Kadie Salfi

Metamorphosis, change, and evolution are major themes that I have worked with over the last two decades.  Change is a dominant constant in the universe and everything is in motion at all times. I have tried to capture and freeze motion in some of my work, and at other times I have explored the idea that motion and change cannot be stopped. My work includes photographic images screen-printed with various mediums (crude oil, glue, and ink) on materials ranging from wood, metal, and glass to concrete, plaster and dirt. The images, subject matter and materials that I use are inspired by current affairs such as: globalization, development, transportation, and environmental degradation as well as my own life experiences.
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Education
91-95    Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1994     Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy
1993     California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California

Solo Exhibitions
2007    Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California, Arabian Camels
           & Crude Oil

2005    525 Market Street, San Francisco, California, Right Hooks & Home Runs
            Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California, Metamorphosis
            Fabuloid Gallery, San Francisco, California, A Frozen Moment

2000    University of California, Berkeley, YWCA, Berkeley, California Alphabet Series
            Blazing Paradigm Gallery, San Francisco, California Animal Series

1999    Gallery 124, Mill Valley, California Ballerinas and Baseball
            Gallery 739, San Francisco, California Alphabet Series

1998    Gallery 124, Mill Valley, California Pyramids
1997    Gallery 124, Mill Valley, California Polaroids and Prints

Group Exhibitions
2008    I. Wolk Gallery, Cliff Lede Vineyard Gallery, Yountville, California Wild Thing
            Honey & Milk Art Gallery, Mill Valley, California Life Aquatic

2005    Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco, California Collections
            Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California 13 Frisco Artists on the War
            & The War on the Arts
            On Mettle, Mill Valley, California 50 Butterflies

2004    A. I. R. Gallery, New York, New York 12” x 12”

2003    Magnolia Gallery, Oakland, California, Tunnels
            ProArts, Oakland, California, East Bay Open Studio Group Show
            Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, California Floating to the Surface

2002    Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California Post-Postcard 6       
            Corte Madera Art Center, Corte Madera, California Marin Open
            Studios Group Show, Four Corners Gallery, Mill Valley, California Group Show,

            A. I. R. Gallery, New York, New York Generations III

2001    Four Corners Gallery, Mill Valley, California Holiday Show
            Mad River Post Gallery, San Francisco, California Winter Show

2000    ArtVanSF, 49 Geary, San Francisco, California In The Dark
            City Arts, Point Arena, California ArtVanSF, In The Dark
            ArtVanSF, 49 Geary, San Francisco, California Upside Down
            Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, California ArtVanSF,
            Upside Down at DADA FEST

1999     Somarts Gallery, San Francisco,
             California San Francisco Open Studios Group Show
             Four Walls, San Francisco, California Post-Postcard 4
             Exilio Gallery, San Francisco, California Group Show

1996    Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, New York New Directions '96
            Civic Center Art Gallery, San Rafael, California Marin Open Studios Group Show
            The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois BFA Thesis Show

1993    College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, California Printmaking

1991    Joseph Abel Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Exquisite Corpse
            Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois First Year Program Show

Commissions
2002    Aaron Bernard, San Francisco, California Metamorphosis- My Friend

1999    Bob and Marilyn Kriegel, Los Angeles, California 2000 Calendar
            Jeanine Vaughn, San Francisco, California Racehorses

Residencies
2003    Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California The Artist in the Studio

Teaching Experience
2000    Saint Michaels College, Colchester, Vermont
            Adjunct Instructor -Etching and Drawing

            San Francisco Waldorf High School, San Francisco, California
            Adjunct Instructor -Drawing

1996    California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California
            Adjunct Instructor - Bookbinding and Etching

Related Experience
1996-98    Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California
            I Printed fine art screen prints, etchings and lithographs for Robert                
            Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Claus Oldenberg, Jasper Johns,

            Allen Ginsberg, Robert Gober, Elizabeth Murray, and Bruce Nauman.

1996-07    Aurobora Press, San Francisco, California
            Printer, Printer's assistant and gallery intern.

1988-91    Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California
            Printer's assistant and gallery intern.