Born in Matanzas, Silvia Grillo graduated with a degree in History of Art in 1985.  She was a teacher of art from 1986 to 1993.  She worked in the field of art for three years and began painting in 1996.  Her work forms part of private collections in the USA, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Jamaica and Latin America.  She has exhibited in Sweden and her native Cuba.  She is married to the famous painter Jose Gonzalez Grillo, with whom she has one daughter.