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Artist Statement Inspiration (exhale) is about the passion. From the root word: INSPIRED, it is really: IN - SPIRED (Spirit) T hat meant that as an artist, my passion is rooted on being in-line, in-sync, in-congruence with my spirit. The highest realization that we all can attain is the awareness and cultivation of our spirit. A s much as it is the hyperbole of our own existence, it is also as much the banality. Meaning, anything and everything under the sun, so to speak is inspiring because it is as much part of us. T hus at any given moment, conditions, circumstances and parameters in our life...whether emotional, intellectual, visual, aural, and other sensory stimulations are inspirations to me. T he paintings produced out of these are figures in their unguarded moments such as writing, standing, sipping coffee, sitting....etc. Nothing glamorous but the little things most often overlooked. T o me, these are inspiring because it present moments in our lives that dont need preparation or a psyching up to see, feel, touch and understand them. These are the behind the scenes moments and environment that many wont talk about. I feel these scenes and show them by my expressive use of brushmarks, colors and senses of movement on my canvases. These are the exploration and expression part that transcend the concept, emotion or feelings. The process of work itself and the formality of painting is in itself an inspiration to me. The concepts, emotions or feelings are the launching pad while the nittygritty drips and strokes of painting takes over, thus the CONCEPTUAL and the FORMAL marriage being witnessed as a participant before and during the creation, is utopia. T he whole experience then becomes the pleasure and bane of painting. The yins and yangs of life as a macrocosm in my work. W ith every work I finish, is the hope and realization of the simplicity of life I have. I exist as a participant in this speck of dust called life as a miniscule artist showing those fleeting moments from the wheels of life.

Bio B orn the 6th of June 1968 in Manila, Philippines, Eulalio Fabie Silva, III was named after his internationally acclaimed Philippine artist father. Growing up withiinartistic environment, helped him set himself in the footsteps of his father in the endeavor of the visual arts. Eulalio, the first of 4 siblings of the elder artist, emigrated to the United States in 1980 and later continued his quest to become an artist while being educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1989. D e Silva has continued exhibiting in various group shows around Chicago while serving as a curator/exhibitor at the North Lakeside Cultural Center of Chicago during the early 90s. He has exhibited to make his own indelible mark in creating his own genres and compositions based on visual observations of landscapes and figures amidst their emotional or existential life. He taps on the famed Gauguins ever questioning stance: Do Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / O Allons Nous (Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?)...the question of our own identity, our immediate surroundings and other beings. D e Silvas main influences are from the plein-air artists and abstract expressionists of the 50s and 60s that favor the formal qualities of a painting processes of building then rebuilding, creating then defacing while giving importance on expressing the internal turmoil and triumphs through brushstrokes and color. S igning his work Eulalio Fabie de Silva set himself separate yet descended from his father while having the same name and endeavor on the arts while acknowledges his mothers maiden name Fabie a tradition inherited from the Spanish culture that occupied his homeland, the Philippines for 350 years. De Silva is from the original surname before it was shortened. Thus the symbolic gesture correspond to the new name signify a new outlook in life as a person and as an artist. D e Silva is married to Roseanne Rasmussen of Niagara Falls, NY is an aspiring poet of her own who recently published her poem The Homeless Man with other poets in the anthology entitled: ETERNAL HEARTLAND. M ichael Patrick Silva, their lone offspring is a potential artist/chef/inventor at 13 years old who won the Best of Show, 1st Prize (Kindergarten - High School), Best in Painting and Critics Choice award in Bloomingdale Art Museum at the age of 4. He is now a 7th grader at Aspira-Haugan Middle School. D e Silva is slated for his major solo art exhibition at Benedictine University at Lisle, IL in September of 2011.

Recent Works

The Art Studio - situated in a small apartment room, it is constantly populated with figures, art materials and other stuffs to clutter and provide stimulation conducive towards painting.

