eDUCAtion
2016-2017 One-to -One Distance Learning Course with Jemma Derbyshire, Three terms: Drawing, Color and Painting, Edinbugh, Scotland
2007 Arts in Medicine One Month Intensive, Shands Hospital University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2004 Year-Long Professional Training in Expressive Arts Therapy, Certified Expressive Arts Therapist, Santa Fe, NM
1988 MBA in International Business, Thunderbird Global School of Management, Glendale, AZ
1981 BFA in Dance, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
SOLO exhibitions
2020 High Desert Road Trip, Galleria Arriba, Abiquiu, NM
2019 An Evening of Art with Silky Hart, 1900 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, TX
2019 Featured Artist, Tate Studio, Dallas, TX
2018 Oaxaca Fiesta, The Cove, McKinney, TX
2017 In My Own Backyard, The Cove, McKinney, TX
2017 New Mexico Dreamscapes, The Martin Place, McKinney, TX
Selected GrouP Exhibitions
2024 International Postcard Exhibition, Millhouse Foundation, McKinney, TX
2023 Fresh from the Farm, Invitational Art Show, The Martin Place, McKinney, TX
2022 Art + Color Party Benefitting Dwell with DIgnity, Juried Exhibition, Texas Counter Fitters, Dallas, TX
2022 Abstract April, Invitational Art Show, The Martin Place, McKinney, TX
2021 Art + Color Party Benefitting Dwell with DIgnity, Juried Exhibition, Maestri Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 Empty Bowls Artists Exhibit, The Cove, McKinney, TX
2019 6th Annual ArtSpace 111 Regional Juried Exhbition, ArtSpace 111, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Unique by Nature Juried Art Show, McKinney Performance Arts Center, McKinney, TX
2019 Art 214 City of Dallas, Juried Exhibition, Moody Performance Hall, Dallas, TX
2019 Thrift Studio Benefitting Dwell with Dignity, Juried Exhibition, Dallas Design Center, Dallas, TX
2019 Studio 212 Art Auction Benefitting West Dallas Community School, Giley’s Dallas - South Side Music Hall, Dallas, TX
2019 Endangered & Threatened TX Birds, Invitational Exhibition, Heard Natural Science Museum, McKinney, TX
2019 Invitational Exhibition, El Dorado Country Club, McKinney, TX
2018 TAC Small Works Show, Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Juried Adventure Exhibition, The Martin Place, McKinney, TX
2018 Unique by Nature Juried Art Show, McKinney Performing Art Center, McKinney, TX
2018 Thrift Studio Benefitting Dwell with Dignigty, Juried Exhibition, Dallas Design District, Dallas, TX
2018 Invitational Exhibition, McKinney Public Library, McKinney, TX
2018 TAC Small Works Show, Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2017 Thrift Studio Benefitting Dwell with Dignity, Dallas Design District, Dallas, TX
2017 Unique by Nature Juried Art Show , McKinney Performing Arts Center, McKinney, TX
2017 Invitational Exhibition, McKinney Public Library, McKinney, TX
2017 EBLAR Artists in Residence Group Show, Rio Bravo Fine Art Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM
2016 Urban Art Scene: Architecture, Art & Culture, Invitational Pop-Up, Dallas, TX
2016 Invitational Art Show, Orison’s Fine Art Gallery, McKinney, TX
2015 Emerging Artist Competition, First Place, Orison’s Fine Art Gallery, McKinney, TX
Awards & Recognitions
2020 Selected to be a Getaway Artist Fellow, Post Card Cabins
2020 Selected Artist for Online Social Distancing Festival
2017 Elephant Butte Lake Artist Residency, Truth or Consequences, NM
PRESS
2022 CanvasRebel, Pivoting
2020 TCU Magazine, Creativity Boosts Your Brain
2020 Shoutout DFW, Contemporary Artist Silky Hart
2018 Voyage Dallas, Meet Artist Silky Hart
Community Involvement
2009-2024 Co-Founder and Co-Host of the McKinney Creative Community
2015-2024 Curated the Holiday Art Bazaar, Tupps Brewery, McKinney, Tx
2018-2020 Selected to be the Visual Arts Representative for the Cultural Arts District, McKinney, TX