Luis Silva co-founded contemporary art institution Kunsthalle Lissabon in 2009 together with João Mourão. A selection of recent shows Silva curated includes solos by Caroline Mesquita, Engel Leonardo, Sol Calero, Irene Kopelman and Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, as well as group shows at institutions such as Extra City (Antwerp), David Roberts Art Foundation (London) and MACE (Elvas).
Besides his curatorial practice, Luís Silva is also a contributing editor of CURA. magazine and co-editor of the ongoing book series Performing the Institution(al), addressing recent developments in institutional practice. He co-curated ZONA MACO SUR (2015 – 2017), the solo projects section of Mexico City’s contemporary art fair, and he is co-curating Artissima’s new section Disegni (2017 – ), dedicated to recent developments in drawing.