Michael Salter, Associate Professor of Digital Arts at the University of Oregon, is an artist concerned with the proliferation of graphic icons that are used in contemporary advertising, invading all public space.  With a background in sculpture and graphic design, his art work today includes electronic media, paintings and sculptures, including giant robots made from discarded Styrofoam computer packaging.  Sponsored by a Marsico Visiting Scholars Grant, Salter gave a lecture on his work on Thursday, February 16 to a full crowd in the HyperCube on the third floor.  He worked earlier in the week with eMAD students to produce a wall of his designs rendered in vinyl. 

      He has shown his art nationally and internationally in Brussels, New York, L.A., Portland, London, Amsterdam, Miami, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle, Atlanta and Chicago. His work has been featured in Art In America, Best Art NY 2009, Dot Dot Dash, Pictoplasma2, Grab Magazine, Arkitip Magazine, Repellent Magazine, and LoDown Magazine.