Cris Bruch

A curved, dark-colored art piece hanging on a white gallery wall, with lights directed at it, creating a shadow below.

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

Blown glass, oversized white square container with blue interior.

PUROLA (from EMOLLIENTS), 2016
Blown glass
6.75 x 5.25 x 5.25 inches
Edition of 3
$2,000

Blown glass, oversized white container with blue interior placed on a brown surface and background.

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

An art installation of interwoven wooden and black painted wooden slats forming a maze or labyrinth inside a gallery with wooden floors and white walls.

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

A large abstract sculpture made of corrugated metal sheets arranged in a curved shape, with a wooden arch at the top, displayed in an art gallery with wooden flooring.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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, WA

    Others Who Were Here, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

    2014-2015
    If That Were Me, Portland Art Museum APEX Gallery, Portland, OR

    2012
    Great Plains, Flottmann Hallen, Herne, Germany

    2011
    Blind, Freshets and Black Fens, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

    2010
    Gather and Wait, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

    2007
    How Did I Get Here? - A 20-Year Survey, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

    2006
    Remains to be Seen, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

    Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

    2004
    Duty Cycle, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

    Structure/Skin, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, IL

    2003
    Dreaming, Doing, Craving, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT

    2000
    Recent Works, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf, Germany

    Duty Cycle, Suyama Space, Seattle, WA (catalog)

    Time Signature, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

    1999
    Small Comfort, Ateliers Hoherweg, Dusseldorf, Germany

    Paper Wealth, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

    1997
    Some Recent Work, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

    Prior Works, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA

    1995
    I Never Thought, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

    1993
    Don’t Feed It, FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WA

    1992
    Gland of Plenty, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

    1991
    New Works, Fuller/Elwood Gallery, Seattle, WA

    1989
    Objects, Images, Actions, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR (catalog)

    1988
    Cart’s Desire, Fuller/Elwood Gallery, Seattle, WA

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2019
    The Power of Place, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

    2017
    Out of Sight 2017, vital 5 productions, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

    2016
    Seeing|Saying: Images and Words, The Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

    2013-2014
    Classless Society, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

    2013
    Portraits of 20 Northwest Artists, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

    2012
    Mw (Moment Magnitude), Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

    2011
    TOPO/GRAPHY, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA

    2010
    Honoring 15 Years of Neddy Artist Fellows, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

    2010
    Intellectual Property, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

    2009-10
    A Concise History of Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

    2008
    The Terrible Twos: A Lawrimore Project Biennial, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

    Century 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, WA

    2006
    This is Gallery, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

    2005
    A Decade of Excellence, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

    2003
    Crossroads, New Art From the Northwest: CoCA, Seattle, WA

    2001
    Kunstpfade, Peter Bruning Centrum, Ratingen, Germany

    Layering, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

    Neddy Award Exhibition, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA

    2000
    Do Not Touch, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

    The 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, WA

    1996
    Environs, Key Tower, Seattle, WA

    1994
    Print X Eight, FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WA

    Eyes 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, WA

    Contemporary West Coast Sculpture, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, OR

    1989
    43rd Visual Arts Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

    Studies for Works in Progress, Fuller/Elwood Gallery, Seattle, WA

    1988
    In/Transit, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA

    Three Person Show, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH

    1987
    Painting/Sculpture ’87, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

    Home Ala Cart, 911 Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, WA

    1986
    6th Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum, WA

    1985
    Technology in Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

    63rd 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