Silvia Davis

Art Brokerage: Silvia Davis American Artist: Silvia Davis was born in Cupertino, California to Swedish immigrants, and moved to Salt Lake City at the age of 9. She received a B.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Utah in 1980. The same year she found an old remote warehouse in west Salt Lake which she converted to a sculpture studio and adapted to fit the needs of wood sculpture. Here she began an intense development of a highly personal expression in wood. To support the work of these early ideas she worked as a theatrical technician, painting elaborate sets of backdrops and carving theatrical sculpture. She also worked as a technician for a natural history museum. Here she prepared, cast and did sculptural work on fossils for skeletal systems. She has been the recipient of much recognition for her work as a sculptor including the North American Sculpture Award in 1983. Listings wanted.