Stephanie Germosen Salazar (b. New York, NY) received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has exhibited at Zakaib and Sullivan Galleries, both in Chicago, IL, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning in Queens, NY, Bronx River Art Center in Bronx, NY, Bass & Reiner in San Francisco, CA, and artspace Gallery in Richmond, VA. She has been an artist in residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and Smack Mellon Studio Program. Germosen - Salazar was named a 2023-24 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellow and a 2019-20 New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellow.