Salvador Muñoz is an artist and cultural worker whose practice spans visual art, public programming, and institutional leadership. Salvador’s artwork is rooted in community, Chicano culture, relational aesthetics, queer politics, and precolonial history. Salvador has exhibited their work at Wave Hill, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, Mayday Space, Auxiliary Projects, and Lincoln Center. He has participated in residencies and fellowships at The Laundromat Project, Culture Push, Wassaic Project, Trestle Art Space, and En Foco. He was a Van Lier Fellowship recipient in 2020. Salvador’s current work explores intentional conversation and creativity as a medium to build empathy.

For over a decade, Salvador has paired his social practice background with a systems-forward approach to develop community centered, mission driven programming across the creative sector. They currently serves as the Vice President of Programs & Strategy at Open House New York. Salvador has served on the Board of Directors of the Laundromat Project since 2022 and currently holds the position of Board Chair. From 2020-2025, he served as the inaugural Director of Public Programs at Poster House, where he built the public programs department for the first museum in North America dedicated to the art of the poster.

Photo courtesy Jeff Barnett-Winsby, Wassaic Project.