DOUG SALVESON
EDUCATION
1971 MFA, University of Cincinnati, OH
1969 BA, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE
Art Exchanges, Columbus, OH
TEACHING
1985 - present Professor of Art, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Recent Works on Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2003 “Mirror Lake,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 “Crossroads - The Paper Pieces,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 “Crossroads,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1995 The Jones Building, Findlay, OH
McClelland Gallery, Findlay Area Arts Council, Findlay, OH
1994 Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1992 Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1990 Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1989 Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1988 FMCT Gallery, Fargo, ND
Collectors Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985 Collectors Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Wassenberg Art Center, Van Wert, OH
1984 McLean County Art Association, Bloomington, IL
Kettering Visual Art Series, Kettering, OH
1983 Denison University, Granville, OH
Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH
1978 Findlay College, Findlay, OH
1977 Findlay College, Findlay, OH
1976 Findlay College, Findlay, OH
1975 Normadale Community College, Minneapolis, MN
1974 North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN
Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH
Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
Springfield Art Center, Springfield, OH
1973 Packard Gallery, Akron, OH
1972 Findlay College, Findlay, OH
1971 Findlay College, Findlay, OH
Indiana University
University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1970 Upstairs Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Fargo-Moorehead Community Theater, Fargo, ND
Rourke Art Gallery, Moorehead, MN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Ping!” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2023 “Let the Color Begin,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2022 “Wonder Things,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2020 “Let’s Talk Abstraction,” Atrium Gallery, Online Exclusive
2018 “What’s New?”, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Winter Selections - In The Abstract," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2017 "All the Blues," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2016 "From the Racks," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2015 “Works on Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Wintry Mix,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012 “RED,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2011 “SILVER,” 25th Anniversary Show, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010 “Thinning – A 24th Anniversary Exhibition,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Flora,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008 “Choose One,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Small Works,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Abstraction,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007 “Holiday Group Show,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 “ ‘10 for 20’ 20th Anniversary Exhibition,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Paper, Paper," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 “Selections,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005 “With Spirit,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004 CITIRAMA, St. Louis, MO
2003 “Atrium at the Plaza,” St. Louis, MO
2002 “Scale It,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 “Recycled Paper III,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999 “Recycled Paper II,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 “Recycled Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996 The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
1995 McClelland Gallery, Findlay Area Arts Council, OH
1994 The Jones Building, Findlay, OH
1993 The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
“Dealer’s Choice,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1992 Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE
The Jones Building, Findlay, OH
1991 “Scale,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Earth Elements,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
31st Midwestern Invitational Exhibitions, Rourke Art Gallery, Moorehead, MN
Rourke Art Gallery Midwestern Painters Invitational, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE
1990 Kathleen Mulcathy: “Glass” and Doug Salveson: “Paintings,” Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Braving the Elements,” Hellmuth, Obata & Kassman, St. Louis, MO
1989 Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL
Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Suzanne Kohn Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1988 Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Summer Dreams,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986 Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985 Columbus Cultural Art Center, Columbus, OH
Collectors Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1984 Collectors Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Robert Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Charles Foley Gallery, Columbus, OH
1983 24th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Gallery
Charles Foley Gallery, Columbus, OH
The Trade Street Gallery, Tyron, NC
