Lives and Works in Hollywood, FL

Education

1981-83

• Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

1975-79

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Barry University, Miami, FL

Employment

1987-Present

• Barry University, Chair, Department of Fine Arts

Recent Solo Exhibitions

November 2013   

• Silvia Lizama: Sights of Construction, Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Gallery of Art, Miami, FL   

June 2012

• Silvia Lizama: Sights of Construction, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia College, Orlando, FL 

February 2012

• Silvia Lizama: 1980 – 2005 Selections, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL

Recent Group Exhibitions

September 2015   

• Conversations: A 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL

• New Art South Florida (Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Exhibition), Schmidt Center and Ritter Art Gallery, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

August 2015

• Contemporary Latin American Art: The LUAG Teaching Collection, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

June 2014

• Women at the Edge of an Island, Cuban Museum/Aluna Art Foundation, Miami, FL

November 2010

• A Celebration of Female Vision, Freedom Tower, American Society of Media Photographers, Miami, FL
• Boots & Shoes: Variations on a Theme, Shoe Factory Arts Co-op, Rochester, NY

June 2009

• Dog Tales: Words, and Images, Fact and Fiction from Miami Artists and Collections, Miami Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL
• Through the Lens, Photography from the Permanent Collection, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL

Recent Awards and Commission

2015

• Visual Artist Fellowship Grant, South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Broward County, FL
• Awarded Dr. Cecile Roussell Fellowship, Barry University, Miami, FL

Art Work in Collections

• Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• Cuban Museum, Miami, FL
• Fondo del Sol, Washington, DC
• Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
• Lowe Art Museum, Cuban Museum Collection, Miami, FL
• Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
• Mosquera Collection, private collection, Miami, FL
• Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL  
• Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
• Southeast Banks
• Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL