Lauren Silva obtained a Bachelor in Visual Art from the
University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA, Silva was mentored by painting professor
Lari Pittman. Silva is a visiting critic in the Visual Arts department at
Columbia University, where she obtained her
Master of Fine Arts. Silva mainly produces painted work on silk and large-scale paintings in abstracted forms.
Roberta Smith of the
New York Times called her "a painter to watch" as her painting exhibits "astuteness and aplomb." She writes, "Ms. Silva's elaborately layered compositions force various techniques, styles and spatial notions into carefully orchestrated collisions." Silva is currently pursuing a
Master of Business Administration at
Columbia Business School. ==Awards==