About

Vivienne da Silva is an Adelaide-based artist and published illustrator who has been drawing since she was old enough to hold a pencil.

Born in Australia to Brazilian family, she is fluent in two languages and has two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts from Flinders University and a Bachelor of Design Communication from The University of South Australia. She has also studied art at CDW Studios (School of Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) of Adelaide.  

In 2017, she collaborated with South Australian author Gina Dawson to illustrate her first children's book Next Door's Dog Has A Job, which was released worldwide by New Holland Publishing in 2018. The second book in the series, Next Door’s Dog Goes To School, was released in 2019. Then came Next Door’s Dog is a Therapy Dog in 2020 and Next Door’s Dog is a Veteran’s Dog in 2021.

In 2020 she was commissioned by In Touch Victoria to illustrate a social media campaign against family violence.

In her spare time she sketches, paints watercolours and designs t-shirt logos for her favourite TV shows and movies, some of which have been featured on the front pages of Redbubble, TeeFury and Threadless Tees.