Marky Salvati is a materially based artist working with glass and performance.
He is currently based in Providence, RI and Chicago, IL.
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Current work concerns the ways in which color, heat and glass hold hands and swing themselves in circles. ​​​​
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@markysalvati
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EDUCATION
2028 Glass, MFA, Rhode Island School of Design. In progress.
2026 Glass, Post-Bac, Rhode Island School of Design.
2025 Sculpture and Ceramics, BA, Loyola University Chicago.
HONORS
2026 Artist In Residence, Chicago Glass Collective, Chicago, IL.
2026 Bernard Scholarship, Glass Art Society Conference, at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
2026 RISD Friends of Glass Award, Rhode Island School of Design.
2026 Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design.
2025 Post-Bac Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design.
2024 Jean Unsworth Endowed Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Fine and Performing Arts.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2026 Visiting Instructor, Chicago Glass Collective, Chicago, IL.
2026-2027 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Glass, RISD. Providence, RI.
2025 Teaching Assistant, The Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago, IL.
2024-2025 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, IL.​
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Double-Take, Gelman Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI.
Evolution, Glass Art Society Student Exhibition, Corning, NY.
Where Nothing Has Ever Happened, Gelman Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI.
Intermission, Angell Street Galleries, Providence, RI.
2025 To Every Orange Tree, AS220, Providence, RI.
Friends of Dorothy’s, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
Foaming at the Mouth, Color Club, Chicago, IL.
Critical Mass, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL.
Shadows, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL.
$acred Motherhood, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2024 Beneath The Surface, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Sculptors Alternate, Ralph Arnold Gallery at Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
2023 The Space Between, Ralph Arnold Gallery at Loyola University Chicago, IL.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026 Glass Fabricator, Ben Houtkamp Studio, Chicago, IL.
2026 Kiln Casting Assistant, RISD, Providence, RI.
2025 Glass Technician Assistant, RISD, Providence, RI.
2024-2025 Gallery Assistant, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL.
2025 Stained Glass Lamp Assistant, Shawn Michael Lucas Studio, Chicago, IL.
2024-2025 Administrative Arts Assistant, Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics, The Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago, IL.
2023-2025 Sculpture Lab Technician, Loyola University Chicago.