Juan Lunas* La Bulaquea (1895) is the quintissential Filipina who is demure, conservative, inevitably religiosa and the typical iconic model woman; in fact, transculturally universal. De Silvas renditions of La Bulaquea I and II is an attempt to revisit and explore more than two hundred years of the Filipinas imprisonment from the cultural grips and now into the more liberated and hopefully equal footing with the Filipino man - inevitably towards gender equality transcended into the social, public and professional life. Painted in a lower-body nude while donning the Maria Clara top dress - she maintains her identity but now bravely facing new challenges with her new role. Now in the mainstream of neo-American life, she still faces the cultural grips and trauma.

La Bulaquea I and II (After Juan Luna) 30 x 48 / 36 x 48 oil on canvas Autumn 2010

*Juan Luna is a notable Filipino artist before the turn of the 20th Century. He studied in Madrid and was the Grand Prix Award winner for his epic painting (La Spolarium) in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts.

Waiting To Meditate series I nspired by recent meditations of ourselves as light beings with the physical bodies, the works in this series are expressions as well as explorations of that energy, light and dilemma. Subtle humor rests within the title in itself as a double-entendre in which seeing o urselves as hesitant beings not yet becoming towards our realization that we are already light creatures meaning that we were already created in the image of God or creator. T herefore waiting is an enigmatic and self-created symbolism by us. This self-fabrication is what separates us from those already self-realized such as the sages, the holies and/or the simple beings who professed simplicity in life in knowing that we are one with our surroundings. W ith the undertones of Buddhist / Taoists within these pieces, her surroundings shows the splendor of nature or the banalities of the urban space or tenements - in ones bedroom or living room space. H er hopeful assimilation is another issue wherein she is forever existing physically while her mind and emotion wanders to meditate on herself. Putting attention and even pressure upon herself to be one within herself and her surroundings. I f anything, these pieces are meant to parody ourselves in the midst of our busy lives whether we are in the rat race to upend someone in the professional and corporate ladder or simply busy with our family lives. Like a detached actor in a play on her soliloquy. Waiting for what? Waiting for whom? Or is she really waiting?

Waiting to Meditate II 38 x 38 oil on canvas Autumn 2010

Waiting to Meditate III 38 x 38 oil on canvas Autumn 2010

Waiting to Meditate IV 38 x 38 oil on canvas Autumn 2010

Waiting to Meditate V 38 x 38 oil on canvas Autumn 2010

Ms. Quan Yin 50 x 66 acrylic / oil on canvas January 2010

Eulalio Fabie de Silva www.fabiedesilva.com efdesilva@gmail.com mobile 773.354.5868 facebook: fabie de silva Education: 1990 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1 989 Harold Washington College Liberal Arts Solo Exhibitions: 2011 Benedictine University Meditations on The Figure Kindlon Hall Lisle, IL

2 010 Eulalio Fabie de Silva Live Painting Sapere Art / Intuitive Art Gallery Chicago, IL June 2009 Impromptu/Intuition, Live Painting Performance 1 & 2 2009 Life Force Arts Center Chicago, IL., September and October

2009 Eulalio Fabie de Silva Riverside Arts Center / Freeark Gallery - Riverside, IL June 2003 Andrew Hayes portrait presentation Las Palmas Restaurant Chicago, IL September 1996 Eulalio Fabie de Silva Rapoport & Kupets, Law offices Rosemont, IL., June 1995 Eulalio Fabie de Silva Curtis. Allen. Turner Fine Arts Chicago, IL., February Curatorials: 1996 Process in Art /Art in Process, an academic show about process and art North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., July - August 1996 Salon Show 1996, an annual local artists exhibition North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., February 1994 Seasonal Transitions, a Chicago local juried show North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., September 1994 Facing Forward: Portraits of Asian Americans, Co-curation North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., May-June 1994 Salon Show 1994, an annual local artists exhibition North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., Feb-March

