"Salamon uses the rendition of his subjects as a	celebration of color and form and creates a three-way
dialogue between subject, artist,	and the painting process."
	-Tyler Stallings
	Curator of Exhibitions
	Laguna Art Museum

Bradford's studio

Our art dialog group

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Concordia University ,John & Linda Friend Gallery, Irvine, CA

2008 CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

2008 Whitney Gallery "Live!", Laguna Beach, CA

2006 Kelli Couchee Gallery, Valencia, CA

2006 South Coast Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

2005 Kelli Couchee Gallery, "A Quiet World", Valencia, CA

2004 Kelli Couchee Gallery, Valencia, CA

2004 Bradford Studio/Gallery“Fugitive Calm", Newport Beach, CA

2004 Peter Blake Gallery,“Recent Painting’s”, Newport Beach, CA

2003 Square Blue Gallery,“Tastemaker’s”, Newport Beach, CA

1998 Gallery Lunaria, "Current Drawings and Collage", Santa Monica, CA

1997 Bradford Gallery,“Recent Works – 500 Years” Gallery Opening and benefit for CHOC (Children’s Hospital of Orange County) Newport Beach, CA

1997 Gallery 7916 “Icons”(Fairfax & Beverly), Los Angeles, CA

Bradford painting Tony DeLap

2006 Gail Roff International Fine Art, San Clemente, CA

2006 Voshan Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

2006 Marc Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2006 Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

2006 Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Master’s "A Passion for Art", Laguna Beach, CA

2006 Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA (2nd Place Award)

2006 South Coast Gallery "Spring Group Show", Newport Beach, CA

2006 Bradford Studio/Gallery "Tin Can Metaphor II", Newport Beach, CA

2005 Orange County Museum of Art "Little Squares Project", Newport Beach, CA

2005 Laguna Art Museum "All California!" Juried and Invitational Auction & Exhibition (Invited Artist), Laguna Beach, CA

2005 Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Master’s “On the Road”, Laguna Beach, CA

2005 Orange County Museum of Art, “Art & Architecture Tour”, Newport Beach, CA

2005 Laguna Art Museum “Art for AIDS IV”, Monarch Bay, CA

2004 Laguna Art Museum 22nd Annual Art Auction, Laguna Beach, CA

2004 Millard Sheets Gallery, “Love:Whimsy &Wonder”, Pomona, CA

2004 Orange County Museum of Art, “Art & Architecture Tour”, Newport Beach, CA

2004 Showcase Gallery, “Collaboration”, Santa Ana, CA

2003 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Beefcake/Cheesecake II”, Santa Ana, CA

2003 Laguna Art Museum, “Auction: 21 The Art Pack” Laguna Beach, CA

2002 Orange County Museum of Art, “Benefit Art Auction 2002" Newport Beach, CA

2002 Laguna Art Museum,“XX Marks the Spot” Laguna Beach, CA

2002 Square Blue Gallery, “Self Portrait’s”, Newport Beach, CA

2002 Square Blue Gallery, “Painter’s Painter's", Newport Beach, CA

2001 Square Blue Gallery, “Figuratively Speaking”, Newport Beach, CA

2001 Bradford Gallery, “Perspectives on Landscape”, Newport Beach, CA

2000 Millard Sheets Gallery, “Art 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent”, Pomona,CA

2000 Bradford Gallery, “Five Perspectives”, Newport Beach, CA

1999-2000 Huntington Beach Art Center, “Centered on the Center”, Huntington Beach, CA

1996-1999 Jacob Javitz Convention Center, “Artexpo New York", New York, NY

1996-1998 Los Angeles Convention Center, “Artexpo LA”, LosAngeles, CA

1998 Newport Beach City Hall, City of Newport Beach Juried Exhibition, (Second Place Award), Newport Beach, CA

1996-1999 Waldorf Astoria, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences :Grammy’s “Person of theYear” (MusiCares), New York, NY

1996-1999 Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (MusiCares) Directors Guild The National “Real Radio 97.1 Celebrity Art Auction”, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Laguna Art Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
Chapman University
National Museum of Catholic Art & History
The Abraham Lincoln Museum
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gerald Buck
Darrel and Marsha Anderson
Peter Blake
Tom and Lisa Dowling
Jim Doti
Don Bachardy
Tyler Stallings
Todd Miller
Geoffrey R. Le Plastrier
Phyllis Lutjeans
Michael H. Harrah
Eric Sanders
Joseph R. Stack
Jamie Wilson
Gary Cambio
Transamerica Occidental Life
Jerry Garcia Estate
N2KInc.
Intellectual Properties Management
Gallade Chemical Co.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Estate
Cognex Corp.

EDUCATION

2005 David A. Leffel
2002 J. Paul Getty Museum
2001 Ken Auster
1998 BA, Fine Art, Art Institute of Southern California
1997 AA, Fine Art, Orange Coast College
1985-88 William Gilpin

TEACHING

Concordia University, lecture and demonstration, November 2008

Orange County Museum of Art, demonstration, July 2008

Santa Ana College, Art Forum Speaker Series, March 31, 2008

Art Loft 205, Portrait Painting Demonstration, Sept 8, 2007

Orange Coast College, Painting Fundamentals Workshop, Spring 2006

Orange Coast College, Painting Fundamentals Class, Summer 2006

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Salamon paints ‘talking’ portraits”, Laguna News Post, 02/07/2008

“Visual art Top 5 events” Orange County Register, 2/01/2008

“Friendship Animates CAP Exhibit”, Laguna Beach Independent, 11/23/2007

"Salamon exhibits 'Dialog with a Mentor'", Laguna News Post, 11/08/2007

"Art Expo Las Vegas Preview", Art Business News, 08/2007

"Project Little Squares", .Ism : A Community Project, July 2007

Roberta Carasso, "2005 was an artful year", Laguna News Post 12/29/05

Roberta Carasso, "Salamon exhibits at Festival of Arts", Laguna News Post 07/07/05

Liz Goldner, “Portrait of a Portrait Arist”, OC Metro 2/19/04

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “The Most Horrible Man in theWorld”, Commie Girl, OC Weekly 11/2003

Rebecca Schoenkopf, Best of 2003 “Best Politics, Art, & Outdoor Sport”, OC Weekly 10/2003

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “Sex Sells-Happy horny artwork”, OC Weekly, 9/2003

Deanna George, “A Closer Look At Seven Creative Forces in O.C.”, Orange Coast, 9/2003

Daniella Walsh, Art Scene, 6/2003

Irene Hoffman (Curator of Contemporary Art at Orange County Museum of Art) , Orange County Tastemakers, 5/2003

Tyler Stallings(Curator of Exhibitions at Laguna Art Museum), “On Receiving A Summons To Be Painted”, Orange County Tastemakers, 5/2003

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “Portrait of the Art Critics-Bradford Makes ‘Em Tastier”, OC Weekly, 5/2003

Richard Chang, “Portraits of O.C. Artistry”, Orange County Register, 5/2003

Daniella Walsh, Riviera Magazine, 5/2003

Roberta Carasso, .ISM Magazine, Spring 2003

Liz Goldner, “Changing Art”, OC Metro, 01/9/03

Daniella Walsh, “From Passion to Commerce”, OC Register, 8/2002

Roberta Carasso, Artwaves, Laguna News-Post, 5/2002

Lauri Mendenhall, Art Access, Coast Magazine, 5/2002

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “Brilliantly Insane”, OC Weekly 3/2002

Rebecca Schoenkopf, Commie Girl, OC Weekly 2/2002

Young Chang, “Not for the Meek of Art”, Daily Pilot, 9/2001

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “We can be Heros”, OC Weekly,1/1999

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “Shiny Happy Artsies”, OC Weekly, 12/1998

Jeiran Lashai, “The Beat goes on”, Daily Pilot,12/1998

Sharon Zerrinnegar, Editor, “Artist finds Inspiration” The Arts, Coast Report 6/1998

Art Trends Magazine, 2/1998

“Musician, Artist Cares”, Art Business News 6/1998

Rebecca Schoenkopf, “Too Much Success/ Bradford Wants to Grow Up”, OC Weekly 11/1997

Alessandra Djurklou, “Picture This”, Daily Pilot, (Cover) 4/1997

Art Expo, “New York Pays Tribute to Love, Art and Commerce”, Art Business News, 3/1997

Gallery Showcase, Artexpo Preview Magazine, 10/1996

“Star Gazing”, Décor Magazine, 5/1997

Art Business News, 3/1997

“Eyecatching Canvas”, Newport News, 3/1997

David R. Swanson, Photograph, Special Tribute on Jerry Garcia Last Rites, People Magazine 9/1995

Wild World Photo, Jerry Garcia Magazine 9/1995

Gavin Edwards, “Technical Knockout”, Details Magazine 10/1994

Art and Coffee, “Former OCC Student Hits Big”, OCC Coast Report 4/1994

“Artist of the 90's Bradford captures the Stars in Charcoal”, Student Magazine 8/1994

Rebecca Shea, “‘Faire’ Weather adds to Art Scene”, Daily Trojan 4/1989

“A Day at the Bazaar, Et Cetera”, New University 4/1989

Melinda Keller, “Salamon Shows at Art-a-fair”, The Costa Mesa News 6/1988

Peter Baker, “Jet Fighters and Holstein Cows”, View, Los Angeles Times 7/1986

INTERVIEWS

“Festival of Art/Pageant of the Masters”, Laguna Beach, CA Channel 6, 2006
“La Jolla Festival of the Arts”, San Diego , CA Channel 9, 2006
“Calabasas Art Festival”, Calabasas Channel 20, 2006
“Affaire in the Gardens”, Beverly Hills Channel 43, 2005
“Real Radio”, 97.1 Radio Los Angeles, Radio Interview, 1997
“E!” Channel, Nationwide, 1997
“City View”, ABC, Los Angeles, Interview, 1995
“From Around LA”, Los Angeles, Cable Television Interview, 1992

MEMBERSHIPS

LPAPA, est. 1996
California Art Club, est. 1909
Southern California Artists Association, est. 2008

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