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Davina Semo: Treasury
March 4-April 15, 2023
Jessica Silverman is pleased to announce Davina Semo: Treasury, the third solo exhibition at the gallery by the Los Angeles-based artist, opening March 4 and on view through April 15, 2023 in the gallery’s second-floor space. Semo’s sculptural practice places the industrial in tension with delicate emotional states, traversing the human condition through a chain of material encounters. Later this year, Semo will be included in The Sky’s the Limit at the National Museum of Women in Arts (NMWA) as one of 12 sculptors featured in this inaugural exhibition opening on October 21, 2023.
The gallery exhibition will feature the artist’s well-known cast bronze bells, acrylic mirrors and patinated bronze reliefs and debut a new series of woven stainless steel and mirror work. Titled Kinship (2023), a steel mesh is adorned with scattered, playfully-colored painted aluminum letters that suggest the shared malleability between language and physical material. Reflections morph and transform amongst a fantastic blur of light, shadow and vernacular abstraction.
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SELECTED WORKS

Kinship, 2023
Woven stainless steel mesh, acrylic mirror, stainless steel frame, powder coated aluminum letters, plywood, and stainless steel and aluminum hardware
60 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches / 153.7 x 123.2 x 2.8 cm

Feeling, 2023
Woven stainless steel mesh, acrylic mirror, stainless steel frame, powder coated aluminum letters, plywood, and stainless steel and aluminum hardware
60 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches / 153.7 x 123.2 x 2.8 cm

Float, 2023
Polished and patinated cast bronze
28 x 21 inches / 71.1 x 53.3 cm
Kinship, 2023
Woven stainless steel mesh, acrylic mirror, stainless steel frame, powder coated aluminum letters, plywood, and stainless steel and aluminum hardware
60 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches / 153.7 x 123.2 x 2.8 cm
Feeling, 2023
Woven stainless steel mesh, acrylic mirror, stainless steel frame, powder coated aluminum letters, plywood, and stainless steel and aluminum hardware
60 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches / 153.7 x 123.2 x 2.8 cm
Float, 2023
Polished and patinated cast bronze
28 x 21 inches / 71.1 x 53.3 cm


Shadow, 2023
Polished and patinated cast bronze bell, leather wrapped solid bronze clapper, hemp shibari rope, powder coated stainless steel hardware and powder coated zinc plated steel chain
Bell: 32 x 13 x 13 inches / 81.3 x 33 x 33 cm

Haunt, 2023
Polished and patinated cast bronze bell, polished bronze and powder coated stainless steel hardware, leather wrapped solid bronze clapper, hemp shibari rope, and powder coated zinc plated steel chain
Bell: 20 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches / 50.8 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm


Desire, 2023
Powder coated zinc plated steel chain and powder coated steel nails
60 x 62 1/2 inches / 152.4 x 158.8 cm

Adore, 2023
Powder coated zinc plated steel chain and powder coated steel nails
60 x 62 1/2 inches / 152.4 x 158.8 cm

Twin, 2023
Acrylic mirror, plywood, stainless steel ball bearings, stainless steel and aluminum hardware, and stainless steel frame and assembly
Diameter: 60 inches / 152.4 cm
Desire, 2023
Powder coated zinc plated steel chain and powder coated steel nails
60 x 62 1/2 inches / 152.4 x 158.8 cm
Adore, 2023
Powder coated zinc plated steel chain and powder coated steel nails
60 x 62 1/2 inches / 152.4 x 158.8 cm
Twin, 2023
Acrylic mirror, plywood, stainless steel ball bearings, stainless steel and aluminum hardware, and stainless steel frame and assembly
Diameter: 60 inches / 152.4 cm
