Topher Straus, b. 1974, Denver, CO US


EDUCATION

1997

Bachelor of Fine Art in Film Art, Syracuse University


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Axiom Contemporary Gallery, Phoenix AZ - Upcoming: Opening April 2024


2024

Intersect Aspen Solo Showing with Slate Gray Gallery - July 29 - August 3, 2024


2023

Happy Places, Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO 

Topher, Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, CO


2022

Topher Straus: Boldest, R Gallery, Boulder, CO

The Parks, Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO
Rendering the West, Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO

2019

Topher Straus: The Parks, American Mountaineering Museum, Golden, CO

Topher Straus: B-Sides, Garage at Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO
Topher Straus: The Parks, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

From Darkroom to Digital: Jerry Uelsmann, Maggie Taylor, and Topher Straus, Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO

2023

All That Glitters, KW Contemporary Art, Kennebunk, ME

Nocturne, Momentum Gallery, Ashville  NC

Falling, KW Contemporary Art, Kennebunk, ME

Morphosis - Exploring the Fusion of Human and Machine,  Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

Elephant in the Room, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

Rhythm in Nature, Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO

2022

Reminiscence, Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO

Slopes, Shapes, and Landscapes, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO

2021

Featured Artist, Kowen Gallery, Westminister, CO

Landscape, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Members Show, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

2020

Holy Moly,  Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

Mountains, Peaks, and Waterfalls, R Gallery, Boulder, CO

The Masters: Topher Straus and Howard Harris, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

Open Spaces, Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO

2019

54th Annual “Destination,” Colorado Juried Exhibition, Littleton Museum, Littleton, CA

Uplift: Celebrating the Sierra Nevada, National Juried Exhibition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

New Directions, National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

The Edge Effect, International Juried Exhibition, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

Moonwalk, Cooper & Dash Gallery, Denver, CO

4x4, Garage at Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO

No Show, Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO


PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS

2023-TBD

Hythe Hotel – Marriot Luxury Collection, Topher Straus Exhibition. Vail

2023-2043

Jenny Lake Visitor Center Grand Tetons National Park, Featured Artist, Jackson Hole, WY

2022-2070

Mikvah of East Denver, Featured Artist, Denver, CO

2022-2023

Lumiere with Inspirato, Telluride, CO

2022-2023

Hythe Hotel – Marriot Luxury Collection, Topher Straus Art Walk Solo. Vail

ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS

2024

Aspen Intersect, Aspen, CO

2024

“ARTMIX," Boulder County Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2023

“ARTMIX," Boulder County Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2022

“ARTMIX," Boulder County Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2024

“Amplify Gala," Boulder Ballet, Boulder, CO

2020

Superfine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA

CURRENT REPRESENTATION


Vail, Colorado

Vail International Gallery 

100 E Meadow Drive, Suite 17, Vail, CO 81657. (970) 476-2525

Crested Butte, Colorado USA

RA Modern


401 3rd Street, Crested Butte CO (970) 251-5502

Telluride, Colorado USA

Slate Gray Gallery

130 E Colorado Avenue, Telluride, CO 81435. (970) 728-3777

Phoenix, Arizona USA

Axiom Contemporary Gallery

2502 East Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016, (480) 335-0177

Park City, Utah USA

Meyer Gallery


305 Main Street, Park City, Utah 84060. (435) 649-8160

Winter Park, Colorado USA

Uptripping

78878 US Highway 40, Winter Park, CO 80482. (970) 363-7072

Asheville, North Carolina USA

Momentum Gallery

52 Broadway, Asheville, NC 28801 

Kennebunk, Maine USA

KW Contemporary

184 Port Road, Kennebunk, ME 04043 (207) 204-0480 

2024

“Topher Straus Uses New Technology to Create His Artwork” | Telluride Magazine (Fall 

2024)

“8 Ways to Elevate Your Après in Aspen” | 303 Magazine

“Bringing Nature Inside” | Boulder Lifestyle Magazine

2023

“If It's AI, Is It Art?” | Colorado Public Radio (12/2/2023)

Sturges, Dani. “Artist Topher Straus” | Colorado & Company, 9NEWS (March 9, 2023)

Smith, Colleen. “Meet the Experts: Topher Straus” | Home and Garden Colorado 

Brown, Corinne Joy. “Artist Paints Familiar Scenes in New Light” | Colorado Life 

(January/February 2023)

Viebrock, Susan. “Slate Gray February: ‘Rhythm In Nature’ The Art of Cie Hoover” | 

Telluride Inside & Out

“Artist Spotlight: Topher Straus” | Western Art and Architecture (September 2023)

“A Fresh Voice in Landscapes” | Vail Valley Magazine (Summer 2023)

“Topher Straus: Happy Places Solo Exhibitions” | Vail Daily (7/1/2023)

“Artist Topher Straus” | Cherry Creek Lifestyles (May 2023)

2022

“Topher Straus Finds Purpose Giving Back With His Art” | Denver Post (9/2/2022)

“New Topher Straus Landscapes at Vail International Gallery” | Vail Daily (6/30/2022)

Bova, Wren. “Topher Straus Returns for Closing of ‘The Parks’ Exhibition” | Vail Daily

“Bringing Nature Inside: The Parks” | Boulder Lifestyle (4/1/2022)

Viebrock, Susan. “Rendering The West: Topher Straus!” | Telluride Inside & Out 

(3/1/2022)

Norton, Amy. “Artist Topher Straus Partners to Help Fight Food Insecurity and Other 

Charitable Causes” | Denver Post (9/27/2021)

2021

Anas, Brittany. “The Newest Luxury Hotel In Vail Tells The Ski Town’s History” | Forbes

Paletta, Carolyn. “The Vail Marriott Mountain Resort is Now The Hythe After a $40 

Million Renovation” | Vail Daily (11/26/2021)

Jaguars, Savanna. “Artist Topher Straus is One With Nature” | Cherry Creek Lifestyles 

(November 2021)

2020

Alexander, Stephanie. “Topher Straus” | Inspirato Magazine (August 2020)

Norton, Amy. “Howard Harris and Topher Straus in Two-Person ‘MASTERS’ Show” | 

Denver Post (8/6/2020)

“Bitfactory Gallery is Back” | Salt Magazine (7/14/2020)

2019

“Artist at American Mountaineering Museum” | Canyon Courier (7/9/2019)

Kay, Christin. “Outdoor Gear Companies Set Themselves Apart” | Aspen Public Radio 

(5/6/2019)

“Artists Respond to World Events in Barrett's National Juried Exhibition ‘New 

Directions’” | Poughkeepsie Journal  (7/29/2019)

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AWARDS


2020 Merit Award | Superfine Art Fair, San Francisco

2019 National Parks Artist-in-Residence Program | American Mountaineering Museum

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PUBLICATIONS


Colorado’s Topher Straus | The World’s Wonders, Reimagined by Topher Straus

Unplugged Voices | 125 Tales of Art and Life by Sarah Frances