Aida Silvestri

Aida Silvestri (b.1978) is an Eritrean-born artist living and working in London, England. She studied BTEC photography at Kensington and Chelsea College and has recently completed her BA (Hons) in the subject at the University of Westminster, London. Her work concerns sensitive issues of ethnicity, culture, politics and identity and explores new and unique approaches of documentary photography in order to raise awareness. Aida was voted one of the British Journal of Photography’s two Best of Show Winners at Free Range, London in 2013 and is currently featuring her work at this year’s major FreshFaced + WildEyed 2015 exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery, London.