BIO
Carol Salmanson is a painter, and sculptor working with light and reflective
materials to create installations, sculptures, and wall pieces. She is best known
for her window installations, which have been seen in Russia, New York, and
New Jersey. Salmanson also has an extensive solo, two-person, and group
exhibition history throughout the United States and internationally. Her work
has been shown in commercial galleries, non-profit venues, and artist run
spaces such as SL Gallery, Guild Gallery II, PS122, FiveMyles, Storefront
Bushwick, Dam Stuhltrager, Sideshow Gallery and others. She has curated and
co-curated shows as well.
Salmanson studied art in New York City at the Arts Students League, School of
Visual Arts, and National Academy of Fine Arts’ Abbey Mural Workshop
Fellowship program. She also earned a B.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University
and an M.B.A. in finance, accounting, and marketing from the University of
Chicago. After working for a large corporation, she started a company which
bought, renovated, and sold historic houses in Denver. She She is a fellow of
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the St. Petersburg Art Residency in
Russia. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Independent
Curators International and the Hearing Health Foundation.
