Neva Sills | Northeastern Illinois University

Expertise

Neva Sills works in painting, collage, installation and ceramics. Her major interests include collaboration and how the language of materials drives content. Sills has taught in higher ed for more than 15 years.

Courses Taught

Studio Experiences: Drawing

Studio Experiences: Painting

Drawing III

Drawing IV

2-Dimensional Design

Professional Practices in Studio Art

Research Interests

Neva Sills’ painted collages explore interactions between people and the natural world. Representation and abstraction play with the understanding of nature and identity as constructed ideas rather than concrete realities. Sills’ current work in ceramic expands on this by looking at standards of femininity, its historical link to nature, and the decorative.

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Selected Exhibitions

Water, James May Gallery, Algoma WI

Supplies for Viable Living, Catich Gallery, Saint Abrose University, Davenport IA

Conspire: Collaboration, Cooperation, Collection, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

Exquisite Corpse: Head to Toe and End to End, Francis Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI

Additional Information

Resident in Printmaking (with The Moving Crew), Anchor Graphic and the Center for the Book at Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Panel Participant (with The Moving Crew), CAA/SGCI Print Installation Panel, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

n-sills@neiu.edu

FA 105B
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours

Fall 2020 Virtual Office Hours
Thursday: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
via Zoom or by appointment.

Main Campus

http://www.nevasills.com/

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