ABOUT

David Constantino Salazar is a Toronto-based sculptor with a Master in Fine Arts degree from OCAD University.  His research focuses on the double intended messages in traditional fable stories. The allegories in his work invite the viewer to reflect on the human experience through traditional animal-based narrative.  Salazar’s studio practice is highly focused on the tradition of hand modeling clay and the fabrication process of casting in bronze, resin, or ceramic.

 

Ecuadorian – Canadian artist, Salazar examines the confluence of his symbolic and ancestral roots as a South American with his daily life as a Canadian. A recipient of multiple residencies internationally and domestically, Salazar has represented Canada at the International Biennial of Asuncion (Paraguay), completed the Studio Research Residency (Flora & Fauna) in Tiradentes, Brazil. In Canada, he was awarded the AKIN Studio Residence Program at MOCA Toronto and has been invited to the Creative Professionals-in-Residence Mentor Program at OCAD University. 

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His public commissions include 2012 Carnaval, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 2015 Spadina Museum, Nuit Blanche, Toronto (Canada), in 2015 he was commissioned by First Capital Realty Inc. for two permanent public art sculptures in Georgetown, (Canada). Salazar is currently working on Hogtown, a public art commission to be installed in Toronto's west end neighborhood Parkdale.