Name: Luis Silva
Place of Birth: Lissabon
Date of Birth: 1978
Areas of Work: Curator and Writer
Website: www.kunsthalle-lissabon.org

Luis Silva is a curator based in Lisbon, Portugal, where he currently serves as co-director of Kunsthalle Lissabon, a contemporary art institution he founded in 2009. He is co-curator of the 2015 edition of ZONA MACO SUR, the solo project section of Mexico City's contemporary art fair.

A selection of recent shows he curated includes solos by Patrizio Di Massimo (Me, Mum, Mister, Mad, 2014), Amalia Pica (Memorial for Intersections, 2013), Leonor Antunes (a linha é tão fina que o olho, apesar de armado com uma lupa, imagina-a ao invés de vê-la, 2013), Jonathas de Andrade (Cartazes para o Museu do Homem do Nordeste, 2013), Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor (I dreamt the work of another artist, 2013), Daniel Gustav Cramer and Haris Epaminonda (Early Summer, 2012), Melvin Moti (Echo Chamber, 2012), Pilvi Takala (Flip Side, 2011), Ahmet Ogut (Stones to Throw, 2011), Wilfredo Prieto (Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, 2011) and Mounira Al Solh (The Sea is a Stereo, 2010).

Besides his curatorial practice, Silva is also co-editor of the ongoing book series Performing the Institution(al), published by Kunsthalle Lissabon and addressing recent developments in institutional practice.