SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Art Base “Through Salt & Ash” Basalt, CO
2025 Nick Ryan Gallery “Borrowed Dust” Boulder, CO
2023 G44 Gallery “Around Us Swirls the Dust” Colorado Springs, CO
2022 Bell Projects “Tendrophia” Denver, CO
2021 G44 Gallery “ALCHYMIA” Colorado Springs, CO
2021 BRDG Project Gallery “ELEGY: For What Has Passed” Denver, CO
2021 Sager Reeves Gallery “For a Time They Took Pleasure There” Columbia, MO
2020 ZYNKA Gallery “Consecrated” Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Westmoreland Museum (Robertshaw Gallery) “Cavomyrt” Greensburg, PA
2018 Jodee Harris Gallery “Bewitched” Greensburg, PA
2017 The Mine Factory “Ritual & Relic” Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Bill Lowe Gallery “Cavomyrt” Atlanta, GA
2015 Box Heart Gallery “Between Worlds” Pittsburgh, PA
2013 GroundSwell Gallery “Odes” Denver, CO
2012 Ironton “Blood Roses: A Cycle of Souls” Denver, CO
2010 Walker Fine Art “Seshat” Denver, CO
2008 Box Heart Gallery “Eggs Rocks Pearls” Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Valley Art Center “Utterances” Chagrin Falls, OH
2006 E. Gordon Gallery “Offerings and Attributes” Cleveland, OH
2006 Brandt Gallery “The Dressmaker and the Tailor” Cleveland, OH
2006 Exit Gallery “Sand and Water” Kent, OH
2005 Clermont College Art Gallery at the University of Cincinnati “Embedded” Cincinnati, OH
2004 Box Heart Gallery “Bride of Epimetheus” Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Kelly Randall Gallery “The Hidden” Cleveland, OH
2000 Southside Gallery “Multisensory Perception” Cleveland, OH
1999 Studio 615 Gallery “Glimpses” Cleveland, OH
1998 Art at the Powerhouse “From the Gilded Cage” Cleveland, OH
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Eva G. Farris Art Gallery at Thomas More College “Elegeia” with Tom Kelly, Crestview Hills, KY
2008 Hinterland “Das Ueberhaupt” with Sabin Aell, Denver, CO
2008 Walker Fine Art “Black & White” with Jerry Wingren, Denver, CO
2007 Sam Quinn “Fragments” with Marissa Shell, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Mosaic the Gallery “The Unspoken” collaborative work with Joshua Hogan, Cleveland, OH
2004 Pavanna Gallery “Walls Wires Wells: Elements of a Relationship” with Eric Vaughn, Cleveland, OH
2002 River Gallery “2D/3D” with Robert Bruch, Rocky River, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Colorado Photographic Arts Center “Annual Members Show” (Brian Piper, Ph.D. juror) Denver, CO
2026 Arvada Center for the Arts “Tilting West” Arvada, CO
2026 Decode Gallery “Home” Tucson, AZ
2026 The Lab on Santa Fe “Kiss My Aspen” Denver, CO
2026 Kennedy Gallery “Paper: Of & On” Las Vegas, NM
2026 Strata Gallery “Small Works” Santa Fe, NM
2025 Lakewood Cultural Center “Winter Salon” Lakewood, CO
2025 Blaine Arts Council “Small Art, Big Impact” Blaine, WA
2025 SITE: Brooklyn Gallery “Material Process” (Francesca Altamura, juror) Online exhibition
2025 Emmanuel Art Gallery “Made in Colorado 2025” (Larry Ossei-Mensah, curator) Denver, CO
2024 Nick Ryan Gallery “Recollections” Boulder, CO
2024 Krikorian Gallery at The Worcester Center for Crafts “Artists on Fire” (Juniper Rag, curator) Worcester, MA
2024 Strata Gallery “Selfhood” Santa Fe, NM
2023 Marietta Cobb Museum of Art “Metro Montage XXIII” Marietta, GA
2023 Alexandria Museum of Art “36th September Competition” (Mattie Codling, juror) Alexandria, LA
2023 Emmanuel Art Gallery “Made in Colorado 2023” (Kerry Brougher and Nora Halpern, curators) Denver, CO
2023 Red Brick Center for the Arts Aspen, CO
2022 UNC Galleries “Unfolding Stories: Visions by Contemporary Women Artists” (Laura Almeida & John Lake curators) Greeley, CO
2022 Red Brick Center for the Arts “True West 22” (Michael Dowling curator) Denver, CO
2022 BRDG Project Gallery “True West 22” (Michael Dowling curator) Denver, CO
2022 Valkarie Gallery “Other Voices, Other Rooms” (Todd Pierson of Tenent Podcast curator) Lakewood, CO
