Cris Bruch
Paintings
PASSAGE, 2023
Ink on aluminum
34 x 30 inches
$6,000
EARLY BIRD #1, 2022
Ink and shellac on aluminum
7.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches
$800
EARLY BIRD #3, 2022
Ink and shellac on aluminum
7.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches
$800
VERNAL POND, 2023
Ink on aluminum
34 x 30 inches
$6,000
EARLY BIRD #2, 2022
Ink and shellac on aluminum
7.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches
$800
EARLY BIRD #4, 2022
Ink and shellac on aluminum
7.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches
$800
EARLY BIRD #5, 2022
Ink and shellac on aluminum
7.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches
$800
Also available
VESTIGE, 2019
Cement
7.5 x 14 x 9 inches
Edition of 5
$3,500
RUNNEL, 2016
Painted hemlock
90 x 9.75 x 7 inches
SOLD
WELDONA, 2018
Glass fiber reinforced cement and galvanized steel base
32 x 37 x 33 inches
Edition of 3
$15,000
SEE SIX STATES, 2014
Lincoln logs
45 x 15 x 16 inches
$10,000
RUBE, 2010
Fiberglass, epoxy, pigment, and steel
86 x 60 x 38 inches
$27,000
CASH CROP ROTATION, 2016
Wood, corn and pigment
54 x 59 x 34 inches
$16,000
HARROW, 2015 (with detail)
Wood
28 x 100 x 7 inches
$10,000
Photo by Mark Woods. Courtesy Frye Art Museum.
Cris Bruch: Others Who Were Here January 30 - March 27, 2016
HELVE, 2015 (with detail)
Wood
26 x 109 x 2.25 inches
$10,000
JACK, 2015
Wood
10 x 140 x 2.25 inches
$9,000
CLEAVE, 2006
Mahogany
118.5 x 21 x 19 inches
SOLD
TRAMMEL, 2016
Painted wood
69 x 12 x 7.5 inches
SOLD
VALE, 2006
Wood
36 x 6.5 x 5 inches
$3,600
BLIND, 2010
Recycled wood
85 x 42.5 x 35 inches
$30,000
EMOLLIENTS (set), 2016
Blown glass
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3
$7,000
INGRAM’S (from EMOLLIENTS), 2016
Blown glass
6.75 x 5 x 5 inches
Edition of 3
$2,000
MARINELLO’S (from EMOLLIENTS), 2016
Blown glass
6.75 x 5.75 x 5.75 inches
Edition of 3
$2,000
PUROLA (from EMOLLIENTS), 2016
Blown glass
6.75 x 5.25 x 5.25 inches
Edition of 3
$2,000
VELVATONE (from EMOLLIENTS), 2016
Blown glass
6.75 x 5.75 x 5.75
Edition of 3
$2,000
Cris Bruch - Large Sculpture
CONSERVATORY, 2016
Steel, recycled church windows
Dimensions available on request
$60,000
Photo by Mark Woods. Courtesy Frye Art Museum.
Cris Bruch: Others Who Were Here – January 30 - March 27, 2016
EIDOLON, 2015
Aluminum composite
.5 x 207 x 17 inches
SOLD
Photo by Mark Woods. Courtesy Frye Art Museum.
Cris Bruch: Others Who Were Here – January 30 - March 27, 2016
PENT, 2016
Wood
7 x 16 x 16 feet
$30,000
Photo by Mark Woods. Courtesy Frye Art Museum.
Cris Bruch: Others Who Were Here – January 30 - March 27, 2016
MURMUR, 2001
Redwood, mahogany
72 x 72 x 68 inches
$30,000
WIDE OPEN, 2014
Recycled metal roofing, wood
138 x 168 x 156 inches
$50,000
Photo by Mark Woods. Courtesy Frye Art Museum.
Cris Bruch: Others Who Were Here – January 30 - March 27, 2016
PERFECT LANDSCAPE, 2007
Birch plywood, epoxy, and pigment
20.5 x 84 x ____ inches
$36,000
Cris Bruch — Earlier Sculpture
DRUMLIN, 2010
Fiberglass, epoxy and pigment
28 x 48 x 41 inches
$18,000
MONITOR #6, 2006
Paper, pigment, epoxy
3 dia x 20.25 inches
$4,000
12/12 ROOFSCAPE, 2008
Mahogany plywood and paper tape
48 x 33 x 16 inches
$16,000
MONITOR #8, 2006
Paper, pigment, epoxy
12 x 6 x 4 inches
$2,500
CHORTLE, 2001
Wood and coffee
28 x 14 x 14 inches
$6,000
GHOST #4, 2012
Paper
23 x 17.5 x 20 inches
$5,600
Cris Bruch — Works on Mylar and Paper
ROOTS #2, 2012
Ink on mylar
20 x 36 inches
$3,200
ROOTS #6, 2012
Ink on mylar
20 x 36 inches
$3,800
BLACK FEN, #03, 2011
Ink on Paper
49 x 38 inches
$4,500
RATION STAMPS, 1-6, 2012
Woodcut
17.5 x 26 inches
Edition of 25
$600
ROOTS #4, 2012
Ink on mylar
20 x 36 inches
$3,800
ROOTS #7, 2012
Ink on mylar
20 x 36 inches
$3,200
BLACK FEN, #06, 2011
Ink on Paper
49 x 38 inches
$4,500
UNTITLED (small Dusseldorf) #8, 2000
Ink on paper
13 x 13 inches
$600
UNTITLED (small Dusseldorf) #2, 2000
Ink on paper
13.75 x 13.75 inches
$600
UNTITLED (small Dusseldorf) #9, 2000
Ink on paper
13 x 13 inches
$600
UNTITLED (LG Dusseldorf) #1, 2000
Ink of paper
26.5 x 15 inches
$2,500
TUSSLE #12, 2010
Ink on paper
20.5 x 14.5 inches
$1,500
UNTITLED (small Dusseldorf) #7, 2000
Ink on paper
13.75 x 13.75 inches
$600
UNTITLED (LG Dusseldorf) #7, 2000
Ink of paper
28 x 19.5 inches
$2,500
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April 7 - May 21, 2016
Dispatch at Greg Kucera Gallery
The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence
through June 30, 2019
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This exhibition is reviewed in Vanguard Seattle:
Requiem for the Heartland: Cris Bruch's Others Who Were Here by T.s.Flock
March 25, 2016
This exhibition is reviewed in The Seattle Times:
Eerie and elegiac ghost town: Cris Bruch's brooding sculpture about Dust Bowl disappointment by Michael Upchurch
February 23, 2016
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EDUCATION
1986 M.F.A. Sculpture University of Wisconsin, Madison
1985 M.A. Video University of Wisconsin, Madison
1980 B.F.A. Ceramics/Sculpture University of Kansas, Lawrence
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Dispatch, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAOthers Who Were Here, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2014-2015
If That Were Me, Portland Art Museum APEX Gallery, Portland, OR2012
Great Plains, Flottmann Hallen, Herne, Germany2011
Blind, Freshets and Black Fens, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA2010
Gather and Wait, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR2007
How Did I Get Here? - A 20-Year Survey, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA2006
Remains to be Seen, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, ORKittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2004
Duty Cycle, Boise Art Museum, Boise, IDStructure/Skin, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, IL
2003
Dreaming, Doing, Craving, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT2000
Recent Works, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf, GermanyDuty Cycle, Suyama Space, Seattle, WA (catalog)
Time Signature, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1999
Small Comfort, Ateliers Hoherweg, Dusseldorf, GermanyPaper Wealth, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
1997
Some Recent Work, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, ORPrior Works, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
1995
I Never Thought, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA1993
Don’t Feed It, FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WA1992
Gland of Plenty, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR1991
New Works, Fuller/Elwood Gallery, Seattle, WA1989
Objects, Images, Actions, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR (catalog)1988
Cart’s Desire, Fuller/Elwood Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2019
The Power of Place, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS2017
Out of Sight 2017, vital 5 productions, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA2016
Seeing|Saying: Images and Words, The Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC2013-2014
Classless Society, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY2013
Portraits of 20 Northwest Artists, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA2012
Mw (Moment Magnitude), Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA2011
TOPO/GRAPHY, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA2010
Honoring 15 Years of Neddy Artist Fellows, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA2010
Intellectual Property, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA2009-10
A Concise History of Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA2008
The Terrible Twos: A Lawrimore Project Biennial, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WACentury 21: Dealer’s Choice, The Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
Dialogue: Flat/Form, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2007
8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA2006
This is Gallery, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA2005
A Decade of Excellence, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA2003
