Andre Salcido began his art career at the age of five in kindergarten class, when his inspired art piece was run off on his grammar school's purple ditto machine for a group exhibit. Throughout his childhood, he loved to watch cartoons and Japanese robot action shows on his family's black and white television. At school Andre would get into fierce competitions with classmates, jockeying for top position in drawing the most ominous robot. In high school, he found a passion for figure drawing and acrylic painting.

In college, Andre varied his studies with traditional studio art, film production, photography, and computer graphics. He developed a love for the narrative aspects of film and fiction writing, which he carried over into his art. Andre learned experimental storytelling and multimedia as an intern at The George Coates Performance Works, where he served as a storyboard artist and stagehand. He explored unique approaches to visual art and storytelling, with projects ranging from fictional anthropological exhibits, consisting of paintings and photo manipulations, to linear storytelling efforts in 3-dimensional collage.

Following graduation from The Evergreen State College, Andre forged a career in the graphic arts in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving on varied projects from video games to film special effects, web design, and graphic design for print. He now paints in a small studio in his home, producing works in oil on panel, producing multiple ongoing series with subjects such as plants, monsters, fictional biological phenomenon, as well as colorful abstracts. He is currently showing in solo and group events in California.