Bisi Silva

**Bisi Silva** ( **Olabisi Obafunke Silva** ) (29 Mee 1962&nbsp;- 12 Febụwarị 2019)  bụbu onye nlekọta nka nke ala Naijiria bibu na Legos .

## Ndu ya
Bisi Silva gụrụ akwụkwọ nzere mast na Visual Arts Administration: Curating and Commissionering Contemporary Art na Royal College of Art,dị na Lọndọn, n'afọ 1996. Na mbido ụbọchị nke ọrụ ya, Silva rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nlekọta nka nke onwe ya ma guzobe Fourth Dial Art, ụlọ ọrụ na-achọghị uru na Lọndọn nke a raara nye ịkwalite na ịzụlite omume ọdịnala na nka anya, yana iji nyere ndị na-ese ihe aka ị mekọrịta mmekọrịta bara uru n'ụlọ ọrụ nka na ndị ọkachamara. Otu n'ime ihe ndị pụtra na nhiwe nke Fourth Dial Art bụ ihe ngosi njem, Ndị isi ala, nke gosipụtara ọrụ nke Faisal Abdu'Allah, onye bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri pụtara mgbe ahụ ụwa ise ihe nke Lọndọn. 

Ọ gara Legọs,na Nigeria n'afọ 1999 na ebumnuche nke ị malite ọrụ ebe ahụ.  Silva bụ onye guzobere na onye ntụzi aka nka nke Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA, Lagos), nke mepere n'ọnwa Disemba n'afọ 2007. CCA Lagos na-akwalite nnyocha, ndetu na ngosipụta metụtara nka n'Afrịka na mba ofesi. Na CCA, Lagos, Silva lekọtra ọtụtụ ihe ngosi, gụnyere nke ya na onye eserese Naịjirịa bụ Ndidi Dike . Silva bụkwa onye guzobere Asiko Art School, nke na-akọwa onwe ya dị ka "part art workshop, part residency, and part art academy" 

Ọ bụ onye na-ahụ maka *The Progress of Love*, mmekọrịta dị n'etiti mpaghara atọ n'Amerịka na Naijiria (Ọktoba 2012)&nbsp;- Jenụwarị 2013). Silva bụ onye na-elekọta *JD 'Okhai Ojeikere :* *Moments of Beauty*, Kiasma, Helsinki (Eprel&nbsp;- Nọvemba 2011). Ọ bụkwa onye rụkọrọ ọrụ nlekota ọnụ maka nke agba nke abụọ nke Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece, *Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty* n'ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 2009. N'afọ 2006, Silva bụ otu n'ime ndị na-elekọta Dakar Biennale na Senegal. Na mmekorita ya na onye nnyyocha si Portugal bụ Isabel Carlos, ọ họpụtara ndị na-ese ihe maka ihe nrite Artes Mundi agba nke atọ na Wales . O lekọtara *Contact Zone: Contemporary Art from West and North Africa* (Ọktoba 2007) na ihe ngosi akpọrọ *Telling&nbsp;... Contemporary Finnish photography*, in the Seventh Biennial of African Photography na Bamako (Nọvemba 2007).

Silva dere na nka dị ugbua maka mbipụta mba ụwa, gụnyere *Art Monthly*, *Untitled*, *Third Text*, *[https://www.metropolism.com/en/ M Metropolis]*, *[https://www.worldcat.org/title/agufon-a-journal-of-the-arts-and-architecture/oclc/37792127 Agufon]* na maka akwụkwọ akụkọ *[https://www.worldcat.org/title/agufon-a-journal-of-the-arts-and-architecture/oclc/37792127 Naịjirịa]* dịka *This Day* . Ọ nọ na ngalaba nchịkọta akụkọ nke *n.paradoxa*, akwụkwọ akụkọ gbasara ndị nwanyị na mba ụwa, ọ bụkwa onye nchịkọta akụkọ ọbịa maka okwu Afrịka na ndị Afrịka mba ụwa nke *n.paradoxa* (Jenụwarị 2013).

Silva nwụrụ na Legos,dị na Naijiria, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri ise na isii ka ya na ọrịa kansa ara lụrụ ọgụ afọ anọ.

Ndị na-ahụ maka ọrụ Nina Zimmer na Touria El Glaoui kpọrọ aha Silva n'etiti ndị na-elekọta nka kachasị metụta ndụ ndị mmadụ n'afọ iri. 

## Ngosipụta ọ haziri ma ọ bụ soro hazie

### 2009

** *In the Light of Play*, Durban Art Gallery and Johannesburg Art Fair
** *Chance Encounters, Seven Contemporary Artists from Africa*, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai India e Sakshi Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
** *Like A Virgin&nbsp;..., Lucy Azubuike (NIG) and Zanele Muholi (SA)*, CCA, Lagos
** *Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty*, Second Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece
** *Maputo: A tale of One City*, Oslo, part of the Africa in Oslo season.

### 2008

** *George Osodi, Paradise Lost: Revisiting the Niger Delta*, CCA, Lagos
** *Ndidi Dike, Waka-into-bondage: The Last ¾ Mile*, CCA, Lagos

### 2007

** *Fela, Ghariokwu Lemi and The Art of the Album Cover*, CCA, Lagos
** *Contact Zone: Contemporary Art from West and North Africa*, National Museum of Mali
** *Telling... Contemporary Finnish photography*, Settima Biennale di Fotografia Africana, Bamako

### 2006

* Dak'Art, Biennale di Dakar, Senegal

## Akwụkwọ

* Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe: *Mixed Race Studies: A Reader*&nbsp;— Routledge, 2004. 

## Ebem si dee

## Njikọ dị na mpụga

* Bisi Silva's blog
* Ogige maka Contemporary Art, Lagos
* Bisi Silva na powerofculture.nl
* Bisi Silva Obituary On NaijaGists.com
* Bisi Silva Obituary, Artforum, 12 Maachị 2019
* Bisi Silva chetara na Aperture. 1 Feb 2019
* Na weebụsaịtị AICA, UK
* Na Art Throb, South Africa
* Na Mba Africa
* Lọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Ọzụzụ nke Afrika
* Art Africa Magazine
* Oge a na ụtụ
* Nigerian Tribune
* Jumoke Sanwo Bisi Silva 1962–2019 African Arts: The MIT Press Mpịakọta 52, Nọmba 4, Oge oyi 2019
* Na Memoriam: Okwui Enwezor na Bisi Silva
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