Biography

Stephanie Buer began pursuing a career in art at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan where she fell in love with the city and urban exploration. She spent the next ten years living in Detroit and developing as an artist. Stephanie recently received her Masters degree in Fine Arts from Emily Carr University in Vancouver BC in Canada and currently lives and works in the Pacific Northwest.

She is known for her poignant, representational landscapes in oil, and charcoal. Combining the representational clarity and control of realism with the subtly perceptual handling of her medium. Her urban landscapes explore the many layers of history found in the marginal areas of cities. From the imprints of industry and production to its eventual decay. Each subject has a historical context, an original purpose that is now lost. She is fascinated by how these places change as they succumb to the manipulation of vandals, artists and the resilience of nature ever slowly growing alongside. Through her art Stephanie seeks to find beauty and peace in these forgotten and unloved areas of cities.

She displayed her work since 2010 in various group and solo shows in the United States as well as in Paris, France, or Tokyo. Stephanie’s works were featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect.