EDUCATION
BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), 2008

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024

Une Vie Series, Mad Hatter Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Inaugural New Mexico Committee National Museum of Women in the Arts Artist Registry Exhibition, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Sovereignty Group Exhibition (Planned), Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM

2024
Flow State Series, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Une Vie Series, Mad Hatter Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Santa Fe Residency Exhibition, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2020
Black Creativity/Griffin Science and Industry – 3rd Place Winner

2005-2010

Regular rotation show at 4Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005
Ricochet, two-man show, South Side Community Art Center

2002

All City #1 Portfolio Competition – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

RESIDENCIES

Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) International Thematic Residency, Santa Fe, NM ○ Theme: Sovereignty (September – November 2024)

SELECTED WORKS

2024 – Present

Une Vie Series

Explores themes of strength, identity, and transformation, celebrating women’s experiences and their cultural evolution.

Flow State Series

Emphasizes sovereignty through the power of choice, resilience, radical acceptance, and intentional focus. Inspired by CBT therapy and forward-only thinking.

2023 – 2024

Dream Deferred Series

Paralleling the transformation of metals with unfulfilled dreams, inspired by Langston Hughes' poem What Happens to a Dream Deferred.

SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2025

Pasatiempo Santa Fe New Mexican (physical and online publication) – “The New City of Ladies”: Exhibit at Turner Carrol Gallery featuring the acid painting of Salome Jaffe alongside fellow artists of the New Mexico Women in the Arts Initiative

2024

Southwest Contemporary Magazine – “Une Vie: The Mad Hatter Gallery’s Inaugural Exhibit to Feature the Acid Paintings of Salome Ali Jaffe”

AWARDS & HONORS

2024 – Site Santa Fe Thematic Residency Program (Sovereignty Partnership with SFAI)

2020 – Black Creativity/Griffin Science and Industry – 3rd Place Winner

SAIC Merit Scholarship Award

The Elmhurst Museum of Art, Award Winner

All City #1 Portfolio Competition – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

NAACP ACT-SO National Silver Medalist (2nd Place)

NAACP ACT-SO National Gold Medalist (1st Place, Illinois)

SAIC Enrichment & Incentive Awards

2025 – Selected for Inaugural New Mexico Committee National Museum of Women in the Arts Artist Registry Exhibition at Turner Carroll Gallery

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS (2024)

Open Studio Event, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM (September 11, 2024)

Interview Session, “Tilt” (SFAI Instagram) – Filmed October 15, 2024 | Air Date: TBA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

10 years of experience teaching and mentoring at-risk inner-city students in art. -Chicago Public Schools.

COLLECTIONS

Santa Fe Art Institute, Private Collection: "Aura" (18x24" acid painting) – Created during the 2024 Residency