Timeline

1959
Born in Covington, Kentucky
1978
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights
1979
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1982
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, B.F.A.
1985
Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal Graduate School, Baltimore, Maryland, M.F.A.
1995
Council on the Environment Grant, New York, New York
2001
Sugarman Foundation Grant, Novato, California
2001
National Endowment for the Arts
2001
North Carolina Arts Council
2004
Historic Neighborhood Award for Judges’ Choice to “The Dovetail Garden,” Charlotte, North Carolina
2010
The Gabi Award, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina

Exhibitions

2013–2014
”Winter Blues,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2013
“Color: The Splendor Of,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2012–2013
“Forty Years,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2012
“Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012,” Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz
2012
“Women: By, Of, About,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2011
“The Farm Project 2012,” Collaborative Concepts at Saunders Farm, Garrison, New York
2011
“A Rose By Any Other Name…,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2011
“Salvatore Scarpitta: Trajectory,” Marianne Boesky, New York
2011
“Dwellings,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Project Space, New York (solo)
2010–2011
“All That Glitters,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2010
“Garden of Earthly Delights,” McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
2010
“Summer,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2009
“Down to Earth: Artists Create Edible Landscapes,” The Schuylkill Center’s Second Site, Philadelphia
2009
“Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Group Exhibition,” Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2009
“Strange Clays,” Sullivan Gross, Santa Barbara, California
2009
Summer Group Exhibition, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2007
“Flying the Coop,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2007
“Images and Words,” Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2007
“The Honey Collection Series,” Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York (solo)
2006
Iron Bridge Gallery, Long Lake, New York (solo)
2006
“Garden Improvement,” Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
2005
“Artist Sal ute ArtPace,” Christie’s Auction House, New York
2005
“Inside/Outside Passages,” Abington Art Center, Jenkintown Pennsylvania
2005
“(Re)-Creation,” Guilford Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut
2004
“ECO ART--Radical Approaches to Restoring the Earth,” Beacon, New York
2000–2004
“A Cutting Garden/Flowers for Sale,” Sobriety Garden, Bellevue Hospital, New York (solo)
2003
“The Gardeners Annex,” Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (solo)
2002
“The Holiday Shopping Show, New York
2002
“Water, Land and Air,” Garrison, New York
2001–2002
“The Dovetail Garden,” Edwin Towers, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina (solo)
2001
“The Valise Project,” Lux Institute, Encinitas, California (solo)
2001
“Verging on Real,” Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
2000
“A Gardener’s Diary,” Isabella Stewart Garden Museum, Boston (solo)
1998
ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas (solo)
1997
“Circle in the Square,” San Martina Garden, Palermo, Italy (solo)
1997
“Riedificato Fabbrica,” Abbazia di San Martino delle Scale, Palermo, Italy (solo)
1997
“Disappearing Act,” Bound & Unbound, New York
1996
“The Bake Sale,” Deitch Projects, New York
1996
Carnegie Art Center Benefit,” Covington, Kentucky
1996
“Medicine Cabinet Garden,” Renee Fotouhi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1996
“Valentine’s Day Party,” Creative Time Benefit, Gogosian Gallery, New York
1996
“Ikebana and Flower Power,” Maria Cilena Galeria, Milan, Italy (solo)
1995
“Affirmative Action--Artists at Work Medicinal Garden,” Creative Time, Art in the Anchorage, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Brooklyn, New York (solo)
1995
“Art at the Anchorate: Affirmative Action-Artists at Work,” Creative Time, The Anchorage, Brooklyn, New York
1995
“Bazaar,” Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
1995
“Cage Makes,” C.A.G., Cincinnati, Ohio
1995
“Disappearing Act,” Artworks and Projects, New York
1995
“The Night Garden,” One Main Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1995
Performance Space Benefit, PS 122,New York
1995
“R. Town,” Alex Visio Studio, Brooklyn, New York
1995
“Selections from 1989-1995,” Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
1995
“Vases,” Leonard Rosenburg, Pique, Ohio
1995
“White Columns Benefit, White Columns, New York
1995
Cage Makes,” C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio (video)
1995
“Sal is Racer,” and “The Automobile and Culture,” in “Detroit Styles,” Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan (video)
1994
“Sal is Racer,” The Automobile and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (video)
1994
“Hanging Basket of Grapes, Lipton Owens Company, New York
1994
“Morning Glory and Moon Flower Garden,” Patrick Callery Gallery, New York
1994
“Sal is Racer,” The Automobile and Culture, Museum of Contemporary art, Los Angeles
1993–1994
“Physical Evidence,” Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Lehman College of Art Gallery, Bronx, New York
1993
“Cactus Garden,” Jose Freire Fine Art, New York
1993
“Food,” Nathalie Karg, New York
1993
“Medical Garden,” Wooster Gardens, New York, New York
1993
“Pimpinette,” Villa Val Lemme, Italy
1993
“Presence,” Ramnarine Gallery, New York
1993
“Rewriting History: The Salon of 1993,” Montgomery Glascoe, Minneapolis
1993
“Intoxication of the Echo of One Hand Clapping,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
1993
“Moss & Rust Garden,” Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (solo)
1993
Galeria Il Solotto, Como, Italy (solo)
1993
Galerie Prita, Genoa, Italy (solo)
1993
“Songs of Retribution,” Richard Anderson Gallery, New York
1992
“Body Parts,” Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
1992
“Outdoor Possibilities,” Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, New York
1992
“The THING Benefit,” Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
1992
Update92,” White Columns, New York
1992
“White Columns Benefit,” White Columns, New York
1991
“Combinatorio,” Castello di Sartirana, Pavia, Italy
1991
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
1991
“Value,” New York
1991
Project Room, White Columns, New York (solo)
1991
Galeria II Solotto, Como, Italy (solo)
1990
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Espace Dieu, Paris
1990
“Arte per un Territorio,” Cripta della Resurrezione, Oggaro-Veabe, Milan
1990
“Drawings,” Althea Vialona Gallery, New York
1990
”La Piu Bella Galeria d’Italia,” Gallery Pirta, Florence, Italy
1990
“Something Strange,” White Columns, New York
1990
“Coming Home Again into the Eighties,” Cincinnati’s Art Consortium Ohio
1988
“Palimpsest,” Il Salto del Salmone Galeria, Turin, Italy (solo)
1987
“Signals 1987,” Leonardo De Mauro Gallery, New York (solo)
1987
“Celebrate Cincinnati Painters,” Childlaw Gallery, Ohio
1986
“Works on Paper,” Leonardo DiMauro, New York
1986
“Potato Masher,” Sal is Racer,” and Racer’s Tattoo,” Pavilion of Contemporary Art, Mila (video)
1983
“Burn It Away,” C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio (solo)
1982
“Frozen Motion,” Performance, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights (solo)