We are happy to share the spaces where Pearmama art is being highlighted and celebrated, whether it is in print, video, the digital space, museums, galleries + community spaces. Gratitude to the ancestors for every opportunity + open road. We humbly share parts of our expansion with you.
Pearmama is in full gratitude for the painting titled “Mother’s Milk” being acquired by Altamed Art Collection, one of the largest collectors of Chicano Art in the world. We’d like to thank Chicana artist Yolanda Gonzalez and Susana Smith Bautista for facilitating this acquisition.
Mother’s Milk was shown at Interconnected: Ancestral Environments | SUR: Biennial Group Exhibition at Rio Hondo College Art Gallery in 2023.
The artist is thrilled to announce the acquisition of three works of art by renowned Chicano art collector Cheech Marin in August 2023. We appreciate Marin’s generous support of Denise and her work + his continued support of femme Chicano/a/x artists. In addition to Cheech, we would also like to thank Maria Esther Fernandez, Artistic Director of The Cheech and Melissa Richardson Banks of CauseConnect for facilitating this acquisition.
Warriors in the Chamomile was shown in Silva’s solo exhibition titled Innerspace at Pain Sugar Gallery in Riverside in 2022.
Elementals was shown at the Ontario Museum of History & Art for The Art of Healing: Holistic Expressions exhibit in the 4th gallery in 2024.
Artist Denise Silva and Riverside Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager Margie Haupt spent some time in front of the Grandmothers mural that was painted in November 2022 on the East-facing wall of the Riverside Main Public Library 3900 Mission Inn Ave. Riverside CA 92501
Changemaker Award for We All Grow Summit 2019 which was awarded to Academy Award-nominee Yalitza Aparicio.