Group Exhibitions: 2011 New Arts and Letters Hall Opening DePaul University, North side Chicago, IL., January 2011 Kindred Spirits: Silva/Tanimura Art Show Helium Gallery, North side Chicago, IL., August 2010 The Filipino as An Artist in Chicago, Chicago Artist Month Philippine Consulate Chicago, IL., October 2010 FUSION, Four Chicago Artists Group Best Chicago Realty Chicago, IL., September 2 010 Sapere Art / Intuitive Works Gallery, Around The Coyote 2010 A Night With the Artist Chicago, IL., September 2009 Impromptu/Intuition, Live Painting Performance 1 & 2 2009 Life Force Arts Center Chicago, IL., September and October 2009 December Art Show, Selected Artist Group Show Clareo Partners Chicago, IL., December 2008 December Art Show, Selected Artist Group Show Clareo Partners Chicago, IL., December 2008 1st Clareo Group Show, Selected Artist Group Show Clareo Partners Chicago, IL., August 2008 Group of 4, 4 Emerging Chicago Artist Baltazar Castillo Studio Gallery St. Charles, IL., July 2007 ChicagoLANDscape, Selected Artist Group Show Orleans Street Gallery Chicago, IL., December 2007 Down The Street, Selected Artist Group Show Open House Chicago, IL., May 2006 Dreambox Foto & Gallery, Around The Coyote 2006 Dreambox Gallery Chicago, IL., September 2006 Summer Group Show, Around The Coyote 2006 Baltazar Castillo Art Studio/Gallery Chicago, IL., June-July 2005 Dreambox Foto & Gallery, Around The Coyote 2005 Dreambox Gallery Chicago, IL., September 2005 Baird & Warner City West, Selected Artists Baird & Warner Office Building Chicago, IL., September

2005 Group Summer Show, Selected Artist Group Show Baltazar Castillo Studio Gallery Chicago, IL., June 2005 Beyond The Barrellman Contemporary Exhibition, Fil-Am Exhibition ACME Gallery Chicago, IL., August 2004 Fulton Collective Open House, art studio art exhibition Fulton Collective Building Chicago, IL., February 2004 Fulton Collective Open House, art studio art exhibition Fulton Collective Building Chicago, IL., Semptember 2003 DreamBox Foto & Gallery, a debut art feast participating within Around the Coyote 2003 Chicago, IL., September 2001 Art in Process, a continuing visual exhibit after the 1996 show North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., Autumn 1997 Kulapol 1997, an art exhibition consortium of visiting and expatriate Filipino-American artists. Rizal Cultural Center Chicago, IL. Summer 1996 Pieces by 8, selected Chicago local artists North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., February 1996 Salon Show 1996, an annual local artists exhibition North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., February 1995 Sining Pilipino (Filipino Arts), local Filipino-American Art Show Rizal Cultural Center Chicago, IL., August 1995 A Mosaic of Art: East Asian/American Expressions Gahlberg Gallery, College of duPage Glen Ellyn, IL., Summer 1995 Salon Show 1995, an annual local artists exhibition North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., February 1994 Parker Press & Gallery Chicago, IL., December January 1994 Asian American Month Exhibition, selected Asian American Chicago artists Harold Washington Public Library Chicago, IL., Summer 1994 Seasonal Transitions, a Chicago local juried show (curatorial) North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., September 1994 Gallery 702, a debut Asian American local artists show Chicago, IL. Autumn

