Silver Eye

1. • 
   • On Now

   • Emerging Visions

   • From October 24, 2023
   • 2023

   • In collaboration with Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, experience work by Sobia Ahmad, Anqwenique Kinsel, and Evangeline Mensah-Agyekum, in the center of downtown Pittsburgh

2. • 
   • On Now

   • Radial Survey Vol.3

   • Nov 2, 2023–Feb 3, 2024
   • 2023

   • Silver Eye’s flagship biennial exhibition features preeminent artists whose work expands the future of contemporary photography while traversing time, memory, identity, and presence.

1. • 
   • Past

   • In dreams I walk with you

   • Sep 7–Oct 21, 2023
   • 2023

   • Celebrating the work of teaching artists and participants from 2021-22 Silver Eye workshops

2. • 
   • Past

   • Because Freedom

   • Aug 4–26, 2023
   • 2023

   • Because Freedom celebrates Asian American experiences of struggle, healing, and resilience. Hung on the windows of Silver Eye, the three banners feature quotes from Asian American poets and writers Min Jin Lee, Ocean Vuong, and Yanyi.

3. • 
   • Past

   • Sara Macel Between Archive and Fiction

   • May 18–Jul 18, 2023
   • 2023

   • Silver Eye Scholar and Chatham University graduate Katelyn Nee speaks with Sara Macel about creating photography at the intersections of family history, truth, and fiction.

4. • 
   • Past

   • Faraz Ravi Over Icy Water

   • May 18–Jul 18, 2023
   • 2023

   • Silver Eye Scholar and Point Park University graduate Jen Collins speaks with Faraz Ravi about his darkroom practice and exploration of nature and the changing landscape.

5. • 
   • Past

   • Elizabeth Hibbard Soma

   • May 18–Jul 18, 2023
   • 2023

   • Silver Eye Scholar and University of Pittsburgh graduate Noelle Derksen speaks with Elizabeth Hibbard about her explorations of psychology, being female-bodied, and the mother-child relationship.

6. • 
   • Past

   • Mikael Owunna The World In (Y)our Perfect Image

   • May 18–Jul 18, 2023
   • 2023

   • Silver Eye Scholar and University of Pittsburgh graduate Dominique Swift speaks with Mikael Owunna about turning art into activism and using the camera as a tool for discovery and universe-building.

7. • 
   • Past

   • Fellowship 23

   • May 11–Jul 28, 2023
   • 2023

   • See all the award winners + honorable mentions of our annual call for entries!

8. • 
   • Past

   • April Friges In Absolute Space

   • Mar 2–Apr 22, 2023
   • 2023

   • What defines photography? In this new exhibition, April Friges reimagines the possibilities of photographic processes

9. • 
   • Past

   • Nicole Czapinski always arriving

   • Mar 2–Apr 22, 2023
   • 2023

   • Nicole Czapinski explores illusions within perception in a new series of images that push and pull between 2D and 3D experience

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