Still Life at the Chateau Print

Sasha Silverstein has exhibited in solo and group shows in New York, Germany, Mexico and in Canada where she was part of a museum show at the Edmonton Art Gallery. Residencies include Chateau D’Orquevaux and Emma Lake. Her work is in various prestigious collections. After earning her BFA from Sarah Lawrence, Silverstein later went on to study at the New York Studio School while earning an MFA in Sculpture from Parsons. She lives in Brooklyn, where she has an active studio. John Adams Griefen, a wonderful abstract painter, was her painting mentor for decades. Her teachers include Poussette-Dart, Sidney Geist, Peter D'Agostino, Jonathan Silver, Jill Nathanson, Ronald Bladen, Isaac Witkin. Silverstein's many jobs include years as an artist model, art teacher in NYC public schools for 20 years and teaching in various art schools. She was a ghost teacher of sculpture to a couple of well-known painters and worked for many years as an art therapist. Silverstein received Outstanding Sculpture Award in 1986 and 1988 from the Educational Alliance and Honorable Mention from Karen Wilkin at the Aljira exhibit in Newark, NJ in 2017. In 2000, she was invited as a guest artist in Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society in Canada, where she was later invited to be a member.