2021 Sohn Fine Art “Motifi” Lenox, MA
2021 Les Femmes Folles “Feminist Connect” online exhibit
2021 Loveland Public Library “Art in the Galleria” Loveland, CO
2020 Greg Moon Art Gallery “Taos Arts Insurgency: The New Protagonists” Taos, NM
2019 ZYNKA Gallery “Current” Presented by The Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Tubac Center of the Arts “Arizona Aqueous XXXIV” Tubac, AZ
2019 Pittsburgh Glass Center “Idea Furnace Retrospective” Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Sager Braudis Gallery “2019 May Exhibit” Columbia, MO
2019 Strohl Art Center “Small Sculptures: Big Impact” Chautauqua, NY
2019 Strohl Art Center “On Common Ground: Works on Paper” Chautauqua, NY
2018 Pittsburgh International Airport “Art in the Airport” (Gate A11) Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Southside Works “106th AAP Annual” (Taras W. Matla juror/curator) Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Sweetwater Center for the Arts “Corners of Thought” (Alexandra Watrous curator) Sewickley, PA
2018 AEG Underground at Andrew Edlin Gallery “Et Tu, Art Brute?” New York, NY
2017 H Gallery “Underbelly” Ventura, CA
2017 ADC Fine Art “Art Comes Alive” Cincinnati, OH
2017 Trust Arts Education Center “Drap-Art” (Tanja Grass curator) Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Rooms To Let “The Indigenous House” (Dott Von Schneider curator) Cleveland, OH
2017 Janice Charach Gallery “Essence of Life” West Bloomfield, MI
2017 Sweetwater Center for the Arts “Compulsion” Sewickley, PA
2016 Lascaux Gallery “Past, Present, Future” New York, NY
2015 Bill Lowe Gallery “Ancestors: Origin and Return” Atlanta, GA
2015 Lane Meyer Projects “Touched For the Very First Time” Denver, CO
2015 Penn State New Kensington “The Unspoken” Lower Burrell, PA
2015 Box Heart Gallery “The Unspoken” Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Loveland Public Library “Creativity Inside the Box” Loveland, CO
2014 Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art “17th Annual Art Auction: STYLE, FORM and COLOR” Great Falls, MT
2013 Littleton Museum “Own an Original” (Margaretta Gilboy juror) Littleton, CO
2013 Santa Fe Community Convention Center “15th Annual Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival” Santa Fe, NM
2013 Aurora Public Library “The Art of Rubbish” Aurora, CO
2011 Loveland Sculpture Invitational “20th Anniversary” Loveland, CO
2011 Muse Gallery “EcoCreations” Longmont, CO
2011 Denver International Airport and the State Capital “Creative Capital Metro Denver Exhibition, Denver, CO
2010 Kanon Collective “Bibelot Show” (Dave Seiler and Rebecca Vaughn jurors) Denver, CO
2009 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art “The 8th Annual Art & Design Auction” Boulder, CO
2009 Butler Institute of American Art “73rd Midyear Exhibition” Youngstown, OH
2009 Foothills Art Center “Colorado Art Open 2009” (Christoph Heinrich and Michael Chavez jurors) Golden, CO
2008 Denver Community Museum “Mummify Me” Denver, CO
2008 Core New Art Space “WOW Show: Wide Open Whatever” Denver, CO
2007 Gallery 364 “Timeless” Brooklyn, NY
2007 About Glamour “Salon de Expace” Brooklyn, NY
2007 The Wooltex Gallery “Come Closer” Cleveland, OH
2007 Heights Arts “Collector’s Choice” Cleveland Heights, OH
2007 Beachwood Community Center “Life in Sculpture” Beachwood, OH
2006 E. Gordon Gallery “Sayonara” Cleveland, OH
2006 Artists Space “Night of 1,000 Drawings” New York, NY
2006 Pen and Brush “The 60th Annual Sculpture Exhibition” New York, NY
2006 The Galleria at Erieview “Indelible Marks” Cleveland, OH
2006 River Gallery “Revealed” Rocky River, OH
2006 Garfield Artworks “Immaterial” Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Box Heart Gallery “10th Annual Sacred Art Exhibition” Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Moxie Dada “Connect” Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Gallery West at Cuyahoga Community College “Collaborative Effort” with Joe Minadeo, Parma, OH
2005 Artists Space “Night of 1,000 Drawings” New York, NY
2005 Valley Art Center “The 34th Annual Juried Exhibition” (Thomas Schorgle juror) Chagrin Falls, OH
2005 Viridian Artists “NewsArt: Art From Another Reality” New York, NY
2005 Viridian Artists “Director’s Choice Slide Show” (with exhibit juried by Robert Rosenblum) New York, NY
2005 Studio Montclair “Taboo” (Jerry Saltz juror) Montclair, NJ
2005 Pen and Brush “The 59th Annual Sculpture Exhibition” New York, NY
2004 Gallery Twenty-Four “2004 International Assemblage Artist Exhibition” Berlin, GER
2004 Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans “The RAIN Event: Postcards to the CAC” New Orleans, LA
2003 Morgan-West Studio/Gallery “Gnostic Devotions” New Orleans, LA
2003 Mosaic the Gallery “Mementos: Whispers of Autumn” Cleveland, OH
2003 Gallery Twenty-Four “2003 International Assemblage Artist Exhibition” Berlin, GER
2003 Box Heart Gallery “The Sacred Art Exhibition” Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Viscous Arena “Bitch: Verb or Noun” Cleveland, OH
2003 Thirdstone Art Gallery “Fresh Juice” Saugatuck, MI
2003 Box Heart Gallery “The 2nd Annual Art Inter/National…Here and Abroad” Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Alianza Gallery of Johnson Romanowitz Architects “Group Show” Louisville, KY
2001 Gallery Nine “Transitions 2001” Cleveland, OH
2000 James M Cox Fine Arts Center “Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition” Columbus, OH
2000 Cleveland State University “The 14th People’s Art Show” Cleveland, OH
1999 The Art Gallery “A Diversity of Women” Willoughby, OH
1999 The Civic “Discover the Treasure” Cleveland Heights, OH
1998 The Barth Gallery “3 Women Painters of Cleveland” Cleveland, OH
1998 The Butler Institute of American Art “62nd Midyear Exhibition” Youngstown, OH
1997 The Anchoress Gallery “Group Exhibit” Cleveland, OH
1996 Contrapposto Gallery “Off the Clock” Cleveland, OH
ART FAIRS
2018 Outsider Art Fair Special Project: Onward, New York, NY
2015 Love Art Toronto Box Heart Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2014 Echo Arts Fair Box Heart Gallery, Buffalo, NY
TELEVISION / RADIO / PODCASTS
2021 Tenent Podcast Episode 95
2021 Feminist Connect “Artist-Curator Virtual Talk” Youtube uploaded by Sally_Art
2019 Speaking of the Arts 89.5 KOPN, May 3rd Episode
2018 PCTV21 “9 Artists 9 Neighborhoods”
2014 Dan’s Daily Destination Fox KDVR “Recycled Art”
2018 Colorado’s Best Fox KDVR “From Trash to Art”
2013 Aurora News Weekly, Aurora 8 “The Art of Rubbish”
2010 Untitled Art Show Episode 66
INTERVIEWS
2025 CanvasRebel.com “Meet Brenda Stumpf”
2025 VoyageDenver.com “Story & Lesson Highlights”
2022 HopperPrize.org “Developing a Vocabulary of Materials”
2022 VoyageDenver.com “Conversations with Brenda Stumpf”
2020 LOCAL Pittsburgh “Brenda Stumpf: Looking for Things We Can’t See” L.E. McCullough
2018 LOCAL Pittsburgh “A Studio Visit with Brenda Stumpf” David Bernabo
2018 Creativenonfiction.org “On Mystery & Materiality” Emily Davis
2014 Pittsburgh Articulate “Interview with Brenda Stumpf & Nicole Capozzi” Sally Deskins
2012 Westword.com “The Story Behind Your Soft Silence” Tiffany Fitzgerald
2004 Angle Magazine “Eating the Dark: An Interview with Brenda Stumpf” Douglas Max Utter
2003 Don’t Blame Cleveland “DBC Interviews Brenda Stumpf” Melissa Smith
PUBLICATIONS
2026 UNSTAGED Anthology: Essence Vol. 2
2026 The Hand Magazine Issue 53
2024 Denverse Magazine Issue 1
2022 Juniper Rag Volume 4
2021 Southwest Contemporary Magazine “Inhale/Exhale” Volume 3
2018 Creative Nonfiction Magazine “Starting Over” Issue 67
2016 The Feeder Jennifer Jackson Berry. YesYes Books
2016 Atlanta Homes & Lifestyle Magazine “High Contrast” Sejal Bhima
2014 Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2014 Sally Deskins, ed.
2008 Studio Visit Magazine The Open Studio Press
2006 ArtCrimes 21 – Duck and Cover Steven Smith and Kathy Smith, eds.
2005 Consumed: Women on Excess Savannah Schroll, ed. So New Media
SELECTED REVIEWS / ESSAYS / MENTIONS
2024 Boulder Weekly “Memory Whole.” Toni Tresca
2020 Pittsburgh Current “Galleries Begin Opening Their Doors.” Nick Eustis
2019 The Chautauqua Daily “On Common Ground: Works on Paper, Blows Open the Parameters of Drawing.” Vicky Clark
2019 The Chautauqua Daily “Variety of Paper-Centric Art Takes Center Stage.” Eleanor Bishop
2017 Local Arts Pittsburgh “Art Show Recap.” Enzo Knight
2017 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “The Ultimate Makeovers Arrive Downtown.” Brian O’Neill
2017 Triblive.com “Artists still take an abstract view of the world at Sweetwater.” Kurt Shaw
2016 Atlanta INtown “Brenda Stumpf opens new show at Bill Lowe Gallery.” Franklin Abbott
2015 Pittsburgh City Paper “Stumpf explores decay and rebirth at Boxheart.” Lissa Brennan
2013 Westword.com “Create Art Out of Found Objects at Recycling Reversal.” Bree Davies
2011 Reporter-Herald “Sculptor makes the ordinary intriguing.” Joyce Davis
2010 Artscribe.net “Seshat.” Stephanie Grilli
2010 Denver Post “Divine Inspiration.” Kyle MacMillan
2010 DBArtNews.com “The Materiality of Brenda Stumpf.” Bobbi Walker
2010 Denver Post “Gritty RiNo a Safari for Art Lovers.” Kyle MacMillan
2009 ÆQAI.com “Elegy and the Romantic Mood.” A. C. Frabetti
2008 Diggingpitt.blogspot.com “Eggs Rocks Pearls at BoxHeart.” Susan Constanse
2008 Rocky Mountain News “Elemental and Natural.” Mary Voelz Chandler
2008 Westword “Irreconcilable Differences.” Michael Paglia
2006 Scene Magazine “Sayonara.” Zachary Lewis
2006 Free Times “The Right Stumpf.” Anastasia Pantsios
2006 Plain Dealer “Galleries Skip Summer Siesta This Year.” Dan Tranberg
2006 Scene Magazine “The Dressmaker and the Tailor.” Zachary Lewis
2006 Free Times “Postcards from the Ba: Brenda Stumpf’s Voyages in Egypt.” Douglas Max Utter
2004 Epitome Magazine “The Cryptic Art of Brenda Stumpf.” Cheryl Townsend
2004 Cleveland Magazine “Keep an Eye On.” Emily Rueb
2004 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “Art of the Sacred.” Kurt Shaw
2004 Scene Magazine “Unspoken.” Nadia Michel
2004 Scene Magazine “Odd Coupling.” Chris Glaser
2004 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [Ticket Magazine insert] “International Medley.” Kurt Shaw
2003 Gambit Weekly “Ancestral Memories.” Eric Bookhardt
2003 Scene Magazine “Bitchfest.” Eleanor LeBeau
2003 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [Ticket Magazine insert] “Sacred Emotion.” Kurt Shaw
2003 Plain Dealer “Images explore the many nuances of sexist language.” Dan Tranberg
2003 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [Ticket Magazine insert] “New World View.” Kurt Shaw
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Over 350 private collections throughout the United States and abroad
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
TRYP Hotel Pittsburgh, PA
Eastern New Mexico University Portales, NM
Edge 1909 at Riverfront Landing Pittsburgh, PA
Liberty Financial Bank Building Dakota Dunes, SD
Saint Vincent Charity Hospital Cleveland, OH
The Caritas AIDS Memorial St. Augustine Manor, Cleveland, OH
The Crawford Hotel Denver, CO
The Ellet Library Akron, OH
Trinity Cathedral Cleveland, OH
AWARDS / HONORS
2026 Santa Fe Gallery Association Juried selection for the 2026 Artist Catalog
2024 The Homiens Art Prize (Fall) Highly Commended
2024 Artists on Fire, The Worcester Center for Crafts Honorable Mention
2022 The Hopper Prize Shortlisted
2019 Arizona Aqueous XXXIV, The Tubac Center of the Arts Juror’s Prize
2019 James Renwick Alliance Chrysalis Award in Mixed Media Honorable Mention
2012 New Mexico Arts Acclaimed Artist Series Purchase Award
2011 EcoCreations, Muse Gallery Best of Show
2007 Timeless, Gallery 364 Honorable Mention
2005 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Valley Art Center Dr. J. Kuncaitis Award
2003 International Assemblage Artist Exhibition, Gallery Twenty-Four 2nd Place Nomination
2003 Sacred Art Exhibition, Box Heart Gallery Best of Show
1999 Discover the Treasure, The Civic Best of Fine Arts
1991 Columbus College of Art and Design Partial Scholarship
RESIDENCIES
2020 Sager Braudis Gallery Fall Session Artists-in-Residence, Columbia, MO
2017 Pittsburgh Glass Center Idea Furnace, Pittsburgh, PA