EDUCATION
2019 | MFA Painting and Drawing | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA
2016 | BFA Painting and Drawing | SAIC | Chicago, IL
2015 | Norfolk Summer School of Art, Yale University | Norfolk, CT
RESIDENCIES
2021 | Silver Arts Residency Social Justice & Activism | (Remote) Manhattan, NY
2015 | Ox-Bow School of Art | Saugatuck, MI
2013 | Ox-Bow School of Art | Saugatuck, MI
EXHIBITIONS
2023 | GARDEN, LADIES’ ROOM | Los Angeles, CA
2022 | Half of You, Half of Me, ARI SALKA, Private Residence | Los Angeles, CA
2022 | NÉVÉS NEVER DIE, NÉVÉ | Los Angeles, CA
2022 | Glean New Deal, Flower Head | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival - Tom of Finland 101 | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | FEVER, LADIES’ ROOM | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum | Torrance, CA
2021 | PERMAFROST, NÉVÉ | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | LTAC Fire Fundraiser Show, Durden and Ray | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | GARDEN, LADIES’ ROOM | Los Angeles, CA
2020 | Looking Forward // Queer Futures, SaveArtSpace Public Art Show | Los Angeles, CA
2019 | SLIPPERS, QUEENS LA Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2019 | UCLA ART MFA Exhibition #4 | Los Angeles, CA
2019 | SoCal MFA Exhibition | Pomona, CA
2018 | Maiden L.A. x Vibrant Matter, Beacon Arts Building | Inglewood, CA
2018 | UCLA MFA Preview Show | Los Angeles, CA
2017 | Minds I, Dalton Warehouse | Los Angeles, CA
2017 | FAR Bazaar Group Exhibition Cerritos College | Cerritos, CA
2017 | Animal Farm, Dalton Warehouse | Los Angeles, CA
2016 | Spring Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, SAIC Sullivan Galleries | Chicago, IL
2015 | Yale University Norfolk Group Exhibition | Norfolk, CT
2014 | Play, Red Hall Gallery | Chicago, IL
2013 | ARTBASH 2013: Contemporary Practices Exhibition, The LeRoy Neiman Center | Chicago, IL
POETRY READINGS
2023 | ECHO, LE MAXIMUM | Venice, CA
2022 | NÉVÉS NEVER DIE, NÉVÉ | Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS & FILM
2023 | LVL3 Gallery Artist of the Week
2022 | Studio Visit Magazine, Volumes 51 & 52
2022 | SUNSET 24, A Documentary about Art & Los Angeles directed by Charles Derenne & Eduard de Luze at Foundation Beyeler | Basel, Switzerland
2022 | Tom of Finland Foundation RAW ANATOMY Featured Artist | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | New American Paintings, No. 151, Pacific Coast Issue
2021 | SUNSET 24, A Documentary about Art & Los Angeles directed by Charles Derenne & Eduard de Luze | Los Angeles, CA
2020 | Julie Schulte "Ari Salka: On Bodies (Be)held Trans Rights are Under Siege; This Artist Resists" Artillery Magazine DEMOCRACY ISSUE, September / October | Los Angeles, CA
2020 | Ari Salka Studio Feature in UCLA ranked top graduate school for fine arts by U.S. News & World Report Article for UCLA Newsroom
2017 | Ari Salka Studio Feature in The 15 Top Art Schools in the United States By Margaret Carrigan For Artsy.net
GRANTS & AWARDS
2016-2019 | UCLA Graduate Art Department Scholarship
2016-2019 | UC Regents Grant, UCLA Arts Council Stipend
2016-2019 | UCLA Regents Stipend Scholarship
2016 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Commencement Student Leadership Honor, Class of 2016
2016 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Advanced Painting Studio
2015 | Yale University, Norfolk Summer School of Art Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
2013 | Ox-Bow School of Art Work Scholarship
2012-2016 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship