[3] In the early days of her career, Silva worked as an independent curator and founded Fourth Dial Art, a non-profit project in London dedicated to promoting and cultivating cultural practice in the visual arts, and to help artists form meaningful collaborations with artistic institutions and professionals.

At CCA, Lagos, Silva curated numerous exhibitions, including one with the Nigerian painter Ndidi Dike.

"[6] Silva was co-curator of “The Progress of Love”, a transcontinental collaboration across three venues in the United States and Nigeria (October 2012 – January 2013).

She also curated Contact Zone: Contemporary Art from West and North Africa (October 2007) and an exhibition titled Telling ...

She was on the editorial board of n.paradoxa, an international feminist art journal, and was the guest editor for the Africa and African diaspora issue of n.paradoxa (January 2013).