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Storm Ritter is a New York City based fine artist, ambidextrous painter, multimedia designer & business owner of Storm Ritter, Inc. For ten years, she has been working professionally as a full-time painter in downtown Manhattan. The surrealist artist specializes in canvas, murals, fashion design, painted garments, interior design and branded merchandise. Collectively known for spiritual subject matter, mystical themes and technicolor palette, her signature storytellers are The Cool People.
A graduate of New York University, she launched her professional career in 2014 with her first business and retail storefront, Storm Ritter Studio, in Greenwich Village. The two-story brick and mortar was an visually immersive experience, selling made-in-house original textile garments, painted apparel, and fine art. 2020, she launched an online commerce at her West Village Home Studio leading into her first Meatpacking solo show in 2021.
2022-2023, She catered to canvas and apparel commissions and completed the 60-foot building mural, Age of The Cool People. End of 2022 she opened another solo show in Meatpacking. Storm then operated two NYC brick-and-mortar storefronts in Meatpacking with G23NY, Storm Ritter Gallery and Storm Ritter Gallery II. The locations featured her fine art collections, merchandise and public studio.
2024, Storm launched the East Village Private Studio, renovated the home studio and worked on new collections, on-location murals, commissions, and merchandise. All inventory was sold online, in studio, and at the Fall/Winter solo show, A Kind Soul Is A Cool Soul with Detour Gallery.
As of 2025, the artist is working full time at the East Village Private Studio on commissions, canvas paintings, and online commerce.
ART & BUSINESS TIMELINE
January, Storm opened her private location in the East Village with studio, showroom and living quarters. The renovation of the space took her one month, and in March she continued her fine art collection production in house. Client meetings began at the private studio, executing sales on-location.
Spring, she worked with the Girl Scouts of Greater New York and Road Recovery in arts mentorship speaking events, home studio workshops and fundraising art donations. In studio, the artist produced over twenty new pieces for her 2024 collection and traveled for on-location painting commission in Florida.
Summer, she is catering to commissioned murals, canvas, painted garments and custom tattoo designs. She continues her relationship with Broadway's Mean Girls, providing more costumes for the National Tour. As a web designer, Storm re-launched this website while creating art and merchandise in preparation for her next solo show.
Fall, Storm continued work with Road Recovery, creating a fundraiser t-shirt with the youth program while working on a new collection. In November, she opened her fourth solo show, A Kind Soul Is A Cool Soul, on November 14th, with Detour Gallery downtown Chelsea, NYC.
Managing Storm Ritter Gallery daily at 807 Washington Street, Storm led the showroom, live painted in the public studio, and hosted events into April. She was featured in The Villager in print and online.
With her collaboration with G23NY, she joined their non-profit team to contribute efforts for kids arts workshops. Storm was honored at the Girl Scouts of Greater New York Gala receiving an award for arts volunteer work.
May, Storm opened her second gallery location in Meatpacking at 38 Little West 12th Street. Over twenty new pieces were created at the storefront with four showcase gallery events.
Fall-Winter, Storm closed the location to prepare for opening of her private art studio in the East Village and catered to on-location commissions into 2024.
YEAR 2022
Storm completed a 60-foot commissioned building mural, Age Of The Cool People in Dunedin, Florida at Blur Nightclub. The final piece became the foundation for her 2022 fine art collection, also providing design elements for NFT work and merchandise.
Spring, Storm focused on studio art, launched her jewelry collection, expanded inventory of prints, and tattooed The Cool People. With TMJ Arts Collective, Storm participated in various live painting events and group shows in Soho.
Her third solo show, Cirque of The Cool People, opened in October at 807 Washington Street with G23NY. After the reception, the space transitioned into her second storefront: Storm Ritter Gallery.
YEAR 2021
Storm worked at her West Village home studio on the 2021 collection, tattooed clients with her signature Cool People, and catered to client commissions. She was hired to paint The Cool People as wallpaper for the inside of Blur Nightclub in Dunedin, Florida, starting the popularity of the custom order.
She showed in group shows with TMJ Arts Collective and NY Arts Empire, including live painting events with Soho Art Walks. Storm showed NFT art at NYC Crypto Art Fair in Times Square, featured in Forbes, and at Miami Art Week. Storm also launched a fundraising collaboration for the non-profit, Road Recovery.
The solo exhibition, Realm of The Cool People opened at 34 Little West 12th Street, becoming a three month pop-up. Storm hosted events, including workshops with Girls Scouts.
YEAR 2020
After closing Storm Ritter Studio, she planned to re-open her storefront in the Lower East Side, but the pandemic forced the business to be operated from her West Village home studio. She was consistently commissioned to paint garments for individual clients and bulk wholesale.
March, Storm transitioned her business online, focusing on bulk face mask production for donations and sales. Storm produced and shipped 2,000+ masks made of her original textiles to essential workers & clients. Once the website was successfully operating, Storm expanded her studio art inventory for online commerce.
Storm focused on her collection, Realm of The Cool People, which opened in 2021. Periodically she led art classes with Girl Scouts troops via Zoom and began branding new merchandise.
YEARS 2015-19
Storm launched her first corporation in 2015 with a brick-and-mortar storefront, Storm Ritter Studio in the West Village. As designer, creative director and staff manager, she showcased her inventory and hosted events for four years.
She graduated from NYU while catering to commissions, styling pulls for Netflix, costumes for Mean Girls on Broadway, and custom work for celebrity clientele like Miley Cyrus, Usher, and Cheap Trick. The Jimi Hendrix Way campaign was launched with Electric Lady Studios, creating a buzz in the community, featured in The New York Times. Working with Greenwich Village Alliance, she led in outdoor painting events with kids.
2019, she opened her first solo show, Storm Ritter Experience, and launched her second corporation, Storm Ritter, Inc. planning to re-locate her business to the Lower East Side.
YEARS 2011-14
Storm developed her ambidextrous style of painting and birthed The Cool People. She designed her business while studying in college and working part-time.
WORK | Wardrobe assistant at Saturday Night Live at NBC and editorial fashion stylist assistant, credits in Vogue and Marie Claire.
EDUCATION | First attended Ringling College of Fine Art and transferred to Wake Forest University for scenic design. Transferred into NYU School for Professional Studies, to NYU Tisch, and finally NYU Gallatin School for Individualized Study.
FOUNDATION | Graduated the International Baccalaureate high school program with professional scenic design experience (ex: set and prop designer for Little Shop Of Horrors. Puppets sold to a professional theatrical company)
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