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Biography  
Prizes and Awards  
Selected Exhibitions  
Judging and Jurying  
Signature Memberships  
Selected Collections  
Publications  
Video Productions  
     Publications - Magazines:

American Art Collector
        “Street Sense”, March, 2010
American Artist
        “Recent Award Winners”, September, 2004
        “Quick Sketches”, November, 2004
        “National Watercolor Society's 87th Annual Exhibition Award Winners”, December 2007
        “Artist to Artist: John Salminen”, Winter 2009
Artist’s Magazine
        “2000 Art Competition, Experimental Category, Dec., 2000
        “Blurring The Lines”, January, 2001 - Feature Article
        “Creativity Toolbox:  Explore the Abstract”, April, 2002
        “Creativity Toolbox:  Breaking Through”, August, 2002
        “The Artist’s Life”, October, 2003 - Feature Article
        “On The Street”, April, 2004 - Feature Article
        “Artist's Magazine”, May, 2006 - State of the Watercolor
        “The Year's Best Art”, December, 2008
        “An Intricate Illusion”, Jan/Feb, 2009 - Feature Article
        “Brushing Up”, March, 2009
        “Studio Tour”, October, 2009
        “Brushing Up”, March, 2010
        “City Lights”, October, 2010, feature article
        “Eyes on Watercolor in Shanghai”, October, 2010
        “In the Mood”, Brushing UP, March, 2011
        “Simplify the Design”, Brushing UP, October, 2011
Chinese Watercolor Quarterly, The Official Journal from the Watercolor Art Committee of the China Artists Association
        “Watercolor Works of John Salminen”, March, 2011
International Artist
        “International Showcase of Prize Winners”,  
                Winter, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005
        “Prize Winners Showcase”, February/March, 2000, #11
        “International Artist Magazine Challenge #1
                February/March, 2001, #17
        “International Artist Magazine Challenge #18
                December/January, 2004,
                #34
        “Every Picture Tells a Story”, February/March, 2006 - Feature Article
L’Art de L’Aquarelle
        featured article, September, 2010
         issue #6 "Les Lumieres de la Villla", featured article, December, 2010
Minnesota’s World Port, Seaway Port Authority Quarterly Magazine
        Cover, Winter, 1996-97
        Cover, Fall, 1997
        “The Twin Ports In Living Watercolor”, Fall, 1998
Pratique des Arts
        December 2009
Southwest Art
        Cover, May 2010
The Artist
        “"City Life in Watercolour", Artists of the World, February, 2007
Watercolor
        “An Urban Realist Takes On The Big Apple”
                Fall, 1999 - Feature Article
        “How To Keep The Painting Process Meaningful”
                Summer, 2002
        “Artist to Artist”
                feature article, winter, 2009
Watercolor Artist
        “Inside The Artist’s Studio”, August 2009
        “Making a Splash”, October, 2010
        “The Year's Best Painting”, February, 2011
        “Trade Routes”, feature article June, 2011
        “The Year's Best Paintings”, February, 2012
Watercolor Magic
        “Bright Lights, Dark City”, Spring, 1999 - Feature Article
        “East Meets West”, Interview Of Cheng Khee Chee
                Summer, 2000
        “From Our E-Mail Newsletter”, Quote, Autumn, 2000
        “Competition Winners”, Winter, 2001
        “Let There Be Light”, November, 2003
        “State and Regional Winners”, February, 2004
        “How To Win A Prize In 2004”, February, 2004
        “View From the Top”, February 2005
        “Watercolor Essentials:  Use Value Wisely”, June, 2005
        “The Right Touch”, August, 2006 - Feature Article
        “Best of 2006”, February, 2007
        “Picture This” August, 2007 feature article Watercolor Magic - Landscapes
        “Night Visions”, November, 2000
Watercolor Magic Yearbook, 2001
        “Another Interactive Experience”
Watercolor Magic Handbook, 2001
        “Water Media Techniques”
Watercolor Magic Yearbook, 2004
        “Staying In The Flow” - Feature Article
        Cover Art
        “Picture This”


Publications - Representation in Books:

Artistic Touch 3, Chris Unwin Publisher, 1999
Best of Watercolor 2, Rockport Publishers, 1997
Expressing The Visual Language Of The Landscape, “The Urban
        Landscape”, International Artist Publishing, Inc. 2002
How to Enter Shows, Win Awards and Become Famous,
        Harold Walkup, 2007
Iron Range Country, illustrator, State of Minnesota and the Iron
        Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board
L’Art de L’Aquarelle Le Livre 2011, Twenty Four of the World’s
        Greatest Artists, France 2011
Searching For the Artist Within, Karlyn Holman, “Abstract and
        Realistic Paintings Based on Design”, Bayfield Street
        Publishing, Inc. 2002
Splash 6 - The Magic of Texture, North Light Books, 2000
Splash 10 - Passionate Brushstrokes, North Light Books, 2008
The Reason for Watercolor, Chinese Academy of Art, Hangzhou China,
        Spring 2011
Splash 12 - The Best of Watercolor: Celebrating Artistic Vision,
        F & W Pubs, Inc., June, 2011


Publications - Limited Edition Prints

“Superior”, 1997
“Lake and Wells”, 1999
“Venice Beach”, 1999
“Lester River”, 1999
“Brooklyn Bridge”, 1999
“Winter Berth”, 2003
Service Printers Artists Series Calendar, 2004




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