Susan Silas

Susan Silas

History

Susan Silas is a visual artist working primarily in digital photography, video and sculpture. She received her Masters in Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts. Her work was recently included in exhibitions at Stadgalerie Saarbrücken, in Germany, at Haus N Athen, in Greece and at bitforms gallery, in New York City. Her multi-screen video Leda and the Swan will premiere at Festival Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques in Marseille, France in November of 2020. Silas’s work has been featured in AntiUtopias, CameraAustria, Fotómúvészet and Artnet Magazine. She has been interviewed by the Yale University Radio, Rabble magazine, the BBC, ArtonAir, Adult Magazine and Digital Dying. Reviews of her work have appeared in Artforum, Art in America, the Village Voice, The New Yorker and Hyperallergic. She has been awarded fellowships at Everglades National Park, New Space Arts Foundation in Hue, Vietnam, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Ucross Foundation. Susan Silas is a dual Hungarian and American national living and working in Brooklyn, New York.

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Susan Silas

Movies

Eulogy
Eulogy
Director
Who would mourn her when she was gone?
Whatever Works
Whatever Works
Location Scout
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."
Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents
Payroll Accountant
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.