Rita Salt’s practice spans tattooing, animation, ceramics, installation, mosaicking, writing, printmaking, and music. Their fantastical world has been a romantic place of refuge from early childhood while their illustrative practice allows them to ideate solutions to societal harm through play. From illustration they found tattooing, through which they have connected with creative communities around the globe.
In their travels, Salt grew invested in public art, and is particularly enamored with mosaics. The magic of public art is how it empowers communities by repairing their connectivities and stewardship in the spaces they inhabit. As our world rapidly gentrifies and public space becomes increasingly sterile, spaces that intentionally generate joy and curiosity are more imperative than ever. By creating mosaics, sculptures, and drawings on bodies, Salt hopes to make people feel like art is personal, and it is for everybody.