Silvia is an Italian artist and filmmaker working out of Los Angeles and Milan. Her artwork can be found in many private homes throughout the United States, England, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and more. Her work is available for licensing.
Silvia is or has been a member of the Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA), the Pacific Palisades Art Association, Women in Film, American Conservatory Women Alumnae Association (AFIC) and shows her work in her studio, in local art galleries and at the historical Los Angeles fashion and antiques weekly destination, the Melrose Trading Post (for info: https://melrosetradingpost.org )
Other than original paintings, Silvia enjoys creating art prints, silk scarves made near Lake Como with her designs, leggings, tote bags, ceramic tiles, notecards, home decor and more. You can find her products online in her Etsy store Sottobosco (https://www.etsy.com/shop/sottobosco), you can take her art classes online and on art retreats and workshops (all recent updates are on her Instagram account https://instagram.com/silviagallini).
Another passion of hers is hosting cultural and art retreats in spectacular Italian locations.
Her full-length documentary The Dog and the Duck, portraying the life, work and students of LA mentor Joe Blaustein, is premiering in the US in 2022.
EDUCATION
MFA, Directing – The American Film Institute Conservatory, Los Angeles, USA – 2010
MFA, Writing/Producing for TV – Università Cattolica, Milan, Italy - 2003
BFA, Italian Literature & History of Theatre – Università Cattolica, Milan, Italy – 2002
CONTINUING EDUCATION
MFA, Painting - Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy, 2022 - 2025
Private art classes with artist Joe Blaustein – 2005 - present
Professional Program in Screenwriting - UCLA - 2007
Certificate Program in Film, TV and Digital Entertainment Media, Level I and II – UCLA Extension– 2006
RECENT AND UPCOMING SHOWS
TAG GALLERY, “No Hesitation: the Art of Joe Blaustein” , Los Angeles May-June 2022
MELROSE TRADING POST, Sundays, ongoing. Permanent vendor
DE-FENCE ART, Outdoor Art Exhibition in Santa Monica, CA, June 2020
STUDIO PICO, Holiday Show, December 2019
THE WHOLE 9 GALLERY, “Small Work group Show”, Culver City CA, December 2019
MAR VISTA ART WALK 2019
EL SEGUNDO ART WALK 2019
STUDIO PICO, “Spring Group Show”, group show May 2019
STUDIO PICO, “Red Show”, group show September 2018
MAR VISTA ART WALK 2018
EL SEGUNDO ART WALK 2018
MONOPOLE, Pasadena, CA, solo show, Summer 2018
THE WHOLE 9 GALLERY, CULVER CITY, CA, “GIRLS” SHOW, April 2018
AFFAIR OF THE ARTS, CULVER CITY, CA, May 2018
BEYOND THE LINES GALLERY, Downtown LA, Group Show, January 2018
NEUTRA MUSEUM, Silverlake, CA, show "New Year, New Work", January 2017
BEYOND THE LINES GALLERY, show "Portraits", Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, November 2016
AFFAIR OF THE ARTS, Culver City, CA, October 2016
STUDIO CITY ROTARY ART SHOW, Studio City, CA, October 7 & 8 2016
AFFAIR OF THE ARTS, Culver City, CA, June 18 & 19 2016
PARALLAX ART SHOW, Venice Arts gallery, Venice CA, April 30-May 1 2016
GALLERY 825, SHOW "VERSUS", Hollywood, CA, April/May 2016
BRENTWOOD ART FESTIVAL, Brentwood, CA, April 26 2016
MUZEUMM, BIRD ART SHOW, Los Angeles, CA, January 2016
AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL ART SHOW, Amsterdam, NL August 2015
MALIBU ART SHOW, Malibu, CA July 2015
MONTROSE ART WALK, Montrose, CA July 2015
BEVERLY HILLS ART SHOW, Beverly Hills, CA May 2015
AFFAIR OF THE ARTS, Culver City, CA May 2015
PACIFIC PALISADES ART ASSOCIATION, First Prize in the “Mixed Media” section November 2014
GALLERY 825, West Hollywood, CA, .November/December 2014
LOS ANGELES MUCICIPAL GALLERY, Open Call show, Hollywood, CA, March/April 2014
LIGHT SPACE & TIME online gallery: Special Recognition Award/ Painting Category the All Women Art Competition. January 2012
MICHAEL REEVES ASSOCIATES, London, UK, December 2012
GALLERY GODO, show "Erotica", Glendale, CA March 2010
FILM AND TV
FOX STUDIOS. Artwork featured in episode 6 of TV show “Weird Loners”, May 2015.
Guadalupe the Virgin, dir. Victoria Giordana, Organically Grown Productions, 2011. Artwork featured.
FILMS
The Dog and the Duck, ca. 65’, Director/Producer 2022
Joe Blaustein and the Flood of Venice, short documentary film, 2016, Co-producer
Anthropologie Spec Commercial, 3’, Writer/Director/Producer 2012
Smoulder, 20’, Writer/Director 2012
Losing my Cherry, 17’, Director 2011
Feathers, Writer/ Director/Producer, 2009
LANGUAGES
Italian, English, French, and some Spanish.