About
Stephanie Armbruster's atmospheric paintings seek balance between figure and ground, blurring the lines between landscape and gestural abstraction. Each luminous painting is a densely-layered accumulation of structure and symbolism.
Stephanie Armbruster is a visual artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Stephanie earned her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006. Her work is collected privately and publicly, and exhibited nationally at institutions including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Chautauqua Institution, Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, James Gallery, R&F Encaustic Paints, and others.
Solo Exhibitions
Meridian - Scratch & Co + ZYNKA Gallery - 2021
Meridian - Boxheart - 2019
What Hath Night to do with Sleep - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts - 2017
Slate I - Salt of the Earth - 2015
Liminal Spaces - Union Hall - 2012
Hungry Ghosts - Pittsburgh Center For The Arts - 2012
In Search Of Something More - 709 Penn Gallery - 2011
Expanses Explored - ZYNKA Gallery - 2023
Trace Elements - Art Space 616 - 2015
Two-Person Exhibitions
Select Group Exhibitions
Fusion 2020 - Montminy Art Gallery - 2020
Design, Flow, Interpret, Repeat: Contemporary Abstractions - The The Chautauqua Institution - 2018
Abstract Summer - Boxheart - 2018
Nearly 17 And We're Still Here - Boxheart - 2018
Two - Jessie Best Gallery - 2018
Urban Garden Party - Mattress Factory Museum of Art - 2018
Monumental - UnSmoke Systems - 2016
The Radiant Experience Project - Radiant Hall & Jones Day - 2016
New Order: Collage Now - Future Tennant - 2016
John Reigert - Space Gallery - 2016
Discovering Pittsburgh's Renaissance
Renaissance Hotel Installation, Presented by Jeffrey Jarzynka - 2016
French Liaisons - Chatham University - 2016
Response - James Gallery - 2014
Give and Take - Los Angeles Printmaking Society - 2014
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 103 Annual Juried Exhibition
- Westmoreland Museum of American Art - 2014
Drawing Paper - The Mine Factory - 2014
Obscure / Reveal: a survey of contemporary works in encaustic
- James Gallery - 2013
Urban Garden Party - Mattress Factory Museum of Art - 2013
Flight School Fellows Exhibition - 805 Liberty Gallery - 2013
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Competition - 2013
Art Beat - Shady Side Academy - 2013
Disambiguate - Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Kipp Gallery - 2013
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 102 Annual Juried Exhibition
- Carnegie Museum of Art, Heinz Galleries - 2013
Phylogeny Projects - Branch Gallery, North Adams, MA - 2012
Encaustic Works ‘12 - R&F Encaustic Gallery, Kingston, NY - 2012
Distillate - Future Tennant Gallery - 2010
Flights Of Fancy - New Wilmington Arts Association,
New Wilmington, DE - 2010
Gestures 13 - Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art - 2009
Urban Garden Party - Mattress Factory Museum of Art - 2009
Industrial Design Society of America Regional Conference -
Bright Innovations Studio - 2009
New Works - Artists in Residency - Space 101 Gallery - 2009
A Sense Of Place - 937 Gallery - 2009
Out Of This Furnace - UnSmoke Systems Artspace - 2008
A Cabinet Of Curiosities
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh - 2007
BFA Thesis Exhibition - Regina Gouger Miller Gallery,
Carnegie Mellon University - 2006
In Exchange - Olive Tjaden Gallery,
Cornel University - 2006
Microcosm - The Frame Gallery,
Carnegie Mellon University - 2006
Memory & Silence - The Ellis Gallery,
Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
Pavanna Gallery - Represented Artist, Cleveland, OH - 2006
Art Collections
Private Collections U.S and International
PNC Bank Corporate Artwork Collection
Fidelity Investments Corporate Artwork Collection
Residencies & Fellowships
Flight School for Artists Fellowship Creative Capital, Pittsburgh Center For The Arts / Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA - 2011
The Brew House Distillery Program Emerging Artist Residency, Pittsburgh, PA - 2008
Reviews & Publications
Pittsburgh City Paper
What Hath Night to Do With Sleep at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Stephanie Armbruster’s abstracts explore the experience of travel
Lissa Brennan, 7/27/2017
TribLive
Artistic visions of 5 women converge at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Kurt Shaw, 7/16/2017
Pittsburgh City Paper
Seven new art exhibits at Center for the Arts
Bill O'Driscoll, 8/9/2017
The Urbanist
The Slate Series: Salt x Art
Michael McAllister, 1/22/2015
Pittsburgh Tribune Review,
Art Review: 'Response' brings abstract art to James Gallery,
Kurt Shaw, 5/21/2014
Pittsburgh Tribune Review,
James Gallery Collection Reveals Complex Works Painted With Wax,
Kurt Shaw, 12/4/2013
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Personality Test: Stephanie Armbruster,
Chris Ramirez, 9/13/2012
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, Detail From Liminal Spaces,
Jim Rugg & Jason Lex, 8/30/2012
Encaustic Works ‘12,
A Biennial International Juried Exhibition-in-Print,
Joanne Mattera & Laura Moriarty, R&F Encaustic Paints, 2012
Pittsburgh City Paper,
The PCA's 10 Solo Exhibitions are an Impressive Array,
Chris Ramirez, 4/18/2012
Nak-You-Out, The Stephanie Armbruster Interview,
Kym Harper, 2/10/2012
Pittsburgh City Paper,
With Symbolism and Exploded Perspectives, Painter Stephanie Armbruster Explores Postindustrial Landscapes,
Christopher McGinnis, 9/1/2011
Pittsburgh Tribune Review,
Artist Builds Works From Shreds of the Past,
Kurt Shaw, 9/4/2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Local Artists Chosen as Flight School Fellows,
Mary Thomas, 1/31/2011
Awards & Grants
Henry and Elsie Hillman AAP Award, Westmoorland Museum of Art, 2014
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Artist Opportunity Grant, 2011
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Project Stream Grant, 2008
Samuel Rosenberg Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
Elizabeth Jones Award in Humanities and the Arts,
Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
Emily Phyllis Howard Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005
Small Undergraduate Research Grant
Carnegie Mellon University, 2005 - 2006
Undergraduate Grant Carnegie Mellon University, 2003 - 2006
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, BFA in Fine Arts, 2006