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Rick Silva was born in Sao Paulo Brazil in 1977. He received a BFA in Film from University of Colorado in 2001, did post-bachallaureate work at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, and received his MFA in Digital Art in 2007 also from the University of Colorado in Boulder. In 2007-8 he was visiting professor of digital media at the University of Georgia (Athens), and is currently a permanent instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design (Calgary, Canada). Silva's artwork has been exhibited in festivals and museums in five continents including Transmediale (Germany), Sonar (Spain), Futuresonic (England), VideoBrasil, DOTMOV (Japan) and The Whitney Museum of American Art's Artport. Silva has performed his work live in London, Tokyo, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and Houston's Software Cinema Festival. His artwork has been written about in the New York Times, The Guardian UK, Liberation, El Pais, and featured on the CBS Evening News.

When he's not in front of the computer making art he's out in the woods walking around.

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