Silverberg’s paintings are characterised by a quiet intensity, a restrained colour scheme and an often intimate size. Balancing a sense of solitude with subtle emotional intimacy, her work explores themes of isolation and illness, as well as the interplay between interior and exterior spaces.
After a prolonged period of illness in her early adulthood, she frequently turns to enduring symbols of care and comfort. Sickbeds stand in for self-portraits, silhouetted forms evoke Mediterranean dwellings, gloves suggest protection and vulnerability, and, more recently, books represent retreating into an inner, contemplative world.
At once melancholic and comforting, her works reflect a shared fragility while also offering a sense of resilience, proposing quiet empowerment as a way of navigating contemporary life.
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Les peintures de Silverberg se caractérisent par une intensité discrète, une palette de couleurs sobre et un format souvent intime. Oscillant entre solitude et intimité émotionnelle, son travail explore les thèmes de l’isolement et de la maladie, ainsi que les relations entre les espaces intérieurs et extérieurs.
Après une longue période de maladie au début de l’âge adulte, elle utilise fréquemment des motifs liés aux soins et au réconfort. Les lits de malade font office d’autoportraits, les silhouettes évoquent des architectures méditerranéennes, les gants suggèrent à la fois protection et vulnérabilité, et, plus récemment, les livres incarnent un repli vers un monde intérieur et contemplatif.
À la fois mélancoliques et apaisantes, ses œuvres reflètent une fragilité partagée tout en offrant une forme de résilience. Elles proposent une puissance silencieuse comme manière de traverser la condition contemporaine.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Through the window, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2024)
The Library, Soup Gallery, London, UK (2024)
Once I Dreamt of a Nest, Creekside, London, UK (2020)
Blind, Studio Barnum; Palazzo Nicolaci, Noto, Italy (2019)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Changing The Subject, Annely Juda Gallery, London, UK (2024)
A Quiet Room, A Place in Your Heart, WOAW Gallery, Singapore (2024)
Nina Silverberg and Plum Cloutman, 1969 Gallery, New York, USA (2024)
The Bruise, Long Story Short, New York, USA (2024)
Holders, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2024)
A Closed Door, A Den, Arusha Gallery Bruton, Somerset, UK (2023)
All The Small Things, Soup Gallery, London, UK (2023)
Portal, Arusha Gallery, London, UK (2023)
Total Straw, Parkhouse Studios, London, UK (2023)
Illuminations, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
Streams of Consciousness, Particle Collection x Philips, The Sagamore, Miami, USA (2022)
Noontime Ghosts, Eve Liebe Gallery, London, UK (2022)
New Romantics, The Artist Room Gallery x Phillips, Eugean Lee Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2022)
Cool, Fresh, Sweet Waters, The Tub, Hackney, London, UK (2022)
Rebuilding Beirut with Pride, The Auction Collective, Online (2021)
Framed, Kobi and Teal, Somerset, UK (2021)
Pending, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2020)
We Can Only Have Fun On Certain Days, Warbling Collective, London, UK (2019)
ART FAIRS
NADA, Alzueta Gallery, Miami, USA (2024)
UNTITLED MIAMI, 1969 Gallery, Miami, USA (2023)