Crossroads, New Art From the Northwest: CoCA, Seattle, WA2001
Kunstpfade, Peter Bruning Centrum, Ratingen, GermanyLayering, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Neddy Award Exhibition, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000
Do Not Touch, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WAThe Extended Print, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, WA
1998
Metalcraft, Western Gallery, Bellingham WA; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (catalog)Simple Form, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The Objects in Hangar Two, Sandpoint Naval Station, Seattle, WA
Drawings in Space, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Betty Bowen Award 20th Anniversary, WSCTC, Seattle, WA (catalog)
Works on Paper, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
New Faculty New Work, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1997
Printworks, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA1996
Environs, Key Tower, Seattle, WA1994
Print X Eight, FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WAEyes on Public Art, Newmark Center, Seattle, WA
3D X Four, FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992
Betty Bowen Legacy, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalog)Spirit of the West, West One Bank, Boise, ID
Seeds of Creativity, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
Group Show, FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991
In Public 1991, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA (catalog)Come To Your Senses, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Night Gallery, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
In Public, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA
10th Anniversary Show, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1990
Drawing Power, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WAContemporary West Coast Sculpture, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, OR
1989
43rd Visual Arts Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WAStudies for Works in Progress, Fuller/Elwood Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988
In/Transit, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WAThree Person Show, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH
1987
Painting/Sculpture ’87, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WAHome Ala Cart, 911 Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1986
6th Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum, WA1985
Technology in Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI63rd Exhibition of Wisconsin Art, H. P. Reuss Federal Plaza, Milwaukee, WI
COMMISSIONS
2013-21 Public sculpture, Sound Transit Northgate Link Light Rail Station, Seattle, WA
2008-11 Public sculpture, Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center, King County, WA
2005-11 Public sculpture, Vulcan Inc. Development Project, Seattle, WA
2008-09 Public sculpture, Tri-Met Fifth Avenue Transit Corridor, Portland, OR
2006-08 Mt. Si Bridge Replacement Project, North Bend, WA
2003-06 Public sculpture, GSA, Wayne Lyman Morse U.S. Courthouse, Eugene, OR
2002-04 Public sculpture, School of Law Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1996 Public sculpture, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
1991 Temporary Installation, In Public: 1991, Seattle Arts Commission / Seattle Art Museum
1989 Public sculpture, Northgate Transit Center Design Team, METRO, Seattle, WA
AWARDS, GRANTS and RESIDENCIES
2014 James W. Ray Venture Project Award, funded by the Raynier Institute & Foundation through the Frye Art Museum Artist Trust Consortium
2012 Award: Public Art Network 2012 Year in Review, a program of Americans for the Arts
Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle, WA
2012 CityArtist Projects Grant, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
2011 4Culture Individual Artist Project Grant
2009 Award: GSA Design Award for Excellence in Art and Architecture, 2008
2009 Award: National Steel Bridge Alliance 2009 National Award, Mt. Si Bridge Replacement
2008 Award: ArtsFund Poster Artist, Seattle, WA
2007 Award: Pollock-Krasner Foundation
2007 Award: People's Choice Award, 8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
2006 Award: Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle, WA
2005 Award: Alumni Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005 Honors Award: King County Art Collection, Seattle, WA
2001 Residency: Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA
2001 Award: Neddy Artist Fellowship, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, WA
1999 Residency: Atelier Hoherweg, Dusseldorf, Germany
1995 Residency: Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA
1990 Award: Betty Bowen Memorial Award, Seattle, WA
1989 Award: Northwest Major Works, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
1987 Award: Painting/Sculpture '87, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
4Culture King County Art Collection, Seattle
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, NY
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Seattle Portable Works, WA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Stadtsparkasse, Dusseldorf, Germany
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
United States General Services Administration, Wayne Lyman Morse US Courthouse, Eugene, OR
Vulcan Northwest, Seattle, WA
Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT