Silas Finch is a storyteller that prefers not to speak, an immortalizer of the objects he is obsessed with collecting. Originally from Cape Cod Massachusetts, he now resides in Portland Oregon. For Silas, the greatest challenge in sculpture is to be simple, “to strip something down to its last component.” He looks for a story inside the materials he chooses, and his journeys for objects take him deep into the recesses of human culture and natural history. Abandoned carnival shelving and hinges become birds in flight over a cloudy seaside landscape. A World War II parachute is pinned into form to project a 20 foot-long wearable dress. The footbeds of antique high-heeled shoes are painstakingly inlaid with wild thorns. “I’m more influenced by the art of craftsmanship, something that I feel has gotten lost in the pop culture of today.” His methods of assembly often predate welding or adhesives. “I prefer to find a natural connection, a cold connection [between objects], a balance between the two.” Open to all materials and knowledge, he doesn’t paint objects, but manipulates their texture and shade by layering with varnish, urethane, wax, paper and string. Viewing his sculptures, we are reminded of the multiple narratives that life suggests and the stories that every object silently contains.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  written by Harts Gallery

In addition to sculpture, Silas has been a guest teacher and instructor for a variety of public and private schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts. When he is not in the studio, you can find him clinging to the side of a cliff at a local crag or high up on a mountain with his favorite partners Samantha and Rye.

Curriculum Vitae

Capitola PDX

Laura Vincent Design & Gallery, Portland Oregon

Eco PDX, Portland, OR 

Christopher Brodigan Gallery, Groton, MA

Hygenic Gallery, New London, CT

Point Green Studio, New York, NY

Corsair Building, New Haven, CT

Harts Gallery, New Milford, CT

DaSilva Gallery, New Haven, CT

Woodman Shimko Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Hungerton Park, New Britain, CT

Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY

Cassandra Complex Gallery, Provincetown, MA

John Slade, Ely House Gallery, New Haven, CT

Farm Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

, Fourth Wall Projects Gallery, Boston, MA

DeCastellane Gallery, Dennisport, MA

Helltown Workshop, Provincetown, MA

Hope Gallery, New Haven, CT

Haskins Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT

A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT

Institute Library, New Haven, CT

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Art Space, Hartford, CT

Union Station Great Hall, Hartford, CT

Hopkins School, New Haven, CT

Art Place Gallery, Fairfield, CT

Kehler Liddel Gallery, New Haven, CT

Silvermine Gallery, New Cannan, CT

Corduroy Gallery, Portland, ME

Orchard Gallery, Boston, MA

60th Annual Art of the Northeast, New Canaan, CT

MAC 650 Gallery, Middletown, CT

New Haven Arts, Council, New Haven, CT

Guilford Arts Center, Guilford, CT

Channel One Gallery, New Haven, CT

Day One Art Space, Bridgeport, CT

Harvest Gallery, Dennis, MA