Pittsburgh Artist, Muralist, Curator, Graphic Designer • Do What We Love
Shane Pilster is an artist, muralist, curator, graphic designer and web developer. Bridging his expertise in graffiti and urban arts with community involvement, he prides himself in also being an educator, advocate, mentor and well-rounded creative individual.
artist, muralist, curator, graphic design, web design, design, graffiti, urban arts, community, educator, creative
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One of my favorite projects so far; amazing clients and their team, great engagement with the community, and everything just went super smoothly. Thank you all involved! @goodboygems mostly did the left and I mostly did the right, but we added bits and things to each side. Thank you @waterfrontpgh for everythinggggg!
Come out this Friday at 11a for a ribbon cutting of this mural; painted on Barnes & Noble in the Waterfront. Here’s a blurb about the whole thing:
This lively and colorful 156’x20’ mural is much more than its scale and excitement. Painted by Shane Pilster and Max Gonzales, this mural holds many references to Homesteads present and past. From the energetic colors and stars coming from Betty Davis, to the explosive pouring of steel; this scene depicts our communities history as an industry town and a music and technology hub. As Homestead continues to grow and change, it will always hold praise and value to its origins. Artists Max and Shane also hold this historical knowledge close to heart as part of Rivers of Steel’s Graffiti Arts Program at the Carrie Furnaces. Both have also taught in schools, run workshops and painted many murals with our community prior to this project. Max and Shane wanted to let us know how valuable of an experience this was for them, as over the 3 weeks of painting, they got the chance to meet and talk to many community members and friends and family of those people’s portraits they were painting. As two artists who love to adapt their imagery on the fly, they even took on some community suggestions and imagery during their process. We hope to see even more color and celebration in our community and our artists are more than willing to make that happen.
#maxgonzalez #shanepilster #waterfrontpgh #pittsburghmurals #bettydavis #joshgibson #billcampbell #franklintheshiba #hectorthechihuahua #ussteel #pghcreative #spraypaintart #dowhatwelove

One of my favorite projects so far; amazing clients and their team, great engagement with the community, and everything just went super smoothly. Thank you all involved! @goodboygems mostly did the left and I mostly did the right, but we added bits and things to each side. Thank you @waterfrontpgh for everythinggggg!

Come out this Friday at 11a for a ribbon cutting of this mural; painted on Barnes & Noble in the Waterfront. Here’s a blurb about the whole thing:

This lively and colorful 156’x20’ mural is much more than its scale and excitement. Painted by Shane Pilster and Max Gonzales, this mural holds many references to Homesteads present and past. From the energetic colors and stars coming from Betty Davis, to the explosive pouring of steel; this scene depicts our communities history as an industry town and a music and technology hub. As Homestead continues to grow and change, it will always hold praise and value to its origins. Artists Max and Shane also hold this historical knowledge close to heart as part of Rivers of Steel’s Graffiti Arts Program at the Carrie Furnaces. Both have also taught in schools, run workshops and painted many murals with our community prior to this project. Max and Shane wanted to let us know how valuable of an experience this was for them, as over the 3 weeks of painting, they got the chance to meet and talk to many community members and friends and family of those people’s portraits they were painting. As two artists who love to adapt their imagery on the fly, they even took on some community suggestions and imagery during their process. We hope to see even more color and celebration in our community and our artists are more than willing to make that happen.

#maxgonzalez #shanepilster #waterfrontpgh #pittsburghmurals #bettydavis #joshgibson #billcampbell #franklintheshiba #hectorthechihuahua #ussteel #pghcreative #spraypaintart #dowhatwelove
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Little paint jam with the RO fam, with some added Union vibes. I’ll post more flicks soon 
#repeatoffenders #rockon #smaer #dangermouse #solidarity #dowhatwelove #letterscience #unionbrothers #spraycation #spraycanart

Little paint jam with the RO fam, with some added Union vibes. I’ll post more flicks soon

#repeatoffenders #rockon #smaer #dangermouse #solidarity #dowhatwelove #letterscience #unionbrothers #spraycation #spraycanart
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Another one for @unionbrothersbrewing - more photos of all the projects we did in there to come. @goodboygems on the right side (and out of frame on another wall). Love Union Brothers!
#unionbrothers #harmonypa #pghcreative #pacman #atari #digdug #pinballnumbercount #qbert #dowhatwelove #pittsburghmurals #spraypaintart

Another one for @unionbrothersbrewing - more photos of all the projects we did in there to come. @goodboygems on the right side (and out of frame on another wall). Love Union Brothers!

