Education
2022 ASL – Level 101, Michelle Mary Schaefer - Queer ASL, Vancouver, BC, Canada, attended online.
2022 BFA with honours in Studio Art – Digital and Integrated Practice, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK.
2022 Crip Lit for Spoonies II, group reading and writing workshop, Ashna Ali – Liminal Labs, Brooklyn,
NY, USA, attended online.
2019 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, (Regional and Urban Planning courses).
Grants & Awards
2024 PAVED Arts Members Micro Grant, production credit.
2023 JRG Society for the Arts Emerging Artist Award.
2022 SK Arts Microgrant.
2022 Mina Forsyth Collection Prize, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, semi-permanent
installation, and a cash prize.
2021 Canada Student Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities.
2021 Canada Student Grant for Full-time Students
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2021 Saskatchewan Student Grant for Full-time Students.
2021 Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship for Full-time students.
Exhibitions/ Screenings
2024 One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.
2024 Friends of a Sick Girl, ArtsAccess Network Manitoba (AANM), Winnipeg, MB, (solo exhibition).
2024 Prairie Poems, Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, W1– Centre for Young Culture,
Regensburg, Germany, program curated by Lisa Birke, (group screening).
2023 One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.
2023 Community, Connections, and ______., The Gallery/ Art Placement Inc., Saskatoon, SK,
curated by The Community Project, (group exhibition).
2022 One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.
2022 Nuit Blanche Eve, The Avenue Room, Saskatoon, SK, (group screening).
2022 Artist @ Work, analog TV installation, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, W.E. Graham Park,
Saskatoon, SK.
2022 Reuniting Through Video and Voice: a video art exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery,
Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, (group class exhibition).
2022 Growth will not be restricted, Nuit Blanche Eve, augmented reality animation, the Bowl at the
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
2022 a body for my body: BFA Honors Exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Dept. of Art and
Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
2022 The Shoestring Gallery: The First 10 Years, Digital Project, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK.
2021 Guernica Remastered, Adad Hannah, Nicole Hayashi, et al., Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK,
(group exhibition).
2021 One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.
2021 Growth will not be restricted, Nuit Blanche Saskatoon, Mayfair Library, Saskatoon, SK.
2021 Avenues: Video Art from Far Apart, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Dept. of Art and Art History,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, (group class exhibition).
Publications as Author
2024 invisibly ill zine, no. 2, Saskatoon, SK. March 2024.
2022 invisibly ill zine, no. 1, Saskatoon, SK. December 2022.
Bibliography
2024 Remai Modern, “Gabby Da Silva shines a light on invisible illnesses,” Remai Modern Currents,
March 8, 2024. Digital publication, last accessed March 27, 2024.
https://remaimoderncurrents.ca/gabby-da-silva-shines-a-light-on-invisible-illnesses/
2023 Akimbo, “Gabby Da Silva on Invisible Illness,” The Cripsters: Akimblog, April 28, 2023. Digital
publication, last accessed May 1, 2023. https://akimbo.ca/akimblog/gabby-dasilva-on-invisible-illness
2023 Bitter Pill Press, "Healthy Table," Apple a Day, no. 1 (January 2023): 38-39.
2022 Tash King, "Fatigue," Bed zine, no. 3 (October 2022): 36.
2022 Boklaschuk, Shannon. “USask Graduate explores invisible illness through artwork,” College
of Arts and Science News. University of Saskatchewan, June 6, 2022. Digital publication, last accessed July 20, 2022. https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/7637/USask_grad
2021 Putnam, Chris. “USask student artists revisit Picasso for Remai Modern exhibition,” College of
Arts and Science News. University of Saskatchewan, October 20, 2021. Digital publication, last
accessed July 20, 2022.
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/6911/USask_student_artists
Collections
Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Residencies & Presentations
2025 Accessibility Conversation, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, January 30, 2025,
presenter of workshop.
2024 RBC Sustained Artist Mentorship Program, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK,
June 27, 2024 – June 26, 2025, resident artist.
2023 invisibly ill Workshop Series, Remai Modern, iGen students, and residents of Sherbrooke
Community Centre, Sherbrooke Community Centre, Saskatoon, SK, October 20 – December 1,
artist and presenter of workshops.
2023 Nakatani Gong Orchestra, Tatsuya Nakatani, et al., Cosmopolitan Seniors Centre,
Saskatoon, SK, October 25 – 26th, part of the 11th Annual Sounds Like: An Audio Festival.
2022 Anxious Documents of Great Precision, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Dept. of Art and Art History,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, October 14 – 22nd, weeklong studio intensive
workshop and group exhibition.
2022 Future Collective, DJ Olive, et al., PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK, October 17 – 22nd, weeklong
installation and audio-visual camp as part of the 10th Annual Sounds Like: An Audio Festival, (group installation).
2022 Open Studio residency, Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, June 20 – 25th, created a bed
installation out of found materials, including an old mattress and empty recycled pill bottles.
2021 Artist @ Work, artist presentation, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, Saskatoon, SK, July 30, August 4.
Work/ Community Services
2024 Board Member, 20 Above Holdings, Saskatoon, SK, since May 2024.
2023 Treasurer, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, since September 2023.
2023 Studio Assistant, Laura St. Pierre, Saskatoon, SK, supported through the SK Arts
Accessibility Fund, between February - June 2023.
2022 Special Projects/ Archives, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, employed through Young
Canada Works, between December 2022 - March 2023.
2022 Exhibitions Coordinator, Snelgrove and Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, employed since August 2022.
2022 Collective Member, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, since March 2022.
2021 Communications/ Curatorial Assistant, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, employed while
a student, between May 2021 – March 2022.
2019 Volunteer, Transitional Care Unit, Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, hosted a coffee hour
for elderly and recovering patients, March 2019 – March 2020.
Member of the following organizations:
AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2021.
Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK, Joined 2022.
Arts Access Ability Network, Winnipeg, MB, Joined 2022.
CFCR Community Radio, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2021.
Creative Users Projects, remote in Canada, Joined 2022. ​
PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2021.
Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2022.