Selected Exhibitions
2012
Will To Power, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago
Somewhere Else, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI.
I Can Arrange That, Walnut Ink Gallery, Michigan City, IN.
PLAY!, Believe Inn, Chicago
2011
Tape: A Celebration, Chicago Art Department, Chicago
Is This Thing On?: The Art Of Comedy, Cobalt Studio, Chicago
Chicago Street Art Show, Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago
April Showers, IALS, Chicago, IL
2010
Rubber Swords, Lovers & Fighters, Lorenzo Homar Gallery, Philadelphia
The Lando Lake Effect, Debut EP from This Mother Falcon (my band)
2009
Church of Wife, Wuv & Waughter, Gallery 3, San Francisco
Mating Call, Believe Inn, Chicago
2008
Hello My Name Is Chicago, Country Club, Chicago
Manifesto, D-Structure, San Francisco
Indy Windy Love, IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, Indiana
2007
Allegoric, Bridge Art Fair, London
2006
Public Display Of Affection, Walker’s Point Center For The Arts, Milwaukee
The Group Group Show, Version Fest, Chicago
AI Gallery, NOVA Art Fair, Chicago
Typewriters, Redletter, Tampa, FA.
9 Lives, Parts Unknown Gallery, Chicago
Square Foot, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
Seasick Rhyme, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL.
2005
Birdhouse, Lab 101, Los Angeles
Home Sweet Street, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mike Genovese, Sayre Gomez, Chris Silva, Parts Unknown Gallery, Chicago
Tragic Beauty, Open End, Chicago
The Natural Low, Victoria, BC, Canada
2004
Little Utopias, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Amor y Esperanza, Defiance Gallery, Chicago
It’s never enough…, Melbourne, Australia
Birdhouse Show, Clarke House Museum, Chicago
Hollywood; The Remix, Wooster Collective, NYC
Gallery 1300, Cleveland, Ohio
Chris Silva and Juan Angel Chavez, Higher Gallery, Chicago
2003
Surface Tension, ARC Gallery, Chicago
Chris Silva and Michael Genovese, Page Open Studio Program, Chicago
The Cute Show, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
2002
Human Mess, Husky Design Space, Chicago
Commissions, Youth Education & Public Works
Sailing To The Home Of The Heart, Youth mural project for Yollocalli, Chicago, 2012
Boom Boom, Youth mural project for After School Matters, Chicago, 2012
Diamonds + 1 x Infinity, Large art piece for Prime 8 Art League, Chicago, 2012
Back To the Future Primitive, Large mural commission for 1871, Chicago, 2012
63rd Street Magic, Collaborative mural with Ruben Aguirre, Chicago, 2011
Plant Seeds, Temporary mural for IN:SITE Projects, Milwaukee, 2011
Running Man, Watercut steel sculpture, Sound Transit System, Seattle, 2008
Most Of Us...,Temporary mural for IN:SITE Projects, Milwaukee, 2006
You Are Beautiful, Large mural commission for City of Chicago, 2005
Amor, Large mosaic commission, Chicago Transit Authority, 2004
Amor, Esperanza, Alma, Mural commission for Uprise Skateshop, Chicago, 2003
Pajaro De La Luz Brillante, Mural for Westtown Center For Aging, Chicago, 2002
Curatorial Projects
2012
I Can Arrange That, Walnut Ink Gallery, Michigan City, IN.
Now Is The Time, Believe Inn, Chicago
We’re All In It Together Now, Believe Inn, Chicago
Play!, Believe Inn, Chicago
2011
Hold Fast To Dreams, Believe Inn, Chicago
Uplift, Believe Inn, Chicago
2006
9 Lives, Parts Unknown Gallery, Chicago
Selected Bibliography
Manco, Tristan (Compiler), Raw Materials, Thames and Hudson 2012
Good Art On View In Chicago, Artletter.com/Huffington Post, March 5, 2012
Critic’s Picks: Chicago, Art Ltd Magazine, September 2011
Ganz, Nicholas (Compiler), Graffiti World: Street Art From 5 Continents, Abrams 2009
Hübner, M. (Compiler), Tactile, High Touch Visuals, Gestalten Press 2007
Artist Profile, Juxtapoz Magazine, Feb. '07 issue.
Fogelson, D. (Compiler), Graffitecture, Front 40 Press 2007
Hundertmark, Christian (Compiler), Art Of Rebellion 2, Publikat 2006
The Art Issue, Cool'eh Magazine Issue 10, August 2006
Up Until Now, Upper Playground 2006
40 Outdoor Artworks We Love, Time Out Chicago, January 21, 2005
Plan Ahead, Public Art Review Issue 32, 2005
Off The Streets, Time Out Chicago, January 3, 2005
Huebner, Jeff and Gude, Olivia, Urban Art Chicago, Ivan R. Dee 2000
Awards
Juried Award for Best 3D Piece, ArtPrize 2012
Honorable Mention, London International Creative Competition 2008
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant 2007
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs CAAP Grant 2005