Chris McGinnis is a visual artist, arts leader, husband, and father of two crazy girls living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has created projects for the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and SPACE Pittsburgh among many others. He is represented by Zynka Gallery in Pittsburgh. His artwork has been exhibited widely, with more than twelve solo exhibitions and over fifty group exhibitions in recent years. As the founding Director of Rivers of Steel Arts, he leads a dedicated team of creatives working to re-imagine Pittsburgh’s urban-industrial legacy through the lens of visual art and placemaking. As an artist, Chris draws inspiration from America’s industrial story and notions of progress understood through the lens of technology, social economics, and cultural identity.
