Paul Rosenblatt

I am an artist and architect based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I founded an architectural firm, Springboard Design, in 2001. Our clients have included arts and social service non-profits, organizations like Evolve Coaching, Mainstay, CLASS, The National Aviary, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. These days, I divide my time between my architectural and art practices just as I did when I was in college as a double major (Yale) before pursuing my masters degree in architecture (Yale, again). I have led a double life ever since...

Recent art projects include several solo exhibitions including 'The Search is the Point' at Sunnyhill (which prompted the development of a 76 page catalogue), and 'The Definitive Collection' at Bottomfeeder. Recent group shows include 'Stretch' at Spinning Plate, 'Stop, Collaborate, Listen' at AAP, and 'The Art of the State' at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, where my painting 'Song of Everything' was awarded the second place prize in painting in 2024.  I also had two pieces included in the AAP 111th Annual at the Erie Art Museum.

Upcoming Exhibitions 

Landscape Quartet, Spinning Plate Gallery, November 2025

AAP+CCS 2026, AAP Gallery, January 2026

Peninsula Gallery, June 2026

Web / Social

Art Website (HERE) - paulrosenblatt.net (pretty current)

Architecture Website - springboarddesign.net (often out of date, alas..)

Instagram - @paulrosenblatt

Galleries

I work through the James Gallery in Pittsburgh (jamesgallery.net/pages/paul-rosenblatt), Glass Growers Gallery in Erie (glassgrowersgallery.com/collections/paul-rosenblatt), and Casey Droege Cultural Productions (caseydroege.com). For works listed on my website which are held by one of these organizations, please contact them.

Email

For all other inquiries, please email me at paul@springboarddesign.net

My current work explores the the planet's natural and manmade landscapes, seeking to represent the tension between them. My engagement with landscape began where I grew up (NYC) - manmade/artificial park landscapes that contrasted with the brick walls of apartment building views. I read Henry Thoreau's Walden Pond on the subway. My knowledge of trees was limited to 'park trees' and 'street trees.'

As a kid and ever since, views of nature tend to be fleeting and fragmentary, seen through the windows of cars, buses, and subways. I also couldn't see very well as a kid - I only started wearing glasses when I was ten - so nature was fragmented, out of focus, and distant. I was never in the landscape, viewing it from above (airplanes) or from afar...