#unionbrothers #harmonypa #pghcreative #pacman #atari #digdug #pinballnumbercount #qbert #dowhatwelove #pittsburghmurals #spraypaintart
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Here’s another 90 seconds of awesome projects we have created this year. Most are with @goodboygems, the giant rings are also with @everyonehateschu, and a few solo. 
Couldn’t have done it without the amazing people and organizations that give us the opportunity to do what we love. Many thanks to everyone involved for these projects and all projects: @artandassoc @sheetz @jorgejovel @voodooreno @voodoocosprings @zang_tkd @wickedpgh @vault_coffeehouse @neighborhoodnorth @culturaltrust and @abegail_elizabeth for making me take some time off ❤️❤️❤️
#mural #muralart #dowhatwelove #pittsburgh #pitcairn #reno #cosprings #pittsburghmurals #beaverfalls #carriefurnace #culturaldistrict #downtownpittsburgh #welovepainting

Here’s another 90 seconds of awesome projects we have created this year. Most are with @goodboygems, the giant rings are also with @everyonehateschu, and a few solo.

Couldn’t have done it without the amazing people and organizations that give us the opportunity to do what we love. Many thanks to everyone involved for these projects and all projects: @artandassoc @sheetz @jorgejovel @voodooreno @voodoocosprings @zang_tkd @wickedpgh @vault_coffeehouse @neighborhoodnorth @culturaltrust and @abegail_elizabeth for making me take some time off ❤️❤️❤️

#mural #muralart #dowhatwelove #pittsburgh #pitcairn #reno #cosprings #pittsburghmurals #beaverfalls #carriefurnace #culturaldistrict #downtownpittsburgh #welovepainting
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Messing with making more reels of recent works. Featuring @everyonehateschu @davidscottbrozovich @goodboygems @wickedpgh and @glo_phase on the track (go buy his music). More to come
#pghcreative #pittsburghmurals #murals #aerosolart #spraycanart #dowhatwelove #wickedpittsburgh

Messing with making more reels of recent works. Featuring @everyonehateschu @davidscottbrozovich @goodboygems @wickedpgh and @glo_phase on the track (go buy his music). More to come

#pghcreative #pittsburghmurals #murals #aerosolart #spraycanart #dowhatwelove #wickedpittsburgh
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A fun one for @thelibraryoncarson the other day to liven up their new patio section they opened on Saturday. A Hemingway quote with some Miami vibes. Thank you @keresty! 
#southsidepittsburgh #pittsburgh #letterscience #hemingway #miamivibes #pghcreative #pittsburghmurals #spraycanart #dowhatwelove

A fun one for @thelibraryoncarson the other day to liven up their new patio section they opened on Saturday. A Hemingway quote with some Miami vibes. Thank you @keresty!

#southsidepittsburgh #pittsburgh #letterscience #hemingway #miamivibes #pghcreative #pittsburghmurals #spraycanart #dowhatwelove
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Here is four days of work in less than 60 seconds. Thank you @brightonmusiccenter for everything, such a fun project even in the heat! And of course, painted this with the lovely @goodboygems - first day was just all prep, tediously chipping off old mortar and then priming, then two of the three days of painting got into the 90s. No artists were harmed in the making of this production though, had a blast. Thank you all!
#brightonmusic #newbrighton #music #musicmural #allspraypaint #noprojector #spraycanart #sprayart #dowhatwelove #pittsburghartist #chooseviolinsnotviolence #musiccenter #pghcreative

Here is four days of work in less than 60 seconds. Thank you @brightonmusiccenter for everything, such a fun project even in the heat! And of course, painted this with the lovely @goodboygems - first day was just all prep, tediously chipping off old mortar and then priming, then two of the three days of painting got into the 90s. No artists were harmed in the making of this production though, had a blast. Thank you all!

#brightonmusic #newbrighton #music #musicmural #allspraypaint #noprojector #spraycanart #sprayart #dowhatwelove #pittsburghartist #chooseviolinsnotviolence #musiccenter #pghcreative
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Painted this at the furnace for Mother’s Day. I still have a few more from my sketchbook from a couple winters ago that I’d like to paint. Miss ya ma ❤️
#carriefurnace #mothersday #dowhatwelove #smaensf #stylewriting #graffitiletters #loveletters

Painted this at the furnace for Mother’s Day. I still have a few more from my sketchbook from a couple winters ago that I’d like to paint. Miss ya ma ❤️

#carriefurnace #mothersday #dowhatwelove #smaensf #stylewriting #graffitiletters #loveletters
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