The City of San Benito’s Cultural Arts Department (CAD) is delighted to welcome Erick B. Salazar for his first solo-exhibition in a museum space. Closer to Now: Under the Effect of Form & Color will be on view at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum.
Rio Grande Valley native Erick Salazar began his path in the arts after his military service with the U. S. Marine Corps.
After receiving his B.F.A. in Sculpture and Painting from the University of North Texas in Denton, Salazar would start a career with the Water Production Department for San Antonio Water System — he would remain here for 9 years before making his official return to his artistic practice in 2021.
Closer to Now: Under the Effect of Form & Color presents Salazar and his body of work as they exist now — each piece is a reflection of the thoughts, emotions, and reactions he was feeling in the moment of their creation. Amplifying each piece’s existence as an anchor point in his life is an exploration of both technique and medium; many of the works included in Closer to Now represent a return to techniques used in his early artistic career but on new mediums and enhanced by his current understanding of his own process.