Group Exhibitions: (continued) 1994 Art is Healing, Walsh Gallery curation (formerly known as Gallery East+West) Hyde Park Hospital Hyde Park, IL., May-June 1994 Common Ground, a Destin-Asian Visual Arts Exhibition (local Asian American art group) South Shore Cultural Center Chicago, IL., Summer 1994 Facing Forward: Portraits of Asian Americans, co-curatorial North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., May-June 1994 Salon Show 1994, an annual local artists exhibition (curatorial) North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., Feb-March 1994 Landscapes, a juried Chicago local artists show North Lakeside Cultural Center Chicago, IL., September-October 1993 SacredScapes, selected artists Gallery East+West (currently known as Walsh Gallery) Chicago, IL.June-July 1993 Gallery East+West, selected Chicago local artists debut show Gallery East+West (currently known as Walsh Gallery) Chicago, IL Oct-Nov 1993 Degrees of Influence, an Asian American Arts Organization juried show Beacon Street Gallery Chicago, IL., April-June 1993 Destin-Asian, 1st Pan-Asian American Emerging Artists juried touring exposition, The Chicago Cultural Center, North Lakeside Cultural Center & The South Shore Cultural Center Chicago, IL., May-Sept. Gahlberg Gallery, College of duPage Glen Ellyn, IL., Summer

1993 Discovery and Diversity, an Asian American Arts Organization juried show Malcolm X College Gallery Chicago, IL., January 1993 Positive Images, a SOMISM Foundation selected artists exhibit about AIDS and experiences. Daley Center Chicago, IL., January 1992 Kindred SpiritsWaves Apart, selected Filipino American artists Filipino American Historical Society exhibition Westin Hotel Chicago, IL., July 1-3 1992 Philippine Impressions, selected Filipino American Artists SOMISM Foundation and the Society of Filipino American Artists SOMISM Foundation Chicago, IL., August-September

Recent Publicities:

2010 allery Guide (Midwest Edition - January 2010) Article about Sapere Art / IntuiG tive Works Gallery and interview with owner and artist Gary Marr. Unconventional approach by Gary amidst the current financial challenges of our times while featuring artists without compromise.

2010 allery Guide (Midwest Edition - May 2010) My writing about the process of works G featuring Ms. Quan Yin and Buddha Lifting the Heavens I. These impromptu pieces were painted LIVE during a demo at the Energy Arts Center Gallery (Lincoln Park) in two parts (September/October of 2009.

Various Publicities:

2010 Chicago Art Magazine Beyond the Coyote The WPB Tradition Continues by K atryn Born. Mike Stokes Juans Fire featured online being showed at Sapere Art / Intuitive Gallery. 2010 apers Block .com Live Painting Eulalio Fabie de Silva at Sapere Art Friday and SaturG day, June 4 & 6 2010 hicago Art Examiner, Live Painting Eulalio Fabie de Silva at Sapere Art Friday and SatC urday, June 4 & 6 by Darell Roberts Examiner.com Chicago, IL., June 2

Various Publicities:

2009 he Slant Asian American News Segment Feature on current Asian-American artist in T Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IFuvwlOHM 2009 Gate House Chicago Interview online broadcast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IFuvwlOHM 2007 Asian American News Network Korean News Agency Interview broadcasted on local TV Lenny Kim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v827bb1eAi8 2007 The Epoch Times - Article interview by Fred C. Wilson III about being a profile of outstanding Filipino Artist

2003 WGN-Channel 9 news Presentation of Anchorwoman Tamron Halls portrait live on short segment about Hearts Foundation Chicago, IL February 2003 Chicago Tribune GLARE by columnist Bill Zwecker about Publicist Andrew Hayes presentation of portrait held at Las Palmas Restaurant Chicago, IL September 1993 Filipino American Historical Society, a short photo and informational documentation of Filipino American immigrants. Featured within the Society of Filipino American Artist (photo) 1993 The Chicago Reader, documentation of Destin-Asian, The first Pan Asian American Emerging Artists touring exhibit in Chicago. The Chicago Cultural Center, The North Lakeside Cultural Center and The South Shore Cultural Center

1993 The Chicago Reader, Curtis, Allen, Turner Fine Arts publicity with 2 photos of artworks featured in the Gallery Section.

2012

The Filipino-American Community Builder - Cover of Magazine and article covering DePaul Universitys acquisition of pieces for Hall and Arts and Letters building for permanent collection by Yvonne Hortillo

2012 Video News Publications courtesy of the Filipino-American Community Builder news - local channel 11