Denise Ferreira da Silva

Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva is an academic and practicing artist. Her work addresses the ethico-political challenges of the global present. She is the author of “Toward a Global Idea of Race” (University of Minnesota Press, 2007), “A Dívida Impagavel” (Oficina da Imaginaçāo Política and Living Commons, 2019), “Unpayable Debt” (Stenberg/MIT Press, 2021) and co-editor (with Paula Chakravartty) of “Race, Empire, and the Crisis of the Subprime” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013). Her several articles have been published in leading interdisciplinary journals, such as “Social Text,” “Theory, Culture & Society,” “Social Identities,” “PhiloSOPHIA,” “Griffith Law Review,” “Theory & Event,” “The Black Scholar,” to name a few. Her artistic works include the films “Serpent Rain” (2016) and “4 Waters-Deep Implicancy” (2018), in collaboration with Arjuna Neuman; and the relational art practices “Poethical Readings” and “Sensing Salon,” in collaboration with Valentina Desideri. She has exhibited and lectured at major art venues, such as the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Whitechapel Gallery (London), MASP (São Paulo), Guggenheim (New York), and MoMA (New York). She has also written for publications of major art events (Liverpool Biennale, 2017; São Paulo Biennale, 2016; Venice Biennale, 2017; and documenta14) and has been featured in notable art publications, such as “Canadian Art,” “Texte zur Kunst,” and “e-flux.”