Rick Silva, 2023 Hallie Ford Fellow

Rick Silva is a Eugene-based Brazilian-American artist and educator who creates large-scale, immersive video installations. Using technologies like computer software, scanners and cameras to collect data, Silva crafts digital landscapes that blur the boundaries between the natural environment and simulation.
Learn more about Rick, their work and The Ford Family Foundation’s Visual Arts Program at tfff.org/visual-arts.
Hallie Ford Fellowships in the Visual Arts honor the legacy of the late Hallie E. Ford, co-founder of The Ford Family Foundation, who had a lifelong interest in supporting the visual arts. The Foundation awards up to three $35,000 unrestricted fellowships to Oregon visual artists who have demonstrated a depth of sophisticated practice and potential for significant future accomplishment.