Studio News

From March 2020 to 2022, over two thousand face masks were handmade, donated, sold, shipped, and delivered from Storm's West Village home studio. Right before the start of the pandemic, Storm and her talented seamstress Jenny Lin designed street style face masks for a client. Conveniently having patterns prepared and using the Storm Ritter Studio deadstock original fabric, Storm focused on mask production in March. Sending material back and forth with Jenny, bulk double-si

Painting and free creativity was the foundation at Storm Ritter Studio . St orm led painting workshops for the community and local children at the store and at Greenwich Village Alliance street fairs events. With large canvases and mannequins to paint, the booths provided guests the opportunity to collaborate and create with the artist. She would also set up photo booth stations with painted signs and props to keep the energy exciting. This was the start of her involvement o

When the artist opened Storm Ritter Studio in 2015, she just turned 23 years old. An incredible amount of hard work and collaborative efforts contributed to the success of the retail store with Storm pioneering the mom-and-pop business creativity. The space transformed consistently and inventory moved quickly; every month the display floor and upstairs studio evolved. View the archive content from 2017-18 of the store footage, press, and interviews. Inside Storm Ritter Studi

The beast of vengeance is near! The title, Internal Inferno , was first a name for a 2015 canvas painting, But the name developed into an ongoing concept. When I am in a state of internal inferno , I 'm boiling over with rage inside over something or someone that was in the wrong. Its a feeling we all find when our world is attacked, and we want to focus in right on the cause of destruction. Powerful, the phrase gives inner strength to dispel the flames inside. No one really

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In 2018, Storm opened the Storm Ritter Experience exhibition at the Ideal Glass Pop-Up  at 9 West 8th Street, NYC. The show was across the street from Storm Ritter Studio  at 14 West 8th Street. Running Friday through Sunday in April, the gallery show  featured fine art, painted apparel, painted furniture from the store, and sketchbook installations. The showcase included live painting on canvas and a life-sized horse statue, music by Strange Majik , and an open storefront ac

A selection of Storm's collection was showcased at Ideal Glass  in the East Village during Fashion Week. Models were dressed head to toe in Storm Ritter Studio, allowing the viewers to purchase and order the garments afterwards at Storm Ritter Studio .

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