visual Arts Master’s Degree Exhibit, Space Eugene Villon Gallery, Santa Marcelina College, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Awards & Distinctions
Award of Excellence, Palm-Art Award 2010, Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig, Germany, December 2010
3rd Artslant 2010 Showcase Contes, Showcase Winner Award, NC, June, 2010
2009 Featured Artist Contest Winner, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, February 2009
CAPES The Art Research Council of São Paulo, scholarship, 2004-2006
Commissioned work, Xanadu Gallery, Mr.and Mrs. Philip and Linda Collection, Middleton, MA, 2009
Commissioned work, Mr. and Mrs. Mauricio and Marcia Manille, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2005
Cargill Company, commissioned work, Brazil, 1997
Art Bis Stores, commissioned work, SP, Brazil, from 1993 through 1997
Cultural Department of Bebedouro City, commissioned work, SP, Brazil, 1995
Press/Publications
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PRLog press online, “Julie Ann Segal comments on Silvana Ravena’s Artwork “Red Sight”,http://www.prlog.org/11534090-interior-designer-julie-ann-segal-comments-on-silvana-lacreta-ravena-artwork-red-sight.html, June, 2011
TOSCA Magazine, Fearured Artist of the Spring Issue, 2011, TOSCA Art Guide editors, Twin Cities, USA, 2010
Studio Visit Magazine #14 – Art Catalogue, art works and artistic profile- The Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, May 2011
International Contemporary Masters- IV 2011 edition, by Despina Tunberg, WWAB Publishers, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2010 - artworks featured along with artistic profile
TOSCA Magazine, Winter Issue, 2011, TOSCA Art Guide editors, Twin Cities, USA, 2010
Who is Who in Visual Art, Vol.2010-2011, Art Domain Verlag, Leipzig, Germany, 2010 – Artworks and artistic profile
Dictionary of Art,Vol. III, by Despina Tunberg, WWAB Publisher,Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2010 – Artworks featured along with artistic profile
International Contemporary Masters – III 2010 edition, by Despina Tunberg, WWAB Publishers, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2010 - artworks featured along with artistic profile
Blogged at Chris Madsen’s "Everyday Friends Art Blog", September, 2010
Featured artworks in the article: “Meditation on Light and Form” by Mary Abee, Star Tribune newspaper, June, 2010
Featured artist in the article: ”Friendship and Facebook”, by Rosana Almeida, in the news paper, “Nossa Gente”, Orlando, FL, US, June 2010
Solo show “ Memory Moves” featured in news paper The Messanger, Minneapolis, MN, US, August 2009
Blogged at Marge Bohlander Art Gallery blog, June 2009
Artist statement published in the book “From Starving to Succesful”, by Jason Horejs, Sep. 2009
Featured artist at “Red Dot, News from Xanadu Gallery”, July 2009, monthly news letter by Xanadu Gallery, AZ, US
Featured artist at Myspace.com, Feb. 2009
/p>Featured works in “We Come from Everywhere: Midwest Sanctuary at Esthetics”, by Matt Conrad, January 2008, at Mnartists online publication
Interviewed artists at Radio Bebedouro, City of Bebedouro, SP, Brazil, 2005
Article about the show” Women chatting on a Piazza”, in the news paper “Gazeta de Bebedouro”, City of Bebedouro, SP, Brazil, 2005
Articles about art:
Author of the article “Art History Brought to Life”, chapter in the book: S. Ciornai (ed), Percursos em Arte Terapia, vol. II, Ed. Summus, SP, Brazil, 2005
Author of the article “In Search of Beauty – Reflections on the Mature Women”, monograph, in the book: S.Ciornai (ed), Percursos em Arte Terapia, vol. I, Ed. Summus, SP, Brazil, 2004
Author of the essay “Art History Brought to Life”, publisehd in The Art Therapy Magazine of Sedes Sapientiae Institute, n. VII , SP, Brazil, 1999
Curtocircuito, visual poem published in AGRAFICA Magazine, Ed. Entretempo, SP, Brazil, 1987
Selected Collections
Mrs. Tereza Guedes and Mr.Jacques Kronbauer, Denver, Colorado, USA
Mr and Mrs. Jason Horejs, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Mr. and Mrs. Philip and Linda Angelone, Massachussetts, USA
Mr. and Mrs. John and Jeanne Peppel, Minnesota, USA
Amy Merlin, Minnesota, USA
Carolyn Leavenworth Minnesota, USA
Katia Huertas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Maria Rosa Manile, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Homero LaCreta Jr., São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Edson e Apparecida Ravena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Marta Ravena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
João Prates Correia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Cristiane Campanelli – Bebedouro, SP, Brazil
Valeria Godoy, Bebedouro, SP, Brazil
Rose La Creta, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Marcia and Mauricio Manile, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Maria Alice and Dalton Vergueiro, Bebedouro, SP, Brazil
Darli and Hernani Bule Arruda, Bebedouro, SP, Brazil
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