Delilah Salgado is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and activist based in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood. Grounded in her lived experiences as a South Side Chicago native, her practice engages Chicano culture, magical realism, and intersectional feminism, drawing on creation myths, ancestral traditions, and collective memory to address themes of identity, resilience, and environmental justice.
Salgado’s work explores the intersections of public art and social practice, utilizing murals, installations, and collaborative projects to challenge systemic inequities and amplify marginalized voices. Her projects are informed by a belief in the artist’s role as a cultural archaeologist, uncovering hidden narratives and reimagining urban spaces as sites of critical reflection and communal healing.
Through her creative interventions, Salgado invites audiences to engage with the resilience of nature and the untold stories embedded in their environments, transforming everyday spaces into platforms for dialogue, empowerment, and collective transformation.