Margaret Salmon

Margaret Salmon is an American artist who lives and works in Glasgow. Focusing on individuals in their everyday activities, she creates filmic portraits that weave together poetry and ethnography. Recent solo exhibitions include: Hole, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (2018-2019); Circle, Tramway, Glasgow (2018); Mm, Beursschouwburg, Brussels (2018). Group exhibitions include: British Art Show 9 (2021-22), The Machine That Kills Bad People, ICA, London (2019), La Riviere m’a dit, Frac Il-de-France, Paris (2019); The Artists Cinema, Tate Britain (2016). Margaret a lecturer in Photography and Fine Art Critical Studies at The Glasgow School of Art and has been instrumental in the leadership of the MLitt Art Writing programme throughout 2020-21.