Salle received his BFA and MFA from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California in 1973 and 1975 respectively. His work is amongst the museum collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York and the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Reviews of his work have been in many prestigious magazines including Art in America, Arts Magazine, Art Monthly and Artforum.