Denise Ferreira da Silva
artist and critical theorist
An academic, philosopher, and an artist, Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva writes on crucial global issues, which she approaches from an anticolonial black feminist perspective.
A prolific author, her field-changing books—such as Toward a Global Idea of Race and Unpayable Debt (2007)—have been published by major presses. 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; and The Black Scholar, to name a few.
Denise Ferreira’s studio work is media-art based, and her role as a scholar, researcher, and filmmaker informs her practice about ethnic-political studies and their impact on the environment. Her artistic works include the films Serpent Rain (2016) and 4 Waters-Deep Implicancy (2018), in collaboration with Arjuna Neuman.
Denise Ferreira’s studio work is media-art based, and her role as a scholar, researcher, and filmmaker informs her practice about ethnic-political studies and their impact on the environment. Her artistic works include the films Serpent Rain (2016) and 4 Waters-Deep Implicancy (2018), in collaboration with Arjuna Neuman.
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