My work includes water media, mixed media, acrylic
and oil paintings on canvas, paper and wood. I have
perfected a Mixed Media Medium Sal-Zar™ that
enables me to produce work that does not have to be
protected by glass. This medium has unique properties
that make the work lightfast, and non-yellowing. It
creates exciting unusual visual effects. The medium
may be used to protect prints such as Iris® produced
works that are damaged by water. Currently I am using
chapapote (tar found in Mexico) mixed with spray enamels
and resins in many works on paper and on hardboard.
Artist President, The Maine Artists’ Space
/ Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine 1988 to the present.
Roland Salazar Rose is the Founder of this alternative
visual arts space, voting member of the National
Association of Artists’ Organizations. It
has held hundreds of shows at its physical gallery
the Danforth Gallery since 1988. Then, at the end
of 2001 it closed this space and now operates the
Danforth
Gallery as an Online Gallery: www.masonlinegallery.org.
In 2006 it altered its Mission so that it can manage
the operation of the Opera House Gallery in San Miguel
de Allende, Mexico. MAS now offers an international
site for juried artists world-wide.
Considerable experience in numerous assignments to
government: Job Bank, U>S. Department of Labor;
Race Relations, U.S. Navy under Admiral Zumwalt; Consultant
to the Southern Federation of Cooperatives; Urban
Renewal Planning in the mid-west; Substance Abuse,
state and national auspices; Mental Retardation; Tax
and Management applications. For
List of Publications click here
November 1989 “National
Drawing Exhibition”; juried exhibition of drawings
held at the Brigham Young University Fine Arts Gallery;
Provo, Utah
December 1989 “Salazar”
Gallery 15, City Club; Boston, Mass. One Person
November 1990 “National
Drawing Exhibition”; juried exhibition of drawings;
Brigham Young University Fine Arts Gallery, Provo,
Utah, Group Show
November 1990 “International
Miniature Art” Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
February 1991 Museum of
Quéretaro: A National Exhibition by members
of the Society of Méxican artists: invited
exhibitor.
November 1991 “International
Miniature”; Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
January 1992 “Méxicali
Rose Donde Estas¨; Galeria del Centro Cultural
El Nigromante; Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende,
México; One Person
March 1992 “Dialgos”;
Institute Méxicano Nortearmicano de Relaciones
Culturales, AC; Two Person; Mexico City
April 1992 “Méxicali
Rose Donde Estas” Society of Mexican Authors,
Artists Plastico; SOMAAP Galeria, Quéretaro,
México; One Person
April 1992 “American
Artists in San Miguel de Allende”, USA Ambasador’s
Exhibition; Instituto Allende, SMA, México,
Group Show
October and November 1992 “Seventh
Annual International Exhibition of Minature Art”
Del Bello Gallery, To\ronto, Canada
January 1993 “Vibraçiones
Méxicanas”; Galeria SOMAAP, Quéretaro,
Mexico, One Person
November 1993 “Scene
and Unseen”, 2nd National Juried Exhibition,
Juro Judy Chicago; Eastern New Mexico University,
Portales, New Mexico
March 1994 “Vibraçiones
Méxicanas”; Museo Historico, San Miguel
de Allende, México, One Person
March 1994 “No Agua”,
Galeria del Centro Cultural, Bellas Artes, Encaustic
paintings on wood, San Miguel de Allende, México,
One Person
August 1994 “International
Small Works” Juied by Jerry Saltz; Amos Eno
Gallery, New York City, Group Show
November 1994 “9th
Annual International”, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto,
Canada
January 1995 “International
Exhibition of Minature Art” Del Bello Gallery,
Toronto, Canada
April 1995 “1040:
The Infernal Revenue Service”; An installation
and video; Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine, One
Person
December 1997 -January
1998 “With Your Permision: Gods, Land and People
of Mexico”; Museo Casa Diego Rivera Museum of
Art, Guanajuato, México, One Person
February 1998 -March 1998
“With Your Permision: Gods, Land & People
of México”; Galeria Libertad, Quèretero,
México, One Person
October 1998 “The
Four Seasons of the Master Myth” Danforth Gallery,
Portland, Maine, One Person, installation of 1,000
images, small works on paper & video.
