Regina Silveira (b.1939) was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil and lives in São Paulo. Throughout more than six decades, Silveira, a critical figure in Brazilian conceptual art, has investigated the tension between real space, spatial perspective and illusions, threading political meaning into graphic media and installations that respond to specific sites.

Renowned for explorations of space through geometric constructs, Silveiraʼs work, lately expanded by the use of digital media, is celebrated for both its conceptual rigor and formal impact. Formed as a painter by the Art Institute of the University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1959, in the 60’s she began her artistic training under the tutelage of expressionist painter Iberê Camargo, and soon included woodcut and lithography among her artistic practices.

Working with expanded graphic media since her first stay in Spain (1967), with a grant from Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, she moved to Puerto Rico in 1969, to teach and work at the UPR Mayaguez Campos. Coming back to Brazil, in 1973, Silveira was hired to teach at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado and at the School of Arts and Communication of the University of Sao Paulo in 1974. With a PHD degree (1984) in ECA/USP, the artist has an extended teaching career.

Since the 60’s exhibits individually and participates in several Biennials and group shows, nationally and internationally. Having received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation (1991), Pollock Krasner (1993) and Fubright Foundation (1994), her work is represented in several museums and collections, in Brazil and abroad.