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Christopher Skura (b. June 3rd, 1964) is an American visual artist living in New York City. He was educated at New York University and The Ringling College of Art. Working in the studios of artists John Chamberlain and Hunt Slonem are cited as early influences.

In addition, Skura studied ceramic sculpture with Peter Gourfain at Greenwich House Pottery, drawing with Richard Barnet, Nicki Orbach and Leonid Gervits at The Art Students League of New York, stained-glass design and construction at The Peters Valley School of Craft,and philosophy with Paul Edwards at The New School University.

His work is influenced by jazz and street art and reference psychology, structural systems, sculpture, emergence theory and the human body. Improvisation and quick freehand drawing are emphasized. Some of Skura’s forms are organic and plant-like but others suggest the machinery of a man-made environment. This duality reflects his visual experiences growing up in the lush Florida landscape and his current life living and working in Manhattan.

Skura's artwork has been exhibited at K.S. Art, 440 Gallery, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Thread Waxing Space, Cynthia Broan Gallery, The Alternative Museum, and New York University/ 80 WSE Gallery in New York City, and Dorsch Gallery, Art Lab 33, Rocket Projects and The Pulse Fair in Miami. Also at The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, The Ringling Museum of Art, The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, The Dunedin Fine Art Center, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Alexandria Museum of Art, The Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences, The Vero Beach Museum of Art, The Box Art Museum in Sweden, Florida State University Art Museum and The Payne Gallery at Moravian University to name just