"Saavedra is a skilled naturalistic painter, and his work exhibits an impressive balancing act between chaos and order, absurdity and meaning, playfulness and gravity. His paintings and assemblages are simultaneously fey, charming and critically incisive." – Art Lies
"Saavedra's work never relies on knee-jerk shock value or easy irony, but is instead animated by a spirit of gritty, thwarted romanticism."
" ... An impassioned social theme ... an eye-seducing knack for elegant line, immersive palette and complex surface; a talent for likeness ... and an unassuming workmanlike vibe ... I was bowled over by the densely worked surfaces, the masterful but elusive technique of paint application." – Plaza de Armas
• Andrews, Scott, "Artifacts: Reclaiming our history (and local artists)," San Antonio Current, 11/16/11
• Ayo, Elaine, "Derby ritual builds pride," San Antonio Express-News, 7/23/08
• Bennett, Steve, "Silver Star: Art center's 25th anniversary exhibit looks forward" San Antonio Express-News, 2/28/10
• ibid, "CAM marches to a new tune," San Antonio Express-News, 3/4/10
• ibid, "Quirky, funny student works on display," San Antonio Express-News, 7/11/10
• ibid, "A who's who of S.A. artists gets back to fundamentals in McNay exhibit," San Antonio Express-News, 4/17/11
• ibid, "Franks and Franco! Yum!," San Antonio Express-News, 2/29/12
• Blaylock, Cameron, "Ed Saavedra: Things Have Gone to Pieces," Art Lies: A Contemporary Art Journal, #69, 2011
• Block, Aaron, "Lame is as lame does," San Antonio Current, 7/7/05
• Cook-Monroe, Nancy, "Social Studies: Energy, art, food all in a week's (or so) fun," San Antonio Express-News, 11/27/11
• Enlow, Callie, "Ones2watch: Fl!ght Gallery," San Antonio Magazine, 1/10, p 32
• ibid, "Ones2watch: Ed Saavedra," San Antonio Magazine, 3/10, p 32
• Fisch, Sarah, "Things to do tonight," Curblog, 4/02/09
• ibid, "Neato Website Roundup," Curblog, 9/30/09
• ibid, "Aartvark: Do this here thing tonight," Curblog, 12/07/09
• ibid, "The Agenda Jan. 7," Plaza de Armas, 1/7/11
• ibid, "Luminaria: The un-Lamening?," Plaza de Armas, 1/11/11
• ibid, "Ed Saavedra: then, now and next," Plaza de Armas, 1/28/11
• ibid, "The Agenda Feb. 3," Plaza de Armas, 2/3/11
• ibid, "Texas Art Travel: San Antonio," Glasstire.com, 8/11/11
• ibid, "Nate Cassie's Regis Shephard f*cked up my sh*t," Glasstire.com, 9/07/11
• Forland, Aaron Hans, "Two Wheels Good," San Antonio Current, 9/11/10, p 12
• Goddard, Dan, "Art off the beaten path has interesting offerings," Express-News, 7/06
• ibid, "South Flores Arts District upbeat, lively," San Antonio Express-News, 1/25/08
• ibid, "Second Saturday: ArtCessibility," San Antonio Express-News, 7/10/08
• ibid, "I'd Rather Get Fired Than Quit," Glasstire.com, 10/10
• Hamilton, Tracy Idell, "Artists push to limit: Derby is a fitting end to city's Contemporary Art Month," Express-News, 7/31/05, p 1B
• Hancock, Hank, "Going to Pieces Over the Weekend at the Art Galleries," Art Attack, Houston Press, 4/04/11
• Hernandez, Johnny, "Local Artists take FL!GHT," La Prensa, 7/06,
• Herrera, Jennifer, "Art Capades," San Antonio Current, 10/17/07, p 1B
• Kimura, Wendi, "Head to Head: Cruz Ortiz and Ed Saavedra," San Antonio Current, 7/3/03 p 14 & 16
• Liscum, Dean, "The ones that got away in April 2011 - Lyons, Saavedra, Perelli, Post," The Great God Pan Is Dead, 5/14/11
• Lloyd, Jennifer, "Coloring outside the lines," 210SA, 6/25/08, p 17
• Martin, Deborah, "Glowing Strong: Artists and the public have embraced Luminaria," San Antonio Express-News, 3/07/10
• ibid, "Luminaria Spotlights," San Antonio Express-News, 3/07/10, p 3G
• ibid, "A night celebrating all manner of creativity," San Antonio Express-News, 3/14/10, p 10B
• "Memories of the Eve of Destruction," ...might be good #56
• Messer, Emily, "Subversive humor gives artist Ed Saavedra an Edge," 210SA, 3/11/09
• Muñoz De la Rocha, Haydeé, "San Antonio Collects: Contemporary," ART Magazine, 3/29/12
• News Speed Reads, "Recycle your campaign signs," San Antonio Current, 6/16/05, p 6
• Olivo, Benjamin, "Blue Star LAB hosts lunch talk," The Downtown Blog, San Antonio Express-News, 9/20/10
• Rockwell, Steve, "San Antonio's Luminaria: A Procession of the Arts and Cultural Enlightenment," D art, spring/summer 2008
• Silva, Elda, "Aztlan Plates," Art Beat, 7/13/08
• ibid, "Ramirez recalled at appropriately over-the-top memorial," San Antonio Express-News, 11/11/10
• ibid, "The grotesque world of artist Lloyd Walsh," San Antonio Express-News, 2/3/12
• ibid, "Spotlight: 'San Antonio Collects'" San Antonio Express-News, 3/21/12
• slut, ART, "Slideshow: The Very First Thursday & Friday of 2011," San Antonio Current, 1/9/11
• Steinberg, Kaitlin, "Ed Saavedra: Requiem for an English Major," San Antonio Current, 1/12/11, p 14
• Teutsch III, Tucker, "Ofrendas and offerings," San Antonio Current, 10/31/02, p 14-15
• Walworth, Catherine, “Fl!ght promises to make history out of works that don't sell before the Eve of Destruction," Current, 10/06/05,
• Wolff, Elaine, "CAM-A-LOT more," San Antonio Current, 7/7/05, p 19
• ibid, "Olmos like being there," San Antonio Current, 7/25/07