Mike Silverman

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Mike Silverman '78

Tags: Sculptor

Me in 50 words or less: Transforming e-waste into 'Living Surface' art. Putting the humanity back into technology.

Pronouns: He/him

Department: Religion

Bio

Mike Silverman makes intricate wall sculptures from the components of discarded technology — hard drive platters, printed circuit boards, the physical remnants of our digital lives. His practice finds an unlikely beauty in hardware built for obsolescence, transforming it into work that is alive with reflection, movement, and meaning. Silverman came to art as a second act. His background is in religion and business — an undergraduate degree in the former, a master's in the latter — and his formal art training amounts to a single stone carving class taken decades ago at the Pratt Fine Arts Center. Everything since has been self-taught: the design process, the fabrication techniques, the vocabulary he's built entirely on his own terms.

Based in Palm Beach County, Florida, his work has been shown in solo exhibitions and at major art fairs including Red Dot Miami and the International Symposium of Experimental Art.

I’d like to share my expertise with:

  • Alumni

  • Students

I would like to:

  • Speak on a panel

  • Share advice via phone or coffee chat

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