SELECTED ARTICLES

Cover of a magazine titled "Between the Lines" featuring a person with long dark hair, a beard, wearing a black sleeveless shirt with "The North Face" logo, standing in front of a colorful graffiti wall. The magazine includes headlines about LGBTQ issues, transgender awareness, queer books, a political candidate, and community stories, dated September 29, 2022.
Colorful spiral slide in an art gallery with paintings on white walls and large windows in the background.

Dezeen

Experimental glass brick features at “long-awaited” Detroit design exhibition

2025

A feature on Detroit’s long-awaited design exhibition, highlighting Joey Salamon’s site-responsive transformation of the historic warehouse’s central inventory chute.

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Colorful striped rainbow crosswalk painted on pavement.

Grand Valley state university

Pride Month mural carries special meaning for artist

2019

A feature on Joey Salamon’s block-long Rainbow Road mural, exploring the project’s connections Pride, public space, and his years at Grand Valley.

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FEATURED MEDIA

Cover of RV Today magazine's summer 2025 issue featuring an all-electric Grounded G3 RV, a green and black electric RV with a geometric pattern, driving through a forested landscape with sunlight peeking through trees. The cover also highlights rear kitchens, top RV resorts near Disneyland, 12-volt fridges for camping, and replacing RV subfloor.

RV Today

Custom-Painted Grounded G3

2025

Featured Joey Salamon and Ivan Montoya’s custom-painted Grounded G3 on the cover of its Summer 2025 issue

A diverse group of people attending a panel discussion or meeting in a modern, artsy conference room with rainbow-colored artwork on a white brick wall.
A woman with a platinum blonde wig and makeup, kissing a young girl with dark hair, in a brightly colored, neon-lit setting.

REAL housewives of Salt Lake City

Blackbook Bar mural, featured in show episode

Palm Springs, California

Season 4, Episode 4 — 2023

Colorful mural painted on the side of a building featuring various geometric shapes, rainbow patterns, and bold lines.
Two men having a conversation in a room with wooden walls. One man is sitting on a blue couch with tattoos on his arm and colorful shoes, wearing a sleeveless shirt. The other man is standing behind a wooden desk, wearing glasses, a white checkered shirt, and a pink tie, gesturing with his hands. The room has decorative items, awards, and artwork on the shelves and walls.

JTV Jackson

Bright Walls Mural Artist Joey Salamon

2022

An on-site conversation with Joey Salamon about his creative process, use of color, and approach to creating a large-scale mural during Bright Walls Mural Festival.

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People walking under a colorful, illuminated mural featuring food and floral designs.

BETWEEN THE LINES / Pridesource

Joey Salamon’s Vibrant Paint Palette Is Spreading Queer Joy All Over Michigan

2022

A profile examining Joey’s colorful public work and its relationship to queer visibility.

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The Desert Sun

Jackson Street Bridge mural unveiling in Indio

2023

A feature on Joey Salamon and Ivan Montoya’s 16,000sq Jackson Street Bridget mural, exploring its transformation of a downtown underpass into a vibrant public landmark.

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Man with tattoos wearing sunglasses and a black cap, sitting on a colorful rainbow crosswalk in the sunshine.

The Observer

Downtown Crosswalks get the Rainbow Treatment

2021

The Observer documents the installation of Joey Salamon’s expansive five-way Pride street mural in downtown Sarasota, highlighting its community-driven painting process and message of LGBTQ+ visibility.

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