Carol Salmanson works with light and reflective materials to create installations, sculptures, and wall pieces. She is best known for her window installations, which have been seen in Russia, New York, and New Jersey. Salmanson also has an extensive solo, two-person, and group exhibition history throughout the United States and internationally. Her work has been shown in galleries and non-profit venues and artist run spaces such as SL Gallery, Guild Gallery II, PS122, FiveMyles, Storefront Bushwick, Dam Stuhltrager, Sideshow Gallery and others. She has curated and co-curated shows as well.

Salmanson earned a B.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University and an M.B.A. in finance, accounting, and marketing from the University of Chicago. After working for a large corporation, she started a company which bought, renovated, and sold historic houses in Denver. She studied art in New York City at the Arts Students League, School of Visual Arts, and National Academy of Fine Arts’ Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship program. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Independent Curators International, Smack Mellon, and the Hearing Health Foundation.