About

Toronto based artist Wayne Salmon works in photography, film and installation. Born in Jamaica, he immigrated to Canada in the early 1980’s. Salmon's work is concerned with Black sociality, particularly issues around history, migration, memory and the blues tradition. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Ryerson University.

Wayne was the founding editor of Umoja Urban Culture Magazine, and a co-founder and curator at Brickhouse Studio & Gallery, Salmon's writings have appeared in various publications. His photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Canada and the US.

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Documentary Media, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2020
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, York University, 1996

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Kensington Market: Meditations on Home, BCPG, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Reflecting Black, (curated by Julie Crooks), Heritage Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Bearing Witness, XeXe Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Patrons, The Urban Annex, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Exile, The Urban Annex, Toronto, Ontario
2004   Soul, Trane Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Meditations on Home, Brickhouse Studio, Toronto, Ontario

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Linked, Dylan Ellis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2016 New Found Lands (curated by Pamela Edmonds), eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2013 Open House, 182 Symmington, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Open House, 182 Symmington, Toronto, Ontario
2011 Group Show, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Group Show, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Becoming: Photographs From The Wedge Collection (curated by Kenneth Montague), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit,
Michigan
2007   Flava: A Retrospective Exhibition and Book Launch (curated by Kenneth Montague), The Burroughes Bldg, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Perspectives, (curated by Julie Crooks), National Film Board of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Group Show, Artuary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Group Show, Artuary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005    Group Show, Elevator Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Ten, Trane Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2005    Something For Everyone, XeXe Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Group Show, The Urban Annex, Toronto, Ontario
2004   Something For Everyone, XeXe Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002 Group Show, Brickhouse Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2001 The Family Show, Elevator Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Onlooker, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Rememory, A Different Booklist, Toronto, Ontario

PRESENTATIONS
2022 Film Screening and Artist Talk, Migration, Memory and Belonging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2022 Film Screening and Artist Talk, The Kensington Market Project, Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Artist Talk, Caribana: A Portrait, Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto, Ontario
2006 Panelist, New Understanding, (with SEEN Collective), A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Artist Talk, Black Visuals, Brickhouse Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Panelist, 10 for Ten, (with SEEN Collective) Trane Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Panelist, Working Within Collectives, (with SEEN Collective), Shift Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Artist Talk, Black Canadian Portraiture in the 21st Century, The Urban Annex, Toronto, Ontario

GRANTS
2014 Ontario Arts Council, Access and Career Development Grant
2002 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts, Emerging Artist Grant

COLLECTIONS
Wedge Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Private Collections in Canada

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2017 Transition Magazine, 124 (2017)
2007 FLAVA: Wedge Curatorial Projects (1997-2007)

REVIEWS
June 16, 2022, Momus "Wayne Salmon's Portraits of Black Belonging in Kensington Market" by Neil Price

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT, ARTS EDUCATOR / COMMUNITY ART
2008-2018, Program Facilitator, Eva’s Initiatives, Toronto, Ontario
2015, Visual Arts Facilitator, Black and White Photography, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario