ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork is heavily moderated by my architectural background, as I deploy concepts that are spatial in nature and systematized in practice. My process often begins in the digital realm using computer-aided design and ends with a translation to a physical medium.
The result is a dynamic, experiential approach to making that challenges the traditional boundaries of architectural representation. The work seeks to look beyond the surface, capturing not just what is seen, but the underlying patterns thatnm45 resonate within our deeper understanding of perception and space.
BIOGRAPHY
Isabella Salvo was born in Berkeley California and holds Italian and American citizenship. Her father is an architect and she grew up being immersed in art and design. In 2014 she attended the five year architecture program at the Rhode Island school of design. It was here that she developed her architectural thesis with an emphasis on spatial perception. For her final project, she designed a virtual reality space, composed purely of vectors. After she graduated, she worked briefly for an architecture firm in New York City before moving back to California to join her father’s architecture firm as a lead designer. Eventually leading her own project in 2021. She currently resides in Berlin Germany, doing architecture work remotely, while splitting her time producing for her more theoretical visual arts work. She was acquired as an artist at Hilleckes Gallery in 2023 and has shown work there multiple times since.
EDUCATION
2018 Rhode Island School of Design — Bachelor of Architecture
(B.Arch), Dual Degree Program
2018 Rhode Island School of Design — Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Eigenlicht -- Hilleckes Gallery, Berlin
2019 Gravitas -- Hit Gallery, San Francisco
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Fragile Constructs -- Gezwanzig Projects, Vienna
2025 Position+ -- Gezwanzig Projects, Vienna
2024 Unattached -- Hilleckes Gallery, Berlin
2018 Abstract Realities -- Gelman Gallery, Providence
2017 Un-Touchable -- Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence
2015 Acts of Resistance -- Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence
2013 California State Summer School for the Arts Exhibition, Valencia
HONORS
2018 University Honors Scholar, Rhode Island School of Design
2015 Kakehashi Program Scholar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
2013 Governor's Medallion, California State Summer
School for the Arts
ARTIST TALKS
2024 Artist Talk, Hilleckes Gallery, Berlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__RfVmRaWE
SELECTED PRESS
2024 Leitman, Marissa. Eigenlicht – Isabella Salvo. Kunstleben Berlin.
