Roman De Salvo
ROMAN DE SALVO considers himself a sculptor, but to be more specific, a conceptual artist who works well with his hands. As a sculptor, conceptual and installation artist, he works with the ordinary and familiar in an infusion of surprise, intrigue, and visual poetry. He makes generic and vernacular objects into peculiar and often humorous art sculptures. Employing materials normally associated with prosaic domestic construction and decoration, de Salvo fashions art and anti-art objects that continually question the meaning of things. Fireplaces made of combustible wood, electrified conduit power puzzles, home furnishings altered slightly and hilariously; all these describe a restless, curious intellect, fused with impeccable craft and technical skill.
A large part of de Salvo’s work is site-specific, often found in places of little fanfare where it announces itself with startling yet tactful poignancy. He has a knack for integrating his work well with the character of the hosting venue. These venues include the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, inSITE’94 at the San Diego Natural History Museum, 96 Containers in Copenhagen, Caltrans District 11 Headquarters, San Diego, the Children’s Museum/Museo de los Niños, San Diego, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
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Quint Popup in Los Angeles
7 - 19 Feb 2023This month, Quint Gallery is heading to Los Angeles. From February 7-19, we're popping up at the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, exhibiting a selection of paintings, drawings,...Read more -
BOUNTEOUS | A Group Exhibition
26 Mar - 21 May 2022 Quint Gallery | 7655 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, LA JOLLA | 7722 GirardBOUNTEOUS, a group show, will take over both La Jolla locations (7655/7722 Girard Avenue) from March 26 through May 21. The exhibition will be a vibrant conversation between many of...Read more -
Roman de Salvo | Electric Picnic Redux
8 Jan - 19 Feb 2022 ONE | LOGAN HEIGHTSQuint Gallery’s ONE will begin 2022 with Roman de Salvo’s Electric Picnic Redux, originally created during a residency at San Diego’s Timken Museum in 2019. Prompted to respond to works...Read more -
Summer Group Show
31 Jul - 1 Sep 2021 Quint Gallery | 7655 Girard Avenue, La JollaQuint Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, and collage, on view from July 31 - September 4, 2021. Adam Belt ● Nancy Blum ●...Read more -
Distant Light
A Group Exhibition of Black and White Work 7 Apr - 19 May 2018 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeAndrew Alcasid Michael James Armstrong Barry Bell Adam Belt Kelsey Brookes Gisela Colón Stephen P. Curry Kenneth Capps Mara De Luca Roman De Salvo Thomas Demello Peter Dreher Tom Driscoll...Read more -
Roman de Salvo | Lightening
Quint Contemporary Art: 7547 Girard Avenue 14 Mar - 4 Apr 2015Quint Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of LIGHTENING , the sixth solo exhibition for Roman de Salvo at Quint Gallery in the past twenty years since 1995. LIGHTENING...Read more -
DISSECTING NATURE | Group Exhibition
Quint Contemporary Art: 7547 Girard Avenue 14 Jan - 25 Feb 2012“Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.” – Aristotle Quint Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a group exhibition of paintings, sculptures, photographs, video and mixed media...Read more -
Roman De Salvo | Split, Splice, Splay, Display
Quint Contemporary Art: 7739 Drury Lane 17 Sep - 17 Oct 2009Quint Contemporary Art is pleased to exhibit new works by artist Roman de Salvo. This will be the artist's fifth solo exhibition at Quint. The exhibition opens on September 17th...Read more -
Homing In | An Exhibition of 50 San Diego Artists
Quint Contemporary Art: 7739 Drury Lane 29 May - 11 Jul 2009The work of San Diego’s top tier contemporary artists hasn’t been seen in the same place at the same time since 1985, when the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art...Read more -
SHOW DOWN | Group Exhibition
Quint Contemporary Art: 7739 Drury Lane 20 Jun - 19 Jul 2008Quint Contemporary Art is pleased to present SHOW DOWN. The exhibition will open on June 20th with a reception from from 6 - 8 p.m. and will be on view...Read more -
Sculpture on the Floor, Wall, and Ceiling | Group Exhibition
7 Dec 2004 - 15 Jan 2005 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeRoman De SalvoRead more
Tara Donovan
Thomas Glassford
Italo Scango
Matt Offenbacher
Pablo Vargas Lugo -
Roman De Salvo | Recent Work with Electrical Conduit
3 Jul - 7 Aug 2004 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeQuint Contemporary Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by San Diego artist Roman de Salvo. The exhibition opens on July 3 and will continue through August...Read more -
Roman de Salvo | Woods
8 Jun - 14 Jul 2001 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeQuint Contemporary Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by San Diego artist Roman de Salvo. The exhibition opens on June 1 and will continue through July...Read more