Tomasso Silvestri

Italian-American. Born 1959.

In 1969, Tomasso Silvestri began his career in music performance by learning
accordion, piano, percussion and composition. At an early age he expanded into multimedia performance and theatre and eventually led to the visual arts medium. His site-specific projects included a broad range of music, theatre and commercial recording projects including an elite membership as top soloist of the Field Museum Gamelan Orchestra Soloist.

In 1980 he formed new multimedia and art groups in central Europe dedicated to
avant-garde multimedia performances and commercial productions of local rock, jazz and R&B Top 40 hit bands. His songs and pop hits were recorded by the German super pop group “Trio Rio”.

In 1992 he created and launched "The Silvestri Art Directory", one of the first worldwide artist directory websites dedicated to the promotion and sales of international artists original works and replicas sold directly to online art dealers and curators.

In 2002 he co-founded the international "" website committed to international artists and designers to present their new works in a salon setting online with direct purchase of original works and distributions of posters, and commercial licensing of...

1977: H.S. Graduate, Music, Theatre and Performance Honor Awards
1979: Docent Scholarship for advanced Gamelan orchestra music studies and Papua New Guinea Tribal Drum research. The Field Museum of Chicago
1980-82: Art and Drawing studies. Art Institute of Chicago
1981: B.A. Bachelor of Music Performance and Composition. American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, IL.
1982: Master of Music, Composition and Performance. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
1983-88: New Modern Musik Composition and Performance Scholarship. Darmstadt, Germany
1984-85: Classical Art and Drawing Studies, Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Italia
1985-87: Associates B.A. from Kunsthochschule für Medien Kunst. Koln, Germany
1985-90: New Music Composition, Performance and Theater Studies. Mauricio Kagel
1986-88: Associate B.A. of Music Performance and Theater, Koeln Median Kunst and Musik Universtat, Koeln, Germany

2002-05: Group Art Exhibition. Rodgers’ Art Gallery of Tucson, Arizona
2002-05: Co-Founder of “youronlinegallery.com”, leading artist internet directory
2006-07: Group Art Exhibition. Marc Rubin Gallery of Chicago
2007-08: Group Art Exhibition. David Leonardis Gallery of Chicago
2009: Group Art Exhibition. Phoenix Gallery of Phoenix
2013: “The Carnival” Art Exhibition. Flow Art Space and Gallery of Minneapolis
2013: Group Art Exhibition. Morpho Gallery of Chicago
2013: Solo Art Exhibition. Prak-Sis Gallery of Chicago
2013: Galleryswarm.com – Online Exhibitions and Gallery
2016: Solo Art Exhibition. Fremke Gallery