Joseph Medina da Silva, is a self taught local visual artist born on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Medina da Silva has lived in Charlotte North Carolina since 1996 and during this time has been creating art in various mediums.
Preferring to express himself through abstract painting and photography he also produces sculptured pieces using recycled materials.

In the 1970`s Medina da Silva studied photography in Salem, Massachusetts under the supervision of Fine Art Photographer Andrew Xenios and has been photographing since then.
In the 1980`s video became an obsession and a form of expression for Medina da Silva in the span of nine years many documentaries and series were produced in the Portuguese language for Adams and Russell, and Time Warner cable systems for the Gloucester, Peabody, Somerville and Cambridge MA. Portuguese communities.

Medina da Silva has been engaged in various shows and presentations throughout North Carolina. Massachusetts and the Azores.

Most recent in the Carolinas

The Art Process, February 2021
Art Therapy Institute, February 2021
Mooresville Arts Council, November 2020
Cameron Art Museum, November 2020
Gallery 120, November 2020
Southern Arts Society, October 2020
Trade Alley Gallery,October 2020
Hart Witzen Gallery, November 2019
South End Arts, October 2019
Rotunda Rock Hill, July 2018
Mint Hill Arts Council, June 2018.

Most recent in the Azores
Arquipelago Arte Contemporanea, August 2018