P Salles

Capturing the Essence of Our World: Views of the Past, Realities of Today and Visions for our Future

Born in Bordeaux, France, by the age of six Salles had crisscrossed three continents. At age seven Salles was creating geometric abstracts in oil pastels. School years saw Salles the recipient of numerous art prizes, culminating in a Gold — National Scholastic Key Award in New York. A Magna Cum Laude graduate in graphic design at Art Institute of Atlanta and 25 year career in marketing and communications at the helm of a top Houston, Texas design firm. In 2000 Salles returned to art full time, opening a Caribbean studio in 2005.

Patrizia's art is found in museums, public gardens and private collections across the globe. Her largest commission: a 12 sqm (35 sql) mosaic swimming pool overlooking the Caribbean waters. Her art is showcased in "Mosaic Art Today", a fine art book featuring top international artists, Schiffer Publishing, NY. Patrizia relocated to Italy in 2016 seeking new influences and further artistic growth. She opened at the Ligurian State Museum with "Madre Terra: In our Hands" in the summer of 2019. The three-month solo show featured 27 paintings and three large statues.

Her life and art, a divide between "Old ...

Museums —
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE USA
Glassell School of art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, United States

Academics/Universities
Graphic arts and Design, Art Institute of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Accademia di Belli Arti G. Carrara Bergamo, Italy
Master in Mosaics Venezia, Italy
Accademia "Riviera dei Fiori" Giuseppe Balbo Bordighera, Italy

Private Study — Pablo Bobbio PHD, Venezuela, Houston, Texas, United States

Solo Exhibitions
2024 "Agorá"; Bordighera, Italy
2024 Atlas; NAG Art Gallery; Pietrasanta Italy
2022 “Seasons on the Riviera,” Hotel Villa Miki, Bordighera, IT
2021 “io sono: i am me” Studio d’Arte Galleria, Bordighera, IT
2019 “Madre Terra: In Your Hands” Museo Archeologico Rossi Ventimiglia, IT “Voices from the Past,” Bordighera, IT
2011“Things Fall to Pieces” Nevis, Caribbean

Group Exhibitions
2023 "Terra!" Rome, Lazio, Italy
2022 “Fiori d’Arte” Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid
2022 “International Contemporary Art Fair” Luxembourg
2022 “Bordighera Alta in Fiori,” Bordighera IT
2021 “Transcendance”, Biennale d’Art Contemporain Sacré, Mentone FR
2019 “Ode á la Vie,” Biennale d’Art Contemporain Sacré, Mentone FR
2014 - 2016 Charlestown Art Gallery, Nevis, Carib.
2010 - 2014 “Artlovers” St. Martin Gallery, Quarterly exhibitions, St. Martin, Caribbean
2001 Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, TX
1988-2000 Art Director's Club of Houston and Texas,
1987-2002 Printing Industries of America
1992-2001 Public Relations Society of America
1975 Scholastic Art Awards, New York, NY

News and Television Appearances
2021 “Riviera Woman,” profile article, IT
“Riviera Times TV” Madre Terra: In Our Hands” Sanremo, IT
2019 “Monaco Italian...