Tammy Salzl is an Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) based artist whose practice encompasses ceramic sculpture, painting, installation and film. These mediums are entwined through a pursuit of storytelling that explore connections between the human psyche, the stories we tell, and ecological interdependence. Salzl is the proud mother of a trans daughter and a son living with autism. Her experiences raising them on her own, in a world fraught with profound uncertainty, have driven the underlying themes in her work.
Salzl received a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 2014 and has presented her work in Artist Run centres and public Galleries across Canada and internationally. She is the recipient of several awards including: 2023 Edmonton Artist Trust Fund Award, 2022 Short List Award for the Eldon and Anne Foote Edmonton Art Prize, a Tedeschi Scholarship, a 2018 OALA/Ground Award, and an Honourable Award in The Kingston Prize. Salzl has received grants and residencies from: Canada Council for the Arts; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Edmonton Arts Council, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec; I-Park International Artist in Residence Program; US, the Vermont Studio Centre; the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Centre, Yukon; The Banff Centre, AB; KHMessen Art House, Norway. Salzl is a two time finalist in the Salt Spring National Art Prize (2019 and 2023). Recent solo exhibition include 'Beautiful Parasites' at the Vernon Art Gallery, BC in 2024, and at the Art Gallery of St. Albert in 2023. She has an upcoming international ceramic artist residency at Medalta in the Historic Clay District.
Salzl received a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 2014 and has presented her work in Artist Run centres and public Galleries across Canada and internationally. She is the recipient of several awards including: 2023 Edmonton Artist Trust Fund Award, 2022 Short List Award for the Eldon and Anne Foote Edmonton Art Prize, a Tedeschi Scholarship, a 2018 OALA/Ground Award, and an Honourable Award in The Kingston Prize. Salzl has received grants and residencies from: Canada Council for the Arts; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Edmonton Arts Council, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec; I-Park International Artist in Residence Program; US, the Vermont Studio Centre; the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Centre, Yukon; The Banff Centre, AB; KHMessen Art House, Norway. Salzl is a two time finalist in the Salt Spring National Art Prize (2019 and 2023). Recent solo exhibition include 'Beautiful Parasites' at the Vernon Art Gallery, BC in 2024, and at the Art Gallery of St. Albert in 2023. She has an upcoming international ceramic artist residency at Medalta in the Historic Clay District.
