Michael Salu

Michael Salu is a creative director, art and photography editor, designer, brand strategist, writer and illustrator.

Born in Britain of Nigerian heritage, Michael Salu earned a BA (Hons) degree in Graphic Communication from the University of Wolverhampton.

In his role as Artistic Director of Granta Publications (2010–13), Salu was responsible for the creative concepts behind Granta magazine, Granta Books and Portobello Books, commissioning and creating work for print, covers and digital. During this period, he was also the art editor for Granta magazine, publishing new and established artists’ and photographers' work. Highlights of his works include curating a showcase of art to respond to the question "What is British Identity?" for Granta 119 and a photographic collaboration with Nadav Kander for Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 4, which also appeared in The New York Times.

At Granta magazine, Salu was also responsible for art editing and commissioning on projects including Contacts and the Pakistan issue.

Prior to Granta, Salu worked for Random House, where he designed and art directed covers for authors such as Kurt Vonnegut and Fyodor Dostoevsky, as well as for more contemporary fiction including Xiaolu Guo and Chuck Palahniuk.

Salu was involved with shaping a new brand identity for Soda Pictures, launched in 2014, and was creative director for the Art Dubai Abraaj Art Prize 2014.

Salu has written fiction and essays for publications such as Varoom, Eye Magazine and Under The Influence magazine. He also contributes original art to Grey Magazine.

He has conceived a variety of digital projects for Granta and other brands. For Granta 110: "Sex", he conceived and commissioned a viral website featuring several films to promote the issue. He was Creative Director on the Granta documentary on A. M. Homes, May We Be Forgiven, in conjunction with her latest novel of the same title, in 2012.

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