Background
Silver was born in London and raised in Jerusalem.
Silver was born in London and raised in Jerusalem.
Silver studied at the Slade School of Art (Bachelor Fine Art, 1999).
As a child he visited many archaeological digs, something that has deeply influenced his practice as an artist. He received his Master of Arts in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London in 2001. He went on to study sculpture in Italy at the British School in Rome in 2002.
He has exhibited widely across the United Kingdom and internationally.
Silver"s projects include Dig, a commission by producers, Artangel. This sculptural installation was located in Grafton Way, into a derelict site where once was located one of London"s largest Odeon Cinemas.
Silver presented an imagined archeological dig of sculptures looking both ancient and futuristic, conceived by the artist as a “history of sculpture”. The project is inspired by Freud’s collection of antiques, which was used by Freud as a reservoir of metaphors to interpret his patients" traumatic experiences.
Similarly, Silver is interested in the psychological and emotional dimension of sculpture and to investigate its relation with memory and history.
In an interview with Ben Luke, Silver explained that "To be an archaeologist is about understanding our past through objects. I’m also trying to figure out things that are more psychological, about us as people, and objects throughout time allow me to do that.” Selected.