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Artist
Salman Toor
b. 1983, Lahore, Pakistan · Pakistani-American · Based in New York, New York, USA
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
- Oil Painting
- Drawing
Salman Toor paints intimate scenes of queer social life, migration, friendship and vulnerability, often using a greenish palette and old-master compositional references. His figures move through apartments, bars, immigration spaces and solitude.
Painting
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Salman Toor's Emerald Green | Art21 "New York Close Up"
Salman Toor in conversation with Chitra Ganesh
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Ask a Curator: Salman Toor: How Will I Know
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2019Bar Boy →
- 2019The Star →
- 2021Museum Boys
- 2019Four Friends
- 2019The Arrival
- 2018Immigrant Men
- 2019Bedroom Boy
- 2019The Singers
- 2020The Green Room
- 2021Group Dance
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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