Artist Perspectives with Soledad Salamé: Printmaking as a Democratic Medium
This event is hosted by The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation at The 8th Floor and is free and open to the public. Tea, light refreshments and good conversation will be provided.
Salamé will be in conversation with Jennie Hirsh, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art, about her work. This conversation will tackle printmaking as a platform for creative protest, looking at Salamé’s process and documentation of the 2016 Women’s March, as well as other topics outside of the United States.
About the Artist Perspectives program series:
This program is part of a collaborative series by ArtTable and the Pollock Krasner Foundation that aims to share insights, strategies, and practical advice in public dialogue. These programs feature female artists who have been funded by the foundation, giving them the opportunity to participate in a series of conversations with arts professionals on subjects that relate to building a successful career and practice in the art world. All content taken from this series will be recorded and launched as a podcast series in 2019.
About Soledad Salamé:
Soledad Salamé, American, born in Santiago, Chile in 1954, currently lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
Noteworthy projects and exhibitions: Women’s March, 2017 Artist Book, BMA, Print fair, Are you listening? 2016 Goya Contemporary, Dominican Republic, Baltimore, MD, ALMA 2014, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, in progress, Territories 2013, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD,Barcodes Merging Identity and Technology 2012, Critics choice for Art Miami, Miami FL, Gulf Distortions I/XII 2011, Corridor Museum of the Americas, Washington DC, Where Do you Live? 3000 Miles of Maryland Coast, presented by The Contemporary, Baltimore MD, Aguas Vivas and the Labyrinth Of Solitude, Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile, Latin American Still Life, Reflections of Time and Place, Katonah Museum of Art, Westchester, NY, Latin American Women Artists, 1915-1995, (traveling exhibition) at the Milwaukee Museum of Art, Denver Museum of Art, Phoenix Museum of Art, Miami Art Museum, and National Museum of Women in The Arts, Washington, DC, Labyrinth Of Solitude, Museum Of Fine Arts, Stgo, Chile 2001
Soledad Salamé’s work is represented in private and public collections throughout the world, including those of the Deutsche Bank in New York, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC., National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC; The Baltimore Museum of Art, in Baltimore, MD; and the University of Essex, UK. Her work is included inThe Contemporary Museum: 20 years, by Irene Hoffman (2011), The St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists, by Thomas Riggs (2002), Latin American Women Artists of the United States, by Robert Henkes (1999), and Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century, by Edward J. Sullivan (1996).
As founder and director of Sol Print Studios, she is an active member of the Baltimore Arts Community. SOL Print Studio has gotten the recognition of excellence from The Washington Baltimore Area, museum curators and other institutions.
Salamé will be in conversation with Jennie Hirsh, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art, about her work. This conversation will tackle printmaking as a platform for creative protest, looking at Salamé’s process and documentation of the 2016 Women’s March, as well as other topics outside of the United States.
About the Artist Perspectives program series:
This program is part of a collaborative series by ArtTable and the Pollock Krasner Foundation that aims to share insights, strategies, and practical advice in public dialogue. These programs feature female artists who have been funded by the foundation, giving them the opportunity to participate in a series of conversations with arts professionals on subjects that relate to building a successful career and practice in the art world. All content taken from this series will be recorded and launched as a podcast series in 2019.
About Soledad Salamé:
Soledad Salamé, American, born in Santiago, Chile in 1954, currently lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
Noteworthy projects and exhibitions: Women’s March, 2017 Artist Book, BMA, Print fair, Are you listening? 2016 Goya Contemporary, Dominican Republic, Baltimore, MD, ALMA 2014, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, in progress, Territories 2013, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD,Barcodes Merging Identity and Technology 2012, Critics choice for Art Miami, Miami FL, Gulf Distortions I/XII 2011, Corridor Museum of the Americas, Washington DC, Where Do you Live? 3000 Miles of Maryland Coast, presented by The Contemporary, Baltimore MD, Aguas Vivas and the Labyrinth Of Solitude, Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile, Latin American Still Life, Reflections of Time and Place, Katonah Museum of Art, Westchester, NY, Latin American Women Artists, 1915-1995, (traveling exhibition) at the Milwaukee Museum of Art, Denver Museum of Art, Phoenix Museum of Art, Miami Art Museum, and National Museum of Women in The Arts, Washington, DC, Labyrinth Of Solitude, Museum Of Fine Arts, Stgo, Chile 2001
Soledad Salamé’s work is represented in private and public collections throughout the world, including those of the Deutsche Bank in New York, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC., National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC; The Baltimore Museum of Art, in Baltimore, MD; and the University of Essex, UK. Her work is included inThe Contemporary Museum: 20 years, by Irene Hoffman (2011), The St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists, by Thomas Riggs (2002), Latin American Women Artists of the United States, by Robert Henkes (1999), and Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century, by Edward J. Sullivan (1996).
As founder and director of Sol Print Studios, she is an active member of the Baltimore Arts Community. SOL Print Studio has gotten the recognition of excellence from The Washington Baltimore Area, museum curators and other institutions.
Relevant research areas: North America, Contemporary
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