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VICKI DASILVA

Vicki DaSilva is a light graffiti and light painting photography pioneer. She has been making single frame time exposure photographs at night since 1980.

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She is credited with the term ‘light graffiti’ and was the first artist to create a series of text light graffiti photographs as well as to use four and eight-foot fluorescent lamps as light painting tools. 

DaSilva moved to NYC in 1983 after receiving her BFA from Kutztown University of PA.

While at KU she met Keith Haring, a Kutztown, PA native. She was heavily influenced by the convergence of street and graffiti art during the birth of hip-hop that created a lasting graffiti love affair with light replacing spray paint. 

DaSilva did an internship and worked as an assistant for several years with internationally acclaimed video and performance artist Joan Jonas.

Through Jonas she was introduced to many historically significant artists including Richard Ser