Vanessa da Silva (b. São Paulo, Brazil) is a London-based artist working across sculpture, installation and performance. She holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BA in Industrial Design from FAAP, São Paulo. Her practice is shaped by personal experiences of migration and displacement, and draws inspiration from Brazilian art history, the natural world, dance and choreography.
Da Silva was awarded the Henry Moore Foundation Artist Grant (2025) and commissioned for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. She was selected for Sculpture in the City, London (2023, 2024), and received the Hopper Prize, USA, and the Gilbert Bayes Award from the Royal Society of Sculptors, UK (2020). In 2024, her work was included in the Phaidon publication 300 Women Sculptors.
Recent projects include Drawing Biennial (London), Mostyn Gallery (Llandudno, Wales); Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture (West Yorkshire, UK); Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Wakefield, UK); Duarte Sequeira Gallery (Braga, Portugal); Sculpture in the City (London); Frieze Sculpture, Regent's Park (London); Pippy Houldsworth Gallery (London); and Public Gallery (London).