ABOUT
Whitney Salgado is a Latine digital painter and freelance illustrator. A graduate from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design with a focus on Illustration and minor in Communication Design, they have called Milwaukee their home for over a decade. While Salgado prefers working digitally, they also often work with acrylic paint, ink and other traditional mediums.
Their style has been heavily influenced from Art Nouveau, pop art, and those childhood mornings watching anime before school. Mental health, emotions, and identity are reoccurring themes in their surrealistic portraits. Playing with color is one of their favorite ways to pass the time. The fluid shapes you see in their work have different meanings in each piece and they enjoy hearing interpretations of them. Their goal is to make art that is relatable and believes art is a vehicle for community and connection.
CONTACT
They are currently open for freelance work & collaborations. To commission an illustration or inquire about prints, kindly send details to: ws.illustrations@gmail.com
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CLIENTS
DigBoston / Capilano Courier / Penfield Children's Center / Cramer-Krasselt / Marathon County Historical Society / The Farmhouse Paint and Sip / Racine Zoo / Radiograffiti / Soho Press, Inc. / Riverwest Femfest / Willamette Weekly / The Scientist / Like The Wind Magazine / Narratively / Milwaukee Public Museum / Milwaukee Short Film Festival / Milwaukee Film Festival / Pretty Lethal Designs / Milwaukee Magazine / Latino Arts, Inc. / Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum / LUNA (Latinas Unidas en Los Artes) / Sixteenth Street Community Health / Wisconsin Bike Fed / Artists Working in Education / Kohl's Inc. / San Francisco AIDS Foundation