Finding Beauty in the OrdinarySalvatore Reda lives and works in Portland OR. His artwork delves into architecture and video as fantasy and nostalgia, from the vernacular and domestic architecture found in the Western and Eastern United States.

His painting, photography, and video work have been exhibited at the Asian/Pacific/American (A/P/A) Institute at New York University, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Sandunga. Galería de Arte, Spain, VIPER Basel, Basel Switzerland, Laforet Museum in Harajuku, Nueva, Tokyo, and Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany. His artwork delves into architecture and video as fantasy and nostalgia, from the vernacular and domestic architecture found in the Western and Eastern United States. He received his MFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He studied with Mike Kelly, Jack Goldstein, and Stephen Prina

‍Education
Art Center College Of Art And Design
Master of Fine Art, M.F.A.

University Of Illinois
Bachelor of Fine Art.

‍Group exhibitions
June 2022
Reality Mistaken,
Brass Works Gallery, Portland OR

July 2018
Dr. Steven Goldman Gallery Sculpture InstallationFeb

2018
Dr. Steven Goldman Gallery New Paintings

March 2017
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGINARY: The Photographic ImaginaryNine Approaches to Photography Today Curated by Vincent Johnson

February 2014
Dr. Steven Goldman Gallery – History of Graphic Design Survey 1939 – 1989, curated by Salvatore Reda & Edward McDonald

April 2013
Steven Goldman Gallery – History of Graphic Design Survey 1510 -1988, curated by Salvatore Reda

January 2012
Steven Goldman Gallery “Portraits” group show

November 2011
Dr. Steven Goldman Gallery “Pattern Recognition” works on paper, group show

March 2010
Worksound Gallery, curated by Modou Dieng

March 2010
Igloo Gallery, Portland, OR, curated by Damien Gilley

August 2008
Volume Show, curated by Jeff Jahn, Worksound, Portland, OR

January 2008
Alexander Gallery, curated by Jeff Jahn, Clackamas Community College, OR

November 2007
Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, “The Living Room,” curated by Diana Barash, Exhibiting paintings

February 2007
Exhibition sponsored and presented by the Asian/Pacific/American (A/P/A) Institute at New York University, Curated by Yong Soon Min, Exhibiting paintings

December 2005
INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, new paintings on wood panels

December 2004
InCINEración, Sandunga. Galería de Arte, Spain, Video/DVD Installation w/paintings

November 18.-22, 2004
VIPER Basel Switzerland, Video Installation

March 2004
Video/DVD Installation, Esthetics as a Second Language, Corridor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

December 2003
Video/DVD Installation, Laforet Museum in Harajuku, Nueva, Tokyo

October 2003
Exhibiting Videos, Adamski Gallery, Achen, Germany

March 2003
Exhibiting Paintings, Sprout Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

December 2002
Level 3, Installation by Kurt Forman and Salvatore Reda, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

November 2002
Exhibiting Paintings, Sprout Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

August 2002
Level 4, Installation Kurt Forman and Salvatore Reda, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

August 2001
Slide and Video Presentation, Requiem, by M. A. Greenstein, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

September 2000
Exhibition Spaces of the Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands Solo Exhibitions

November 2002
Sprout Gallery, Hollywood, CA, solo exhibit consisting of paintings

August 1999
Art Center College Of Art And Design, Pasadena, CA, solo exhibit consisting of paintings

June 1997
Art Center College of Design