Roberto Salmon

I never followed a traditional path, and I never needed to. My education is built on experience, relentless experimentation, and a refusal to conform to artistic norms.

With 15 years in marketing and printing, I’ve mastered the intersection of visual impact and storytelling—skills no art school could have taught me. Studying masterpieces in world-renowned museums gave me perspective, but my true education came from breaking rules, testing limits, and learning by doing.

My art is shaped by literature, music, culture, and the raw unpredictability of life itself. Every medium I touch is a playground, every piece a challenge. I don’t create within a system; I create outside of it.

I’ve never been handed an easy path. I took every card life dealt me—marketing, construction, cement, ink, ferrofluid, paintball, dirt—and turned them into tools for creation. I never saw limits, only materials. My education didn’t come from classrooms but from experimentation, failure, and the decision to keep going.

For over 4 years, I thought about ending it every day. Instead, I made the choice—over and over—to turn pain into process, thoughts into texture, and survival into art. That’s where my real learning happened.

I don’t have a formal art degree. I have something better. I have complete creative freedom—no rules, no gatekeepers, no fear of failing. The only failure would be staying still.

Solo Exhibitions
2024

Aesthetic Anarchy – Museum District, Houston, TX, USA
Vivid Visions: Embrace the Art – Chelsea Museum District, Houston, TX, USA
Mimosas and Art: A Gilded Affair – Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
Contravene: The Speak Easy Art Exhibit – Museum District, Houston, TX, USA
2022

Democracy on the Dance Floor – Casa Villa, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Viva la Irresistance! – Distrito 60, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
2021

Disruptive Art – Xico Inc, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Group Exhibitions
2024

Polarity – Kroma Art House, Houston, TX
2023

The Other Art Fair – Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX, USA
The Austin Pancakes & Booze Art Show – The Far Out Lounge, Austin, TX, USA
2022

Pop Up Artist Studio X Gallery – Arts Council of Park City, Park City, UT, USA
Tempe Festival of the Arts – Tempe, AZ, USA
Urban Arts – Utah Arts Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Anthropy – Bluedesert, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
2021

Latino Arts Fest – Christian Center of Park City, Park City, UT, USA
Artists in Motion – Edge Water Artists, Chicago, IL, USA
Convergencia – Soph Art, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Liberty Station Art Walk – San Diego, CA, USA
Little Italy Art Walk – San Diego, CA, USA
Expo Art Baja – Eclectico Guadalupe, Valle de Guadalupe, ...