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Marky Salvati is an artist working with glass and performance. He is interested in optical and thermal relations in glass. He is curious about how color, heat, light, and performance hold hands, then swing themselves in circles.

Marky is currently pursuing an MFA in Glass from Rhode Island School of Design.

Providence, RI

markysalvati.studio@gmail.com @markysalvati

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HONORS

2026
Artist In Residence, Chicago Glass Collective, Chicago, IL.

Bernard Scholarship, Glass Art Society Conference at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.

RISD Friends of Glass Award, Rhode Island School of Design.

Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design.

2025
Post-Bac Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design.

Youth Fellow, Roman Susan Art Foundation, partially supported by the Illinois Art Council, Chicago, IL.

2024
Jean Unsworth Endowed Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Fine and Performing Arts.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
Double-Take, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI.

Evolution, Glass Art Society Student Exhibition, Corning, NY.

Where Nothing Has Ever Happened, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, 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.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2026-Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Glass, RISD. Providence, RI.

2026
Visiting Instructor, Chicago Glass Collective, Chicago, IL.

Artist Talk, Chicago Glass Collective, Chicago, IL.

2024-2025
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, IL.

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.