Wiebe and Bonwell Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
1982 23rd Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Gallery
National Painting Invitational, North Hennepin Community College,
Minneapolis, MN
1981 22nd Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
(traveling exhibition)
1980 Two-person exhibition, Defiance College, Defiance, OH
Two-person exhibition, Findlay College, Findlay, OH
Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, MN
1979 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1978 Drawing Invitational, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN
1977 Arnold Klein gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Rourke Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1976 Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Gallery 200, Columbus, OH
Klein-Vogel Gallery, Royal Oak, MN
1975 Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Packard Gallery, Akron, OH
Plains Art museum, Moorhead, MN
1974 Rourke Gallery, Moorhead, MN
Findlay College, Findlay, OH
1973 Anderson Winter Show, Anderson, IN
Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Findlay College, Findlay, OH
Packard Gallery, Akron
1972 Allen County Museum, Lima, OH
Gallery One, Findlay, OH
Gallery 200, Columbus, OH
University of Minnesota, Morris, MN
1971 University of Cincinnati, Two-person show, Cincinnati, OH
Findlay College, Findlay, OH
Rourke Gallery, Moorehead, MN
1970 59th Annual Exhibition, Newport, Rhode Island Art Association
Miami University, Oxford, OH
New York International Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, New York, NY
1969 University of Minnesota Arts Festival
34th National Graphics Art and Drawing Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
9th Anniversary Exhibition, Rourke Art Gallery, Moorehead, MN
1968 Red River Art Center, Traveling Exhibition, Moorehead State College, Three-person show, Moorhead, MN
AWARDS
2006 Elizabeth S. Gupta Award for Excellence in Fine Arts Teaching, The University of Findlay
1993 Ohio Designer Craftsmen: Citation for Outstanding Service
1988 Ohioan Citation for distinguished service to Ohio or by an Ohioan in the field of
Fine Arts
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Ritz Carlton, St. Louis, MO
The Private Bank, St. Louis, MO
Advanced Business Fulfillment
A.G. Edwards, St. Louis, MO
Kurashike University of Science of the Arts, Okayama, Japan
Armstrong and Teasdale, St. Louis, MO
Mobil Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Toledo Trust, Toledo, OH
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN
Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
Luther College, Decorah, IA
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
Jacobsen, Maynard, Tuschman and Kalur Company, Toledo, OH
F and M Marquette National Bank, Minneapolis, MN
The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
Libby-Owens-Ford Company, Toledo, OH
Arbor Health Care, Lima, OH
Holmes and Graves, St. Paul, MN
Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, MO
Trustcorp, Naples, FL
Xerox Corporation, Chicago, IL
Coopers and Lybrand, Columbus, OH
Dean, Witter, Reynolds, Cleveland, OH
NCR Corporation, Brentwood, TN
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, Columbus, OH
First National Bank, Columbia, OH
McDonald’s Regional Office, Columbus, OH
Parkcrest Surgical Association, St. Louis, MO
Krey Distributing Company, St. Louis, MO
Image Art Productions, Santa Monica, CA
Cardinal Distribution, Dublin, OH
Miceli Holding Co., Ballwin, MO
Husch & Eppenberger, St. Louis, MO
NCR Corporation, Newton, MA
Winegarner & Hammons, Inc. Cincinnati, OH
Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus, OH
Paul Werth Associates, Inc. Columbus, OH
Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO
Chemical Mortgage Corporation, Worthington, OH
Belvedere Co., Belvidere, IL
Prudential Home Mortgage Company, Clayton, MO
Johnson & Higgins, St. Louis, MO
Abott Laboratories, Chicago, IL
Clark State Community College, Springfield, OH
Kingston Health Care, Toledo, OH
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
US Bank Trust, St.Louis, MO
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, St. Louis, MO
Lusk & Harkin, Columbus, OH
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, and Aronoff, Columbus, OH
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Spangerberger, Shipley, Traci, Lancione, and Liber, Cleveland, OH
McKinsey and Co., Cleveland, OH
A.G. Edwards & Company, St. Louis, MO
HBE Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Sterling Properties for Laclede Gas Building, St. Louis, MO
US Bank, St. Louis, MO
Stonehenge, Columbus, OH
Public Employees Retirement System, Columbus, OH
Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, OH
Armstrong Mortgage, Columbus, OH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2000 Smith, Brian. “Doug Salveson: Crossroads- The Paper Pieces,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 20.
1998 Smith, Brian. “Landscape and Light Connect Diverse Work,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 11.
1994 Ferring-Shepley, Carol. “Dynamic Balance.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 10
Shanley, Audra. “Art Seen.” Ladue News, March 25
1992 Duffy, Robert W. “Salveson’s Abstract View of the Garden Wall.”
St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 26
1991 Vallongo, Sally. “A Lively Group of Findlay Artist.” The Blade, Toledo, OH,
January 18
1990 Wolf, John Paul. St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 8
“Art in a Fortress.” Where/ St. Louis, March