Education

M.A. Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY, 1966–1971

Worked With Sculptor Tony Smith, South Orange, New Jersey, 1967

Graduate Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1966

B.F.A. Painting, Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, VA, 1966

 

Solo Exhibitions

2006    George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2004    George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2003    Recent Paintings, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY

2001    Recent Paintings & Drawings, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY

2000    Recent Paintings & Drawings, SAI Gallery, New York, NY

1999    Recent Paintings & Drawings, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY

1969    Recent Paintings, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

1966    Recent Paintings, Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, VA

 

Two-Person Exhibitions

1995    Open Studio, 290 Lafayette Street, New York, NY

1992    Recent Paintings, Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL

            Open Studio, 290 Lafayette Street, New York, NY

1991    Open Studio, 290 Lafayette Street, New York, NY

1990    Open Studio, 290 Lafayette Street, New York, NY

 

Group Exhibitions

2002    NY Art DC, Gallery 10, Ltd., Washington, D.C.

2001    Members Annual, Liberty Museum, Liberty, NY

            New York, New York, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998    Members Annual, Liberty Museum, Liberty, NY

1988    Group Show, John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

1987    Roethke Arts Festival, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

            Group Show, 44 Beard Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1986    Selections 34, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

1983    Big Plum–Big Apple, Kuban Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1982    Colors At An Exhibition, Caulfield Gallery, New York, NY

            Group Show, Van Wickle Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

            Regulars, T.A.B. Gallery, New York, NY

1981    Faculty ’81 Exhibition, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

            Group Show, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

            Visiting Artists & Faculty, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1980    Been Here & Gone, 1708 East Main Street Gallery, Richmond, VA

            New Talent, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY

            1940–1980, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

1974    Painting & Printmaking Faculty Show, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth

                        University, Richmond, VA

1972    Southeastern Artists Traveling Exhibition, Painting Invitational, Southeastern Center for

                        Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

            Painting & Printmaking Faculty Show, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth

                        University, Richmond, VA

            Ten Years Ago, Painting Invitational, Jewish Community Center, Richmond, VA

            35th Semi-Annual Juried Show, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

                        Winston-Salem, NC

            Irene Leach Memorial Exhibition, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA

1971    34th Semi-Annual Juried Show, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

                        Winston-Salem, NC

            Virginia Museum Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

            Robinson House Additions Painting Invitational, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,

                        Richmond, VA

            Painters’ Independent Enterprise, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University,

                         Washington, D.C.

            VCU Painting & Printmaking Faculty Show, Richard Bland College, Petersburg, VA

            Works on Paper, Invitational Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Richmond, VA

            VCU Painting & Printmaking Faculty Show, Virginia State College, Petersburg, VA

1970    Artists & Architects – An Interaction, American Institute of Architects Convention,

                        Fredericksburg, VA

            Group Drawing Show, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

            33rd Semi-Annual Juried Show, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

                        Winston-Salem, NC

            32nd Semi-Annual Juried Show, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

                        Winston-Salem, NC

            Painters’ Independent Enterprise, Drawings, The Gallery of Modern Art, Fredericksburg, VA

            Painters’ Independent Enterprise, The Carillon Museum, Richmond, VA

            3rd James River Juried Show, Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA

1969    Painters’ Independent Enterprise, Prints, Chapman College, Orange, CA

            Print Invitational, Jewish Community Center, Richmond, VA

            Twelve VCU Faculty, Drawings and Prints, Windsor Gallery, Richmond, VA

            Painting Invitational, Jewish Community Center, Richmond, Virginia

            Painters’ Independent Enterprise, The Carillon Museum, Richmond, VA

1968    Sculpture Invitational, Jewish Community Center, Richmond, VA

1965    Undiscovered Artists, Jewish Community Center, Richmond, VA

1963    Group Show, Lee Gallery, Alexandria, VA

1962    Group Show, Associated Artists Gallery, Washington, D.C.

 

Selected Reviews and Publications

Salvatore Federico at Amos Eno by Lance Esplund, Art in America, October 2003, p. 138.

Talent at the End of the Line: Perfecting Abstract Equipose by Mario Naves, New York Observer,

                   February 24, 2003, p. 16.

Unity and Variety by Jed Perl, The New Republic, January 27, 2003, p. 25.

Learning Curves by Lance Esplund, Modern Painters, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 2002, p. 98.

Theory for Gallerygoers by Jed Perl, The New Republic, March 20, 2000, p. 25.

Art by Sal Federico: Sharp, Vibrant by Elise Freda, Middletown Times Herald-Record, Feb. 3, 2000

Show’s Juror Used Hard Criteria by Robert Merritt, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 30, 1986

Some Notes on Virginia Artists in New York by Morris Yarowsky,  Arts in Virginia, The Virginia

                     Museum of Fine Arts, Vol. 23, Nos. 1&2, 1982-83, p. 74.

A Grandness of Intent by F.D. Cossitt, Virginian Pilot, October 26, 1969