May - July 1999 “Media
Mixta”, Art Focus Gallery, San Miguel de Allende,
México, Group Show
May - June 1999 “Salazar
and Hifschmid”; Ogunquit Arts Collaborative
Gallery: Showcase Exhibition, Ogunquit, Maine, Two
Person Show
September - October 1999 “La
Emoción Detrás del Gesto”; Club
de Industrials de Jalisco: Galeria Vértice,
Luis Garcia Jesso, Dir., Guadalajara, Guadalajara,
Mexico, Solo Show
October 1999 “Dia
de los Muertos”; Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene,
Oregon, Group Show
October - November 1999 “Mainely
Greem, Some Blue” at McCoy Gallery, and “La
Ruta Verde” at McQuade Gallery” Mixed
Media paintings on Canvas, One Person, Merrimack College,
Massachusetts
June - July 2005 “Salazar
& Schult at the Barn Gallery”, Ogunquit,
Maine Artists Space
July - September 2005 “A
Celebration of the Artists of Southrn Maine”
at art gallery at UNE, University of New England,
Portland, Maine
June - July 2006 “Breaking
the Barrie of Oneself” at Galeria Atelier, Fabrica
Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, GTO Mexico
March - April 2007 “Convergence
Series” To herald the Grand Opneing of the Opera
House, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, México,
Salazar will show 20 works in the Series “Convergence”
at the newly constructed Opera House Gallery where
he will act as curator for exhibitions under the non-profit
MAS: http://www.masonlinegallery.org
EXHIBITS CURATED AND/OR DIRECTED
March 1992 “Festival
of the Visual Arts”, San Miguel de Allende,
450th Anniversary of San Miguel de Allende, Mèxico
February 1995 “My
Funny Valentine” Juried exhibition of 11 poets
paired with 11 artists around the theme of love; Danforth
Gallery, Portland, Maine
October 1996 “The
Forest City Annual: Wood Sculpture Exhibition &
Symposium” Portland, Maine. Artistic Director
for six artists doing a public arts project in the
Downtgown Arts District. Over 35 organizations and
individuals partcipated. Panel at the Portland Museum
of Art
1993 - 1999 “New
Directions in the Visual Arts” A video series
produced for the educational market. An effort by
students at the Southern Maine Techincal College,
who produced the artist profiles. Rose selected the
visual artists. Over 30 videos of visual artists have
been produced, and a number are aired on public broadcasting.
Part of the series produced are available through
Chip Taylor
Comunicatons.
LOCAL SHOWS
May 1995 “Crossover”
A collaborative installation of photos, print art
and paintings projected by three slide projectors
on walls in the Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine
August 1990 - August 1991
“Annual Union of Maine Visual Arts Exhibitions”;
Ogunquit, Maine, Group Show
November 1990 “Spirituality”,
University of New England Gallery, One Person
September 1991 “Four
in Hand” Juried exhibition by Jock Reynolds
of four artist’s organizations visual artists’
submissions: The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
November 1991 “Expressions
of Spirituality”, Area Gallery, University of
Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, One Person
October 1992 “Maine
Contemporary Drawing “ Juied by Sigmund Abeles,
Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine
October 1993 Juried exhibition
of Mature Artists of New England; New England Center,
Durham, New Hampshire, Group Show
December 1992 “Minature
Juried Art Instalation”; The Chocolate Church
Gallery; Bath, Maine, Group Show
September 1993 “Maine
Contemporary Landscape”; Juried by Martha Severns;
Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine, Group Show
August 1996 “Four
Artists”; Marjan Frank Gallery; Kittery Point,
Maine, Group Show
January - May 2003 “Gods,
Land & People of México”, Feb; “The
Count of Fate: Tonalpouhalli”, March; “Eyeless
in Gaza” Installation, March 21 One Night Only;
“Tar Heads: Cabezas de Chapapote”, April;
“Encaustic Paintings”, May. All at Estudio
Salazar.
January - May 2004 “Convergence
Series”, “Compelling Visions Series”
and “Mexican Vibrations Revisited”. All
at Estudio Salazar.
June - July 2005 Two Person
Show at the Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
July - September 2005 “A
Celebration of the Artists of Southern Maine”,
July-Sept
