associate professor digital arts
office 231 pacific
(541) 346-2636
e: salter@uoregon.edu
web: michaelasalter.com |
Michael Salter joined the faculty as an Associate Professor of Digital Arts in 2005. Salter received his BFA from Miami University, Oxford Ohio. His BFA is a double concentration in sculpture and graphic design. He received his MFA in studio art from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Salter taught at Mount Olive College for the last five years, and has done guest lectures at East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Peace College and the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Salter's art work has shown nationally and internationally in Berlin, New York, London, Amsterdam, Miami, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle, Atlanta and Chicago. His work has been featured in Arkitip Magazine, Repellent Magazine, the book titled Pictoplasma2, and was recently featured on the website of the critically acclaimed art magazine The Drama. In 2004 he had his first major museum solo exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston Salem North Carolina. In 2005, he received an Individual Artist Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. 2006 includes solo exhibitions at The University of Texas, Arlington and Black Market Gallery in Los Angeles, California.
Throughout his career as an artist Salter has made a commitment to the support and success of Lump Gallery/Projects. This gallery is an alternative art space dedicated to exhibiting challenging work by emerging artists. Lump acts as a cultural hub for artists from all disciplines, showcasing conceptual art. Michael Salter's work is a massive and in-depth response to visual culture. A self proclaimed "obsessive observer" he culls through the avalanche of mass media and corporate branding to find poignant, absurd and baffling pieces which become part of his work. His work bridges all disciplines from product and toy design, to kinetic sculpture, logotypes, animation, and signage. He is currently interested in cognitive behavior and its relationship to particular visual stimuli, and the continued construction of styrofoam robots.
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