Raised in Upstate New York, William Salit received his BFA in drawing and printmaking from Binghamton University. Currently living in San Francisco, he is an award-winning graphic designer, and maintains a painting studio at 1890 Bryant Street Studios.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990 – present
Principal/Art Director William Salit Design

1985 – 1990
Freelance art director with Landor, Foote Cone & Belding, Pickett Communications, Zabit Associates


PUBLICATIONS

SF Art News, 03/2010
Better Homes and Gardens, 05/2005
San Francisco Houses, (TeNeues Publishing, 2003)
CNN Online, 07/2003
San Francisco Chronicle, 1995
Print, 09/1994

EXHIBITIONS

 

2023
Moving Pictures: Art and Transit, SFMTA & 1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA
FourSquared Alumni, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022
FourSquared, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pictures of People, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2021
48 Pillars, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SparcX, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020
The de Young Open, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Bird, Nest, Nature, 
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
SparcX,
Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA [April/Cancelled]
Spring Open Studios, 1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA [May/Cancelled]
Allowance for Form, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA [May/Cancelled]

2019
Abstrax, group invitational, Radian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fall Open Studios, 1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA
QueerEyes, State of California Building, San Francisco, CA
13th Annual California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition,
Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
Spring Open Studios,
1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA
Allowance for Form, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018
Advanced, State of California Building, San Francisco, CA
Open Studios,
Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Figure Study/Hidden Story,
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
6 month installation of “Looking Up”,
The Mosser Hotel lobby, San Francisco, CA
Diptychs, Arc Artists group show, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017
Open Studios, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Resistance, Arc Artists group show, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2016
ArtSpan’s Selections 2016 Juried Exhibition (Jurors: Noah Antieau, Lisa Coscino, Jack Fischer, Lisa Hasenbalg, Jilian Adi Monribot, Maria Naula, Rusty Rueff), The Midway Creative Complex, San Francisco, CA
Urbanscapes, invitational exhibit, The Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
Open Studios, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Identity, Arc Artists group show, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015
Artifacts, Arc Artists group show, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Open Studios, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014
Impulse, Bay Area Juried Exhibition, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Open Studios, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013
The Prodigy Show, exhibition juried by Joseph Bellows at ArtHatch & Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
Memento, Arc Artists group show, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012
Open Studios, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Life Live, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
Looking Down, solo show at Magnet, SF
Dollhouse, Bay Area Juried Exhibition (juried by Jack Fischer), Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Guerilla Show, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer, Arc Artists group show, San Francisco, CA
Open Studios, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010
Solo show, SOMA Grand Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan’s 2010 Tour des Artistes, San Francisco, CA
Spark, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pairs, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009    Open Studios, ActivSpace, Berkeley, CA
2008    Open Studios, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007    Open Studios, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006    Open Studios, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005
Open Studios, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA
may/be, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Abstracts, juried by Kenneth Baker, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA

2004
Group show,  3 Dollar Bill, San Francisco, CA
Exposed, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003
Artist Complex, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ruminations, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002    Open Studios, Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999    solo show, Minx Gallery, San Francisco, CA