Ez Silva
drawing - design - painting - conceptual
Ez Silva is a self-taught artist from the city of Rotterdam. Her illustrations depict women with an inward-looking gaze. She explains that they illustrate both the introvert as well as the extrovert qualities of the female experience; their power but also their introspection.
They are shown in profile with their eyes closed and their bodies are often contorted into the most beautiful poses. Of this she says: “The poses are meant to catch the spectator's attention, whilst the closed eyes maintain a certain distance to the audience. These females are powerful and vulnerable at the same time and I wish them to be a mirror in which women see themselves reflected.” In short, Ez Silva wants to show all the contrasting facets of what it entails to be a woman.
