Ackeem Salmon is a Jamaican-born interdisciplinary artist, harpist, composer, filmmaker, and cultural organizer based between Detroit and Paris. Working across photography, drawing, painting, installation, film, music, and performance, his practice examines memory, migration, cultural identity, and the ways personal experience intersects with larger social and historical narratives.

Often autobiographical, Salmon’s work is shaped by his migration from Kingston, Jamaica, to Detroit and by an ongoing interest in how histories remain present within our bodies, landscapes, rituals, and ways of belonging. Across visual and sonic forms, he considers the relationship between remembrance and transformation, creating works that move between intimacy and collective experience.

Salmon earned his BFA in Photography and Fine Art with honors from the College for Creative Studies, with additional studies at Paris College of Art. His work has been presented internationally at venues including Galerie Joseph in Paris, Val de Vie Estate in Cape Town, and Sotheby’s in New York.

He is a 2026 Kresge Artist Fellow, a 2026 artist-in-residence with AIRIE Foundation (Artists in Residence in the Everglades), a 2024 recipient of the Ashley Longshore Excellence in the Arts Award from YoungArts, and a 2023 recipient of the Gilda Snowden Award. He is also a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris for the 2026–2027 academic year.

Salmon is the Founder and Executive Director of Mirrored Glass, a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to building the infrastructure, resources, and meaningful cross-sector relationships artists need to realize ambitious work. Through artist-led projects, collaborations, and cultural initiatives, Mirrored Glass creates opportunities for artists to engage more deeply with the communities and systems around them.