EDUCATION
1981 - 83 Rochester Institute of Technology Master of Fine Arts in Photography
Rochester, New York
1975 - 79 Barry University, Miami, Florida Bachelor of Fine Arts
EMPLOYMENT
9/87-5/23 Barry University Professor Emeritus ( 2023 - present )
Department of Fine Arts/Photography Chair, Department of Fine Arts ( 2007 - 2022 )
Miami, Florida Professor of Photography (1987 - 2023 )
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
2019 The Photo Review 2019 International Photo Competition, Tenth Prize
Langhorne, Pennsylvania
2018 Barry University Distinguished Alumni Award 2018
Miami Shores, FL
2015 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists Broward County, FL $15,000
2015 Barry University Awarded Dr. Cecile Roussell Fellowship
Miami, FL for Lion, Fountain, Statue Project, $1000
2013 Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Prep 2013 Hall of Fame Honoree
Miami, FL
2009 Barry University Awarded Ambassador Jean Wilkowski
Miami, FL International Fellowship, Camino Project, $2500
1999 Metro Dade Art in Public Places $18,000 Commission
Charles Deering Estate, Miami, FL
1993 Southern Arts Federation / NEA $5000 grant
Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Grant
1992 South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
Broward County, FL $15,000
ART WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Aldeide Delgado, private collection
American Express
American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, Miami, Florida
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Art in Public Places, Miami Florida
Art in Public Places, Orlando, Florida
Burdines
Centrust Banks
Consejeria de Cultura, Cantabria, Spain
Cuban Museum, Miami, Florida
Fondo del Sol, Washington, DC
Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico
Helen Kohen Collection, prívate collection, Miami, Florida
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Lowe Art Museum, Cuban Museum Collection, Miami, Florida
Maria Concha Bechiliy Hodes, private collection, Miami, Florida
Miami Dade Public Library and Brockway Memorial Library, Miami, Florida
Mosquera Collection, private collection, Miami, Florida
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nativity School, Hollywood, Florida
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Prudential Bache
Samuel T. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
Southeast Banks
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
Valencia College, Orlando, Florida
PUBLICATIONS
2022 “Radical Conventions” Cuban American Art Hardcover exhibition catalog
From the 1980’s” by Elizabeth Cerejido Lowe Museum & Cuban Heritage Collection Publication
2021 “Latinx Photography in the United States” Published by University of Washington Press
A Visual History by Elizabeth Ferrer January 2021
2020 “Interview with Silvia Lizama” Published by Artmedia LLC
About Images #3 Newsletter, Miami, FL Edited by Felix Suazo & Jose A. Navarrete
2020 “Critical Lens: A Latino Perspective on the Published by University Press of Washington
History of Photography” by Elizabeth Ferrer Spring 2020
2019 “Vida y Obra de Una Idea: Miami’s Art@Work Exhibition Catalog
And Farside Gallery in Buenos Aires” Arturo Mosquera Collection
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 Catálogo de Fotógrafas Cubanas catalogofotografascubanas.com
WOPHA/Aldeide Delgado, Miami, FL Online catalog of Female Cuban photographers
2016 NBC NEWS Latino. Online Article, 2/2/16 “Latino Artists: Silvia Lizama’s Haunting Lens by Carmen Pelaez Reinvents Home Life"
2016 “Diccionario historico de la fotografia en Cuba” Dictionary of Cuban photographers
Arista Publishing LLC; Edition: 1 by Ramon Cabrales
Miami, Florida
2016 “Color: A Love Story” by Deborah Mosch Examples of work published in text book
Savannah, Georgia
2016 “Of the Americas: Contemporary Latin Amer. Exhibition catalogue
Art from the LUAG Teaching Collection” Lehigh University Art Gallery
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2016 CULTURAL QUARTERLY “Silvia Lizama: A Paradise of One’s Own”
Broward Cultural Division Publication Article - Volume 29 Number 3
2015 75th Anniversary: Celebration of Photography Barry University Exhibition catalogue
Miami, Florida Curated by Silvia Lizama
2012 “Ways of Worldmaking: Notes on a Passion Exhibition catalogue
for Collecting”, Mosquera Collection Miami Dade College, Freedom Tower
Miami, Florida
2011 “Women Photographers” Exhibition catalogue, Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Selections from the L.U. Art Galleries Collection
2010 “Puertas a la Imaginacion” Book published by Ediciones El Cambio
Nueva Literatura Cubana Anthology of Cuban artists and authors
Miami, Florida
2010 “Latin American Art: 3” Exhibition catalogue, Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Selections from the L.U. Art Galleries Collection
2009 “Through the Lens, Photography from the Exhibition catalogue
Permanent Collection” Lowe Art Museum
Miami, Florida
2009 “Reflections: The Sensationalism of the Art Included in book on Cuban art From Cuba Volume 1” by Alexis Mendoza
Wasteland Press, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2006 “Latin American Photography 2” Exhibition catalogue, Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Selections from the L.U. Art Galleries Collection
2005 Espacio C; Arte Contemporaneo Camargo Catalog of year 2005 exhibitions
Ayuntamiento de Camargo, Spain
2002 “Art Trends: Miami’s Trek III, the 1980’s” Exhibition catalogue
Miami Dade Community College Publication
2001 Cuba 1930-1958, The Photographs of` Printed, retouched, designed and
Dr, Roberto Machado published hard cover photography book
Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, VT
2000 MIAMI: THE MAGIC CITY Selected images published in book
Towery Publishing, Memphis, TN
1997 BREAKING BARRIERS Exhibition catalogue
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1995 Cuba: Image and Imagination Article - “Explorations: Three Portfolios”
APERTURE
1994 FOTOFEST ‘94 Exhibition catalogue
Fotofest, Inc.
1992 CULTURAL QUARTERLY Article, “Silvia Lizama”
Broward Cultural Affairs Council Publication
1989 OUTSIDE CUBA / FUERA DE CUBA Hardcover exhibition catalogue
Rutgers University Publication
1987 PHOTOGRAPHIC RETOUCHING Hand colored photographs used as Eastman Kodak Publications examples of manipulated photography.
1984 DARKROOM EXPRESSION Hand colored photographs used as
Eastman Kodak Publications examples of manipulated photography.