Stephanie Oplinger
Stephanie Oplinger is a multi-disciplinary visual artist from western Pennsylvania, specializing in painting, printmaking, and sculptural works that explore themes and connections between narrative images, feminine power, and divine mysteries. Across various mediums, Oplinger crafts evocative images embodying the strength and resilience of femininity. Her printmaking work probes the societal expectations imposed on women, juxtaposed with the celebration of their inherent power. Stephanie works with monoprint, linocut relief, cyanotype, and surface pattern design.
Oplinger’s work has been shown at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, receiving an award in sculpture, at the Carnegie Museums and the August Wilson Center, receiving Visual Arts Runner Up Prize, and at Harlan Gallery, winning Best in Show. Her painting work is a part of the permanent Special Art Collection at Greater Latrobe SHS and is installed at the Westmoreland County Museum of American Art. She serves as a member of the exhibition committee for the Pittsburgh Print Group, as a member of the Gallery Committee at the Greensburg Art Center, and as a teaching resident artist through Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. In 2022, Oplinger received her BFA in Studio Arts from PennWest University at California (CalU).
Website: www.stephanieoplingerarts.com
Artworks pictured:
"We are Wild and Angry" - monotype & paper lithography
"Unraveled and Unapologetic" - monotype & paper lithography
"One’s Internal Mysteries” - cyanotype & botanical relief
