Bettina Silverio

An Environmental Science major, Bettina now takes her experimentation over to her studio where she plays with materials and techniques, creating pieces that straddle painting, woodworking and metal sculpture. She is largely self-taught, and over the years her works have evolved from traditional 2D paintings into art pieces that infuse painting with sculptural 3D elements.

Embracing sustainable art in 2019, she recycles materials to create her pieces, combining traditional materials such as paint, wood and metal with less orthodox elements like plastics and discarded objects. It is her hope that her works will call attention to the environmental crises and offer an optimistic view that the problems created in the past can be addressed. To rise to the challenge one needs to employ creative thinking, redefine the concept of beauty, and have the audacity to mix tradition and technology. She hopes her pieces will encourage others to adopt sustainable living and become part of the solution.

She is an intuitive artist and often wears her heart and mind on her artistic sleeve. Years of struggle with her bipolar condition enhanced this and she has since learned to harness and draw from her experiences to create her artworks.

In 2013 s...

She is largely self-taught, but to further her abilities she took tutorials under different artists in drawing and painting. Later on, wishing to gain further exposure to other media, she took up pottery and fashion design briefly.

In the Spring of 2012 and 2014 she took intensive mentoring classes in drawing and painting in
El Enclave Academia de Arte, Madrid, Spain

2023 "Intimations On a Summer’s Day",solo exhibit, Metro Manila, Philippines
2022 "Septiembre" group exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2022 "The Enchanted Garden" Group sculpture exhibition, Jodoigne, Belgium
2022 "This Moment On Earth" juried international online exhibition
2022 "Saved from the Landfill: Art Made from Re-Purposed Materials" a juried international online exhibition
2022 "Burst" international curated online group exhibition
2022 "Going Home" International juried online group exhibition
2022 "Defect" International curated online group exhibition
2021 "Lost & Found" Vacant Museum
2020 Global Conversation 2020: 2nd Round Group exhibit, UN Virtual Museum
2019 "Rhapsody (Mostly) In Blue" solo exhibit, Metro Manila, Philippines
2017 "Through the Looking Glass" partnered exhibit with a writer, Metro Manila, Philippines
2015 "Moments", solo exhibit, Metro Manila, Philippines
2015 Art in The Park, Metro Manila, Philippines
2007 "Tre Viste", group exhibit, Metro Manila, Philippines