ABI SALAMI
b. 1986, Lagos, Nigeria
Education
2009 University of Texas at Austin (Masters in Professional Accounting)
2008 University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Solo Exhibitions
2023, The Miseducation of Boys and Girls, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
2022, Indeterminate Space of the Imaginary, Band of Vices, Los Angeles, California
2022, Je Ne Regrette Rien/I Regret Nothing, Art Centre of Plano, Plano, Texas
2019, My Africa, Hearne Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
2018, From the Whimsical Mind, Kanju Interiors, Dallas, Texas
Two-Person Exhibitions
2023, Impossible Things, C24 Gallery, New York, New York
2020, How Did We Get Here, Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Selected Curated Group Exhibitions
2023, Nobody’s Appendage: Unapologetically Free. Rele Gallery, Los Angeles
2023, IN-DISCIPLINE: BLACKNESS, Montresso Art Foundation, Marrakech, Morocco
2022, Chronicles 5, Galerie Droste, Berlin, Germany
2022, The LIITA Effect, Curated by Daniel Sierra Dominguez and Bailey Souaid, West Hollywood, Los Angeles
2022, Black is Black: Invitational, Curated by John Spriggins, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
2022, Hold Fast to Dreams, Curated by John Paul Hossley, Neighborhood Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2021, C11H17NO3, Curated by Terrell Tilford, Band of Vices, Los Angeles, California
2021, The First Last Chance, Curated by Jacob Rhodes, Dog Park, Brooklyn, New York
2021, Girls Are Gods Too, Online Group Exhibition, Curated by Jaelynn Wall, TheCurators
2021, Tellin' Our Own Story, Six-Woman Exhibition, Curated by John Paul Hossley, Dallas, Texas
2020, Women (Un)Silenced, Group Exhibition, Curated by Emily McEwan-Upright, Gallery 1202, Gilroy, California
2020, Our Faces Our Voices, Group Exhibition, Curated by Shauna Benoit, Fort Worth, Texas
2020, Conversing Layers, Three-person exhibition, Capital One Bank, Dallas Texas
2019, #UsToo - Phenomenal Women, Curated by Jennifer Cowley, African American Museum, Dallas,
Texas
Juried Group Exhibitions
2021, Moments Like This, Curated by Jessica Bingham, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021, 2021 Juried Exhibition, Curated by Janice Bond Deputy Director of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2021, When Words Fail, Curated by Grace Lang, Visionary Art Collective, Online Exhibition
2021, Who’s Going to Stop Me, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
2021, Show# 115, Online Group Exhibition, Curated by Kyle Hittmeier and Amanda Nedham, Field Projects, New York, New York
2021, American Experience, O’Hanlon Art Center, Curated by Lauren Palmor, Assistant Curator at Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Online Exhibition
2019, 30th International Juried Exhibition, Part 2, Curated by Vernita Nemec, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, New York
2019, New Texas Talent XXVI, Curated by Caleb Bell, Craighead Green, Dallas, Texas
2019, Texas Vignette Art Fair, Curated by Leslie Moody Castro, The Women's Museum, Dallas, Texas
2018, Art at the Atrium, George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, Frisco, Texas
2018, Art on the Veranda, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2017, Judge Amber Given-Davis Art Exhibition, Dallas, Texas
Fairs
2022, Seattle Art Fair, ZINC Contemprary
2022, 1:54 Art Fair, Montresso Art Foundation
2022, Dallas Art Fair, Cris Worley Gallery
2021, Affordable Art Fair, Gallery 1202
Press
Publications
2022, The 20 Best Black Artists in North Texas, Darryl Ratcliff
2022, North Texas Artist Leaves The Business World For Painting, Local Profile, Pamela Petty
2022, Monique Long’s Curated Highlights from 1-54 New York 2022, Monique Long
2022, The Best Booths at 1-54 New York From Photographs to Black Merfolk to Postcolonial Abstractions, Maximiliano Duron
2022, Public Art Magazine, Mihye Kim
2021 Glasstire, 101 Black Visual Artists in Texas, Christopher Blay
2021 Dallas Observer, 6 Local Female Artists Tell Their Stories Through Art at {neighborhood} for Black History Month
2021 Authority Magazine, Abi Salami: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became an Artist
2020 Glasstire, Our Faces, Our Voices
2020 Fleur and Arbor, Q&A with Abi Salami
2020 Dallas Contemporary, Abi Salami in Conversation, Emily Edwards
2019 D Magazine, This Weekend in Dallas: Painter Abi Salami at The Other Art Fair, Natalie Gempel
2017 Prosper Press, Dallas-based Nigerian-American Artist Celebrates Her Roots Through Painting, Emma Polini
Television/Media
2023, IN-DISCIPLINE BLACKNESS 2MTV (Moroccan National News)
2021 NBC5 Tellin’ Our Own Story Feature by Deborah Ferguson
2019 KARK 4 Today Television Interview
2019 KTHV11 Television Interview
Collections
The 5M Collection, Wichita, Kansas
Norbert Simmons Foundation, Miami Florida
Grants and Awards
2021 Black Foundry Award
Aux Creative Fund 2021
2021 Hopper Prize Winner
Saatchi Art 2020 Rising Stars under 35 Class
New Voices Top 100 Artists Saatchi
Residencies
2023, Jardin Rouge, Montresso Foundation, Marrakech, Morocco
2023, AIR Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2021, Fields Projects, Chelsea New York, New York
2021 Jardin Rouge, Montresso Foundation, Marrakech, Morocco
Public Art
2021, 29 Pieces Mural Installation, Guzick Elementary, Dallas, TX
2020, Charon’s Token, Joule Hotel, Dallas, TX