Art Exhibits

Art has been part of the human experience since the caveman, and Geek Culture is no different. From paintings of futuristic landscapes to video game art, robotic creations to outdoor flying saucers and dinosaurs, Geek Culture has increasingly made inroads within the contemporary art scene. Pop Art, meanwhile, has evolved in recent years into Pop Culture Art, with galleries across the country presenting exhibits centered exclusively on specific film and television shows, as well as DC and Marvel superheroes.

DinoMite Days: Pittsburgh as Jurassic Park

In 2003, the Steel City was overrun by dinosaurs as part of an art exhibit sponsored by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that highlighted the region’s past, present, and future.

Pop Warriors

Artist Lizbeth Eva Rossof created inflatable statues of her Xi’an-American Warriors, pop culture icons similar to China’s Terra Cotta Warriors, for a 2021 exhibit at the University of Wyoming.

The Bottle Cities of Kandor

Artist Mike Kelley created multiple three-dimensional depictions of the Bottle City of Kandor from Superman comic books, including one owned by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.

The Flying Objects of Salt Lake City

The ongoing public art exhibition premiered in 2005 and features a sculptured assortment of astronauts, birds, planes, jet-packing cows, and flying saucers hovering over the Utah capital.

The Force Is With Our People

The Star Wars-themed exhibit premiered in October 2019 at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and showcased Native American art influenced by the epic saga of George Lucas.

The Scientific Art of Charles R. Knight

A 2014 exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History featured original artwork created by the famed illustrator of dinosaurs and prehistoric life for a 1942 article in National Geographic.

The Secret Life of Robots

Steel City artist Toby Atticus Fraley displayed his retro-style robots in various 1950s-inspired household settings during a spring 2014 exhibit at the SPACE Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh.