Halide Salam
Biography
I received my Master of Art in Painting from New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Ph. D, in Fine Arts, (Studio) from Texas Tech University and professor emerita at, Radford University. I studied Sacred Geometry and Sacred Art Traditions under the famed Geometer, Keith Critchlow, Director of Kairos , Royal College of Art, London UK.
I have been painting and exhibiting in national and international galleries and museums, winning numerous awards in painting and collage. Recently, I won the Open Call Award 2017 at the Athenaeum, Alexandria, Virginia for the exhibition GLOW. My painting, "Title Withheld No. 6" was chosen by the US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program to represent American Artists’ work overseas. My work is in numerous collections nationwide and overseas. I have presented lectures and papers on art and art history during my teaching career, within and outside the United States. My paintings are philosophical investigations and are to be viewed as time-zones. I intuit patterns and structures inherent in nature that speak to the organic creation of personal spaces– places of rest, places of unrest, resonating the identity shifts of my migrant life. Coming from the school of sacred geometry and universal patterns, I find connections with the everyday phenomenon in nature, my life experiences and with sacred texts. I belong to the school of contemporary aniconic art where the image is the vestige, effect or end result of this sojourn in space. My book, Between Two Spaces: Reflections on the Spiritual in Art, was published by Pocahontas Press in January of 2008, and was nominated for the 2008 National Book Award in Non-Fiction. The book traces the intellectual and spiritual development of a visual artist living between two cultures, one that I was born and raised in and the other where I am crystallizing.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, VA., USA
2019
Gallery 21, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018
Sekel Art Atrium, Middleton, VA., USA
2013
Frable Gallery – Artspace, Richmond, VA USA
2010
International Visions –The Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
2008
Echaus Gallery, Kutztown, PA.USA
William King Regional Art Center, Abington, VA,
2006
International Visions – The Gallery, Washington D. C., USA
Almas Hall Washington D. C. ArtExpo,
2004
Artspace, Richmond, VA
2001
Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
International Visions – The Gallery, Washington D.C.,
2000
STF Galeria Internationale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
1998
International Visions – The Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
1995-6
Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD, USA
1993
Develet Guzel Sanatlar Galerisi (State gallery of Istanbul), Istanbul, TURKEY
1992
Izmir Resim Vheykel Heykel Muzesi (Izmir Painting and Sculpture Museum) Izmir, TURKEY
100 YIL Sanat Galleries (100 Street Gallery), Ankara, TURKEY
IRCICA YIildiz Sarayi (Islamic Center for Research in Culture and Art History) Istanbul, Turkey
1989
Danville Museum, Danville, VA. USA
Greensboro Artist’s league, Greenville, VA, USA
Selected Group and Two Person exhibitions.
2020
From these Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. William King Museum of Art. Abington, VA. USA. CATALOG
2019
National Juried Painting Exhibition. The University of Southern Mississippi Gallery of Art and Design, Hattiesburg, MS. USA. CATALOG
32nd September Competition. Alexandria Museum of Art. Alexandria La. USA.CATLOG
Strive. Highlighting the American Ambition and the American Dream. d’art Center. Norfolk, USA.CATALOG
Tangibility of Faith, Art & Religion in Appalachia and Tennessee. Reece Museum and Tipton Gallery. CATALOG
2018
The Cabinet of Curiosities. The Athenaeum. Alexandria, VA. Invitational. CATALOG
New Beginnings, Manhattan Arts International. New York, NY.
Inner World. Cade Center Gallery Arnold , MD. Invitational
2017
Glow. Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA. Open Call Invitational Award
Bangladesh Women Artists. Rogue Space, Chelsea, NY. CATALOG
Cherry Bounce: Appalachian Artist, American Election. William King Museum. Abington, VA. CATLOG
2016
A Sense of Place_ 3-Person Show. Aurora Studio Center, Roanoke, VA
MTSU 5th Juried Natl. Exhibition of Small Scale Works of Art. Todd Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. William King Museum, Abington, VA. CATALOG
2014
MACAA Members Juried Exhibition. UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013
Printing on the Edge. The Lighthouse Gallery, Rua Reidh, Scotland, UK. Invitational
2012
Muslim Eyes. Marin County Fine Art Gallery, Novato, CA. Invitational
2010
An Exhibition of Alchemical, Mystical, Hermetic and Rosicrucian Art. Santa Fe, NM
South Asian American Art Festival. Santa Monica Galleries, Invitational. Santa Monica, CA. CATALOG
2008
Ameri-Dreaming: Art and American Culture. Claypool -Young Art Gallery, Morehead, Ky
Stars and Stripes; Pride or Despair. Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
2006
Americas 2000. Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND. CATALOG
2004
Abstractions Revisited. International Visions – The Gallery, Washington D.C. Invitational
2002
Marking Time. William and Mary Center for the Arts, & Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2000
Reflections of Humanity. Marlboro Gallery, Largo, MD
1997
International Juried Competition for New Work 1997. ArtSpace, New Haven, CN
Art Calendar’s First International Exhibition Thunder and Lightning. Atrium Gallery, Salisbury, MD
Honorable Mention.
1996
Watermarks- National Juried Exhibition, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA. First Place Award
Painting ’96. Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, VA
1995
National Juried Exhibition. Cooperstown Art Association Galleries, Cooperstown, New York
Roanoke City Art Show - National Juried Show. Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA. CATALOG
1994
Collage Exposition. Universal North Galleries, Washington D.C. Invitational
Unity in Diversity, Four Artists Group Exhibition. Mary Ann Reilly Gallery, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
Ralls Collection, Gallery Artists. Mary Ann Reilly Gallery, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
The Contemporary Figure. Maryland Art Place, Arnold, MD.
Art by Invitation. Tweed gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Art on Canvas. National Juried Show. Cardinal Gallery, New York
National Juried Show. MFA Gallery on the Circle
1992
George Washington University, Invitational. The Colonnade Gallery, Washington D.C.
Thirteenth Roanoke City Art Show. Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA. CATALOG
1991
The New District of Columbia Collage Society Exhibition, Invitational. The Art Barn Gallery, , Washington D.C.
Brandt Chapel Centre For Polish Sculpture, International, Invitational. Notoro Gallery, Oronsko, Poland.
Spotkanie International Group Show, Invitational. El Art Galerie, Warsaw, Poland
Mid- Atlantic Art Exhibition. D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA,
1991 Art on Paper. Maryland Federation of Art Center, Annapolis, MD
International Juried Exhibition, Art and the Woman. Clary Miner Gallery, Buffalo, NY. CATALOG
1990
International All on Paper Exhibition. Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York
International Collage Assemblage Competition. Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York
First Biennial Juried Exhibition. Olin Gallery, Roanoke, VA
International Invitational Show. Oddzial Museum Techniki Notoro Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
International Invitational Show. Orangery Gallery, Polish Sculpture Center, Oronsko, Poland.
Third National Juried Exhibition. Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
Open Exhibition. Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Annadale, VA
Sixth Annual International Collage Exhibition, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art North Coast
1989
International Collage Exhibition. Clary- Miner Gallery Ltd., Buffalo, NY. First Place Award.
Mysterious Images – Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition. Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
National Juried Exhibition. Greensboro artist’s League, Greensboro, NC. Best in Show
Women Artists 1989, Invitational Exhibition. Armory Gallery, Blacksburg, VA
North Coast Society 4th Annual International Juried Exhibition. Beachwood Museum, Beachwood, OH
1988
Ragtime: Paperworks. The New Art Center, Washington D.C
Women Artists ‘88, National Juried Show. Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Ninth Annual City Art Juried Show. Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts. Roanoke, VA
Art on Paper ‘88, National Juried Show. MFA Gallery on the Circle, Annapolis, MD
1987
Response 87 –Emerging Visions, National Juried Show. Waukesha Fine Arts Gallery, Waukesha, WI
The New Collage, National Juried Show. The New Art Center, Washington D.C.
Invitational. D. C Metro Art Center, Washington D. C.
Art in Exile. Nexus Gallery-Foundations for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA
International Juried Show. Academy of Fine Arts, Easton, MD
PAINTINGS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Shameem Subrana, Director/Owner, Gallery 21, Dhaka Bangladesh
- CDL Art Collection, Director Marco Khan, Dhaka Bangladesh
- Karlota Contreras Koterbay, Curator, Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN USA
-Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, California, USA
-Mr. Mohammed Attar, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
-Ms. Hanan Shobaski Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
-Dr. Estelle Cook-Sampson, Anthropologist, Washington D.C.
-STF GALLERIA INTERNATIONALE, Dhaka, Bangladesh
-JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Roanoke, Virginia
-Mr. Tarik Khan, Chicago, Illinois
-CITY OF ROANOKE, Roanoke, Virginia
-STF INTERNATIONAL, Dhaka, Bangladesh
-DEVITT JONES FILMS PRODUCTIONS, Washington, D.C.
-RADFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, Radford, Virginia.
-Ms. Lydia Marek, Virginia.
-Dr. And Mrs. James Spisak, Blacksburg, Virginia.
-Dr. Shamsuddin Ahmed, St. Albans, England.
-Ms. Denise Farnwalt, Roanoke, Virginia.
-UNESCO, Dr. Kamal Rahim Choudhrey, Paris, France.
-PAMELA SMITH AND ASSOCIATES, McLean, Virginia.
-ARCHITECTURE INCORPORATED, Reston, Virginia.
-Ms. Winola Carman, Roanoke, Virginia.
-Dr. David Phillips, Musician, Montgomery County, Virginia.
-NOTORO GALLERY, Warsaw, Poland.
-Kristof Stanilawski, Critic Stuka, Warsaw, Poland.
-Dr. Bakhitah Abdul Ra’uf, Anthropologist and Professor of C. Justice, Blacksburg, Va
-CENTER FOR POLISH SCULPTURE, Oronsko, Poland.
International/National Papers, Lectures, Adjudication
2019
LIVING WITH GEOMETRY. Gallery Talk. Piedmont Museum, Martinsville, Virginia
2018
LIGHT AS ILLUMINATION. Gallery Talk. Gallery 21. Dhaka Bangladesh
2014
ICON AS WORD, WORD AS IMAGE. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Oahu, Hawaii.
2013
ICON AS WORD, WORD AS FEELING. SECCAC 2013 Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina.
2011
MAKING LIGHT. Lecture. Hopi Cultural Center. Second Mesa, AZ.
Transforming pigment to Light. Workshop. Katoney Studio. Hoteville Arizona
2010
SHAPING LIGHT: A PAINTER’S VISION. Lecture. Presented at STF Gallery.
SHAPING LIGHT. Artist’s Talk. International Visions Gallery, Washington D.C.
2009
DIALOGUE IN ART. Lecture. Presented at the 2nd South Asian American Art Festival Santa Monica, Ca.
MUSLIM AESTHETICS AND CONTEMPORARY ART OF MUSLIM AMERICANS. Lecture. Presented at the 2nd South Asian American Art Festival 2009 sponsored by FFEM Zanbeel, Santa Monica, Ca.
Artist’s Talk: MEANING BEHIND TITLE WITHHELD SERIES. Presented by The Joan Hisaoka healing Arts Gallery.
RETHINKING MEANING IN THE ART OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION. William King Regional Art Center. Abington, Virginia.
Artist’s Talk: MEANING BEHIND TITLE WITHHELD SERIES. Galerie Myrtis.
2008
Invited Guest Artist in Residence for Two-Day Painting workshop. Chestnut Creek Center for the Arts. Galax, Virginia
2007
TITLEWITHHELD. Gallery Talk. Presented at the Baltic Art Center. Newcastle, U.K.
Talk with Discussion on THE SPIRITUAL IN ART at gallery Opus Greenfield, Ma.
2006
Lecture/Slide Presentation on THE SPIRITUAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART to faculty and students in Nantong & Hangchow, China.
2004
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TRADITION: Contemporary women artists. Paper presented for the Taft Museum in conjunction with the Islamic Center Cincinnati, Ohio
2002
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. Radford University, Radford, Virgiia
2000
BANGLADESH REVISITED: Land, People and the Arts. Gallery 205, Radford University Museum.
1999
Contemporary American Painting. Shilpangan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
An Artist’s Vision. D & D Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Art and Form. Folk Art Museum. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1998
An Artists Vision. Talk presented at the International Visions Gallery. Washington D.C.
1996
SACRED GEOMETRY AND INTELLECTION. Slide presentation at the KAIROSummer School 1996, Crestone, Colorado.
JUROR: The Fifth Annual Painting Exhibition. Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association & The Alexandria Art League, Alexandria, Virginia.
1995
PICASSO AND THE APPROPRIATION OF AFRICAN ARTFORM. 2. THE LEGACY OF AFRICA IN THE ART OF MATISSE AND PICASSO. Lectures Presented to the Honors Program and Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pennsylvania.
JUROR: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER for the State Museum of Pennsylvania for the exhibition Art of the State. Pennsylvania 1995, Harrisburg, PA.
ARTISTS AND SOURCES. Darul Ishan University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1994
THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION AS A SOURCE FOR VISUAL ARTISTS. Paper Presented at Central Woman's University. Dhaka, Bangladesh, December.
PERENNIAL TRADITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY PAINTING. Lecture and slide Presentation at the Arts of the Sacred Symposium sponsored by KAIROS, the Visual Islamic, and Traditional Arts Department of The Prince of Wales Institute, London, England. Crestone, Colorado.
1993
CULTURE AS AN UNDERLYING AND INTEGRATING FRAMEWORK. Paper presented during a panel discussion at the New York City Hall. Panel discussion sponsored by the Mayor of the City of New York, The Mayor's office for Asian Affairs and the Asian American Arts Center. City Hall, New York.
EAST/WEST AESTHETICS. A lecture on: The Development of a Style in Painting. Lecture and slide Presentation at the quarterly conference of Turkiye Sanatclair ve Sanat Seveliler Dernegi Baskani, Martins Hotel, Turkey.
STYLE IN TODAY'S ART. A PERSONAL EVALUATION. Lecture and slide Presentation for Macka Art School Students. Develt Guzel Sanatlar Galerisi, Beyoglu. Istanbul, Turkey
1992
THE NEW ARABESQUE DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART. Lecture and slide Presentation. IRCIA Yildis Sarai, Istanbul, Turkey.
NEW TRENDS IN ISLAMIC AESTHETICS. Lecture and slide Presentation. Illhiat Facultesi. Ankara Valiligi, 100 yil Sanat Galeriesi, Ankara, Turkey.
1991
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY ART. Lecture/Presentation. Notoro Symposium, Poland
1990
Slide/Lecture Presentation. Notoro Symposium, Oronsko, Poland
1987
NURTURING THROUGH THE ARTS: WOMEN SPEAK. Paper Presented at the National Conference of the American Association for Policy and Research for Developing Countries, Bermuda
1986
ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. Paper/slide Presentation, one day workshop for teachers sponsored by the American Islamic Institute of America & Cranwell International Center. VPI and SU, Blacksburg, Virginia.
RELIGION AND AESTHETICS. Exhibit/lecture at the International Institute of Religion and National Confederation of Justice of Christ, Washington, D.C.
1982
PERSIAN IMAGERY IN INDIAN PAINTING. Paper Presented at the Athenian Society, Roanoke, Virginia
EAST/WEST AESTHETICS. Guest Speaker: Roanoke League of Artists, Virginia,
EASTERN AESTHETICS. Guest speaker: New River Fine Arts Center, Dublin, Va.
1980
ISLAMIC ART AND PHILOSOPHY. Paper Presented at the American Association of Religion, Dallas, Texas.
Selected National and International Reviews
Television Interviews: 2019
ETV 3rd. March 2019 Halide Salam artist. Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jamuna TV 4th March 2019 Halide Salam in “Morning Bangladesh.” Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladesh Consulate New York Bangladesh Women Artists. Exhibition Catalog: July 2017.
The Weekly Ajkal. VOL. 09, ISSUS – 463. FRIDAY, 28 JULY 2017 The Opening exhibition of Bangladesh Women Artist in New York.
Boston Bangla New: Bangladesh Consul General Opens the exhibition of the Women Artists of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Disapora. Friday, July 28, 2017
Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20101123/pl_usnw/DC96650
Woman of Distinction Magazine. 2016 March issue http://go.epublish4me.com/ebook/ebook?id=10087883#/0 And Pod cast
(IMAE2010) Opening Reception: November 26 at 6:00pm. Zeitgeist Multidisciplinary Arts Center. November. 2010
Beyond Aesthetics. Exhibition Catalog. William King Fine Arts Center. Essay by Curator Adam Justice. 2008
Smyth County News and Messenger, Smyth County, Virginia. 2008, p.11. Divine Inspirations: Art and Religion Explored
Exhibition Catalog; Title Withheld, International Visions –The Gallery Washington D.C. 2006
Exhibition Catalog; Americas 2000, Northwest Center, Minot, North Dakota. 2006
The Tartan Scene, Radford, Va Jan. 19th, 2005. Art exhibit shows off RU professors’ range of ability.
Exhibition Catalog. STF Galerie Internationale, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2001. Halide Salam: Paintings, Collage and Drawings From 1990 – 2000
International Islamic Services, Altadena, California. Tel. Interview: Halide Salam Artist.July 9th. 2000
The Daily Star. Dhaka, Bangladesh July 16,1999. “Each Canvas Is A Discovery Ground.”
Marquis Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers – Fifth Edition, 1998 & Sixth Edition, 1999, 2010,
Zarposh International. California, December 1997. ArtScape- Bangladesh Artist pgs.51-54
Dictionary of International Biography – Twenty-Fifth Edition. Cambridge , England.
Marquise's Who’s Who in the Southwest 1995 Ed.
V magazine. Roanoke, Virginia, September 1993, p. 21. Artist Halide Salam: Harmony with life forces and supra-senses.
The News. Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Radford, Virginia, September 1993, p. 10 A. Radford art professor is a study in paradox with her art projects.
Radford University News. Vol. IX, No. 1 – Aug. 30, 1993. Radford, Virginia, p. 6. Paradoxical Artist.
Journal: We count the State of Asian Pacific America. An art exhibit focusing on concerns and lives. Robert Lee, Curator, Asian American Art Center. Journal produced by the Asian American Arts Center, New York, New York, May 1993, p. 34.
Yeni Asya Gazette. (New Asia) Istanbul, Turkey, January 12, 1993, p. 4. Insanin fitratinin soyut anlatimi by Maruf Ozulku. (Human nature expressed through geometry).
Turkiye Gazette. Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 9, 1993, p. 8. Gayem, nihai hakikal by Ekrem kaftan (My aim, Endless reality).
Vizyon. Istanbul, Turkey, Jan., 1993, p. 120. Devlet Guzel Sanatlar Galerisinde uluslararasi bir sanata: Halide Salam.
Zaman. Istanbul Turkey, December 2, 1992, p. 11. Ruhdan Kalbe resim sergisi.
Turkiye Gazette. Istanbul, Turkey, November 8, 1992, p. 9. Ruh'tan kalbe (From the Soul for the heart).
Radford. Radford, Virginia, U.S.A., February 1992, p. 18-21. An Artist Without Boundaries, by Leigh Ann Anderson.
Radford. Radford, Virginia, U.S.A., February 1992, p. 22. The Essence of Feelings by Leigh Ann Anderson.
AA Voice. Buffalo, New York, November 28, 1990, p. 7. Clary-Miner Assemblage Show by Patricia Donovan.
The New Art Center. B, Vol. 11, No. 7, p. 4, Ragtime: Paper Works by Laura King.
The New Art Center. B, Vol. 10, No. 10, p. 1, Nov 1987, The Collage Exhibit - A Review by Teresa. Fitzgerald.