Sion Silva

Mixed-media art fabricator with a specialty for puppetry, creature design and narrative storytelling. My personal work is expressed in a variety of formats from traditional gallery work to live puppetry theatre all done under the project name "The Graveyard of Eden", a mythology I have been developing since 2017. Similarly, my contracted work is just as malleable as I alter my aesthetic and medium to fit the needs of my clients. This works often involve large scale puppets and props for theatre and art installations to custom interior artwork for hotels and private residences.

2024

• “Fort Forts!” Electric Forest’s Dream Emporium - (In progress)
• "No Strings Attached" - Rabbitfoot Puppetry - Large Mouse
• "A Midsummer's Nights Dream" - Joffrey Ballet - 20 Sleeping Bodies
• Interior artwork for Four Seasons hotel and private residences

2023

• Interior artwork for Essex house, Four seasons hotel, and private residences
• "The Dream King" - Teatro Vista- Puppet Fabrication Assistant
• "Florencia en el Amazonas Opera" at The Met by Daniel Catán/Mary Zimmerman- Alligator Puppet
• "Monkey" -Whitesnake Productions- 'Zhu' Puppet
• "House of The Exquisite Corpse 3" Rough House Puppets- Guest artist - Deadringer & The Widower Puppets
• "Little Amal Chicago Tour" - Handspring Puppets/Chicago Puppet Festival- Rat guards, birds, and deer puppets
• "Graveyard of Eden V1" SION- 10 minute live Shadow puppet show

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 2023

• "Invisible Lands" -Livsmedlet Theater- Production management assistant
• "Akutagawa" -The Koryu Nishikawa Troupe- Prop building and Stage setup

2022

• "Into the Woods" -Paramount Theatre Aurora - Birdflocks
• "Christmas Carol" -Manual Cinema- Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
• "House of The Exquisite Corpse 2" Rough House Puppets- Scenic Designer
• Chicago Puppet Festival -Puppet Lab (for 2023)- Cohort Recipient
• Chicago Puppet Festival Workshop Scholarship Recipient
• O'neill National Puppetry Conference Artist Assistant 2022 (Off-site with Tom Lee)
• Rough House, "Nasty, Brutish, and Short" performer 2022

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 2022

• "Bluest Eye" by Margaret Laurena Kemp and Janni Younge. Puppet and props Assistant
• "Bill's 44th" by Dorothy James & Andy Manjuck. Production Assistant