Stephanie Germosen Salazar

Stephanie Germosen Salazar is an artist whose practice addresses notions of geographical belonging, visibility, and spirituality as they relate to cultural identity. Utilizing highly tactile materials, she works to communicate the urgency of remembering under conditions of displacement. Salazar received an MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited at Governors Island and Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, NY; Zakaib and Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL; Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA; New City Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, VA; and Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA. She has been an artist-in-residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, High Desert Test Sites, and Smack Mellon Studio Program. Germosen Salazar was named a 2023–24 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellow and a 2019–20 New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellow.