Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane is a composite artist and photographer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who specializes in massive digital photomontages. Sometimes with thousands of individual layers, each photographed and created separately, his work often focuses on the spiritual and contrasting human condition. Influences for his images come from nature, personal experiences, art history, and current events. The complexities of each piece are made to be studied to reveal an inner meaning and viewpoint about our culture, the current climate of the world and what we believe to be the truth of our origins.

His work has been shown in museums locally and galleries across the United States. In 2012, his image, The Good Samaritan, was the winner of The National Catholic Arts Exhibition at St Vincent College and since has earned an honorable mention and peoples choice award in the Biannual Exhibition . His work has been chosen for exhibitions by notable jurors from MOCA Cleveland, Andy Warhol Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Carnegie Museum of Art. Christopher has also received awards from notable Curators such as Linda Benadict Jones and Art Historian John T. Spike, past Director of the Florence Biennale. In the last few years, Christopher and his wor...

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Applied Media Arts

2016- Lucie International Photography Awards 2016, - Honorable Mention in Moving Images Category
2016- Lucie International Photography Awards 2016, - Honorable Mention in Special Digitally Enhanced Category
2016- Prix de la Photographie, Paris- 2nd Place People's Choice Award
2016- Sixth Nationwide Catholic Arts Exhibition, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
2016- Berlin Foto Biennale & European Month Of Photography, Berlin, Germany
2016- From Virtual To Actual 5, Curated by Vernita Nemec, Viridian Artists Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2016- Illuminations: Works by Vanessa German, Peter Oresick, and Christopher Ruane, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
2016- John Riegert, Curated By Brett Yasko, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016- Considering Creation, Curated by Susan Hooks, Philadelphia, PA
2016- Verse Envisioned: Poems from the Post-Gazette and works of art they have inspired, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015- The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards - 1st Place Charles Dodgson Black & White Award
2015- Microcosm/MACROCOSM, Curated by Elizabeth Roark, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
2015- From Virtual To Actual 4, Curated by Vernita Nemec, Viridian Artists Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2015- Director's Choice, Viridian A...