Scott Richards Contemporary Art
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ROBERT SILVERS

BORN: 1968

EDUCATION:

MIT Media Lab, Boston Massachussetts

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2007   Scott Richards Contemporary Art
2006   Photo Miami
2005   Scott Richards Contemporary Art – Art Santa Fe/ Art Toronto
2004   Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2003   Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
          Russeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002   Art Palm Beach, Fabien Fryns
          FIAC, Paris, Galerie Punto
          TIAF, Toronto, Fabien Fryns
          Art Chicago, Galerie Punto
          ARCO, Madrid
          Art Miami, Fabien Fryns
2001   National Portrait Gallery, London
          TIAF, Toronto, Fabien Fryns
2000   ART BASAL, Studio Trisorio
          MIART, Milan, Fabien Fryns
          Velge and Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels
          Photography Triennale, Milan
1999   ARTISSIMA, Turin, Fabien Fryns
1998   European Academy, London

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Agfa Europe
Audi
AXA Courtage
Coca Cola
CNN
DGZ DekaBank
Disney
Fortune Magazine
GEO Magazine
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Library of Congress
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Mastercard International
National Geographic
Newsweek Magazine
Maeght Foundation
Paramount Pictures
Playboy Enterprises

AWARDS AND NOTABLE MENTIONS:

The National Gallery in London selected Silvers’ portrait of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for
their “Painting the Century” exhibit, highlighting influential art of the 21st century.

Mastercard’s Photomosaic was awarded First Price for print advertising at the CIMA Awards
LIFE Magazine’s Photomosaic cover won a Merit Award from The Art Director’s Club.

Premiere Magazine selected The Truman Show Photomosaic poster as one of the top 50
movie posters of all time.

Photomosaic Jigsaw Puzzles were awarded Puzzle of the Year honors by the Australian
Games Association.

A Photomosaic calendar won Japan’s Minister of Education Prize.

Commissioned portraits of Senator Barry Goldwater, Vice President Al Gore, and H. M. King
Hussein of Jordan.

Nineteen countries have commissioned Robert Silvers to make collectible stamps.

PUBLICATIONS:

2006    Robert Silvers –  Photomosaics, Scott Richards Contemporary Art; San Francisco, CA
2000    Photomosaic Portraits, Robert Silvers
1997    Photomosaics, Robert Silvers, edited by Michael Hawley    

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1999    American Way magazine, Nov. 15, profile article
           Boston Herald, March 13, 1998, Photo in Celebrity section
           Time, March 29, page 192
           Rangefinder, April, page 18
           Sun Storm Fine Art, Spring
1998    Boston Magazine, January
           BNN Boston Television, taped January 21
           WBZ-TV (CBS) Channel 4, Gary LaPierre talks about Photomosaics, March 12
           WBZ-TV (CBS) Channel 4, Scott Wahle and Joyce Kulhawik, March 12
           WCVB-TB (ABC) Channel 5, Jim Boyd talks about Rob Silvers, March 12
           WFXT-TV (FOX) Channel 25, Tory Ryden talks about Rob Silvers, March 12
           WLVI-TV (WB) Channel 56, Mike Wankum, March 12
           NECN First Look, Stephanie Hard, March 13
           CNN, January 8
           The North Beach Irregular, January
           Cape Cod Times, March 13, photo with Diana
           Corel Magazine, January, page 48
           Dutch Television, Ivo Niehe talk show, February 5
           E-TV! Network, taped Jan. 21, aired February 2
           Focus Magazine (Italy), March
           Fortune, April 27, page 93
           EL Pais Semanal (Spain), February 8, pages 42-51
           PC Magazine, ”Photomosaic Art,” January, page 9
           Photo Insider Magazine, story on Photomosaics, Jan/Feb/March, pages 12-15
           Photo Market Magazine, February
           Popular Photography, March
           Silicon Surf online, January 26
           Swing Magazine. February
1998    Good Morning America, Sunday, January 18
           Graphic Arts Monthly, February
           Graphic Design 98, April
           Hel Parool of Holland, cover story, image of the Queen, February 1
           The Learning Channel, March
           Multimedia Magazine (Italy), Genaraio, pages 40-43
1997    Boston Globe, front page, business section, November 5
           New York Magazine, December 15, page 114
           New York Times, Business Section, December 22
           Newsweek Radio, ”Making of the Diana Cover”, heard in New York, Washington DC, Miami, Cape Cod,
                       San Francisco, among others, December 14
           CNN, story on Photomosaics, December 8
           CNN-FN—Digital Jam, interview, November 13
           The Day, newspaper, September 16, page B6
           Fortune Magazine, October 13, pages 162-163
           Publish Magazine, March
           Photo District News, April
           FOX on Trends (news), interview, November 7
           San Francisco Chronicle, Book Review , November 23
           I.D. Magazine, January, page 32
           Independent Newspaper of London, December 15
           Jump Magazine (Italy), feature story, October, pages 26-31
           MS-NBC, Diana Photomosaic shown, December 15
           USA Today, December 22, LIFE section
           WHDH Channel 7 News, Segment on Photomosaics, Boston MA, December 6
           WIRED Magazine, October, pages 156-157
           Newsweek, December 8, , pages 91-92
1996    Arizona Tribune, page D1, October 8
           Cape Cod Times, page C1, October 3
           Digital Creativity, October/November, page 10
           House and Garden Magazine, March, color illustration,  page 98
           GEO Magazine, Extra, page 55
           IBM Systems Journal, cover, volume 35, number 1
           WHDH Channel 7 News, interview, Boston MA, October 4
           NBC DATELINE, interview, October 20
1995    Media Lab FRAMES, July / August

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