How We See The World

Biography Barry Salzman is an award-winning contemporary artist who currently works in photography, video and mixed media. His projects have been shown across the globe and his work widely published and collected. In addition to being placed in prominent collections, including the EKARD Collection and Sanders Collection in the Netherlands, his work has also been acquired by The Blavatnik Archives in New York City. Salzman was born in Zimbabwe and schooled in South Africa. His maternal family was directly impacted by the Holocaust, prompting his decade long exploration of the recurrence of genocide in his art practice. His project “The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim” that endeavors to humanize victims of the genocide in Rwanda was awarded an International Photographer of the Year award in 2018 from the International Photography Awards (IPA). He has an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from The School of Visual Arts in New York City, a Bachelor of Business Science degree from the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Select Exhibitions, Awards, Screenings and Publications 2024 • Solo presentation at Investec Cape Town Art Fair with IS Art, Stellenbosch. • Solo exhibition at Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida. • Exhibition of The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim , Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre, to commemorate 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. • Solo museum show at Museum Singer Laren, Netherlands (September). 2023 • Solo exhibition at Mirko Mayer Gallery, Cologne, Germany. • Group show, The Color of Light , Mirko Mayer Gallery, Cologne, Germany. 2022 • Paris Photo solo presentation with Deepest Darkest Art Gallery. • Unseen Amsterdam solo presentation with Deepest Darkest Art Gallery. • Group exhibition, LIFE:STILL, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, California. • Solo exhibition of The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim , Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa. Delivered keynote address at official Kwibuka 28 commemoration at invitation of Rwandan High Commission. • Solo presentation with Deepest Darkest, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa. Published How We See The World: The Africa Works in L’Oeil de la Photographie (Eye of Photography), February 2022. 2021 • Group exhibition, Home Is Where The Art Is , Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa. 2020 • Group exhibition and auction for the Friends of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. • Group exhibition, Psithurism , Daor Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa. • Exhibition of works from How We See The World, curated section of Latitudes Art Fair; curated by Executive Director, Lucy MacGarry (curator of The South African Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale). • Essay on How We See The World published in FotoNostrum , Mediterranean House of Photography ( FotoNostrum SL), Iss. 7, September 2020. • Published The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim in L’Oeil de la Photographie (Eye of Photography), April 2020. 2019 • Solo exhibition The Other Side of Christmas, Deepest Darkest, Cape Town, South Africa. • Photo London group exhibition and charity auction of Art On A Postcard, to benefit The Hepatitis C Trust, London. • Essay on The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim , published in the quarterly journal Something We Africans Got: Africa, Arts, Critical Thought , Iss. 9, 2019. 2018 • International Photographer of The Year Award, Deeper Perspective Category, awarded by International Photography Awards (IPA). • Group exhibition, International Photography Awards Best of Show , curated by Catherine Edelman, New York, New York. 2016 • Screening of It Never Rained On Rhodes at Festival of Tolerance, Ljubljana, Slovenia . 2015 • Screening at Festival of Tolerance, Zagreb, Croatia. Founder and President, two-time Oscar winning producer, Branco Lustig. • Screening at 18th Annual New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, New York City. • Published Sharing Makes The Picture: The Ubiquity of Image Sharing in Social Media Networks . In Vision Anew: The Lens and Screen Arts , edited by Adam Bell and Charles Traub, University of California Press, 2015. • Published Inside Banksy’s Dismaland With Artist Barry Salzman . www.designboom.com. 2014 • Screening of It Never Rained On Rhodes at 70th anniversary commemoration of the deportation of Jews from Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Greece. • Screening at Los Angeles Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, Los Angeles, California. 2013 • Graduated with Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Video and Related Media, The School of Visual Arts, New York City.