Parade: Bradd (SALUT) Young, Solo Exhibition

Hunt Gallery invites you to help marshal the Opening Reception of PARADE, a solo exhibition of new works by Bradd Young, on Friday, September 5th! Parade is on view through Saturday, October 5th.

The work of Bradd Young, aka SALUT, (born 1994) draws from the vibrant cartoons of his childhood, channeling their playful absurdity through expressive characters, bold color, and shifting techniques such as airbrush and impressionism. Trained in graphic design and studio art, his practice moves fluidly between digital drawings, polymer clay sculptures, and acrylic painting, each medium informing the next. Characters often begin as amorphous clay blobs, shaped by instinct, then evolve into painted motifs and back again, creating an ecosystem of imagery that resists traditional settings in favor of free associative arrangements of form and color.

Guided by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, Young embraces imperfection and childlike development, allowing his figures to remain raw, chaotic, and unrefined, an echo of his truest self. Some characters carry symbolic roles: the bandleader, for instance, represents the constant march of time, leading a parade of figures onward in a resistance to the forces that seek to suppress childlike freedom. The work resists cynicism, celebrating the stranger, freakier side of individuality rather than conforming to mainstream expectations.

SALUT is a muralist in Buffalo, NFTA train depot, and Rochester. He has exhibited at Buffalo AKG, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center (ROCO), Memorial Art Gallery, and UUU Art Collective, Rochester, TW Fine Art, New York City, several galleries in Virginia, where he attended school, among others.

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