Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
Salvatore 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 Installation
Feb 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 ExhibitionsNovember 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