BIO

Sabina Silver is a Ghanaian British painter working between London and Amsterdam. Her work examines sustained tension and embodied control within the Black figure.

Drawing from diasporic experience, her paintings focus on vigilance, restraint and composure as ongoing physical states. She works with acrylic, oil pastel and pigment ink to build dense surfaces that heighten presence and containment.

Alongside her studio practice, she facilitates workshops with institutions including Nike, the National Gallery and OSCAM Amsterdam.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I paint figures shaped by prolonged tension rather than isolated moments of emotion.

The work considers how vigilance and restraint settle into posture and surface. The spaces around the figures are controlled and often undefined, holding the effort of composure and sustained attention.

Red has functioned as a structural force within the work, intensifying pressure and sustaining presence. The paintings remain with endurance as a condition that is carried and managed over time.