Noah Emhurt

Lately, I’ve found myself drawn back to the imagery and interests that shaped me early on as an artist: comic books, skateboard graphics, vintage toys, and old magazine clippings. No matter how much I’ve tried to distance myself from these influences they have always seemed to resurface. Instead of ignoring them, I’ve decided to embrace them. I use found images and objects that would have influenced me and rework them through abstraction, transformation, and personalization. The goal isn’t nostalgia, it’s reclamation.
These images often carry a slight underlying theme of aggression. If you think about it, we are all exposed to some form of low-level hostility whether it be through politics, the media, or entertainment. Although this theme is prevalent in my work, I don’t glorify it. Rather, it is portrayed in an almost beautiful, abstract manner that makes it unrecognizable but still present. My work reflects this atmosphere but it is filtered through the lens of my childhood memory with an adult interpretation. The image is not handed over easily. It requires the viewer to examine the piece and hopefully come up with his/her own narrative.
The style I’ve developed allows me to explore harsh or complicated subject matter in a way ...

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bowling Green State University

Solo
2022 Laurel Lane Gallery, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, PA
2022 Christine Frechard Gallery “Plan of Attack”, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 Christine Frechard Gallery “Running Amuck”, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Galley One Collective Works, “Everybody Wants Pretty”, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 The Inn Gallery “Attendance Required”, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Gabba Gallery “The Doheny Challenge”, Los Angeles, CA
2012 E Gallery “All Out of Roses”, Los Angeles, CA
Group
2026 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Featured Artist Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2026 Brew House Arts, Art of Pittsburgh’s South Side, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 SPACE Gallery, Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, “Alchemists in the Greenhouse”, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 The Butler Institute of American Art, 88th National Midyear Exhibition, Youngstown, OH
2024 Radiant Hall Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and Creative Citizens Studios, “Growth”, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Vestige Concept Gallery “F**king It Up”, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Vestige Concept Gallery “New Appalachia Mixed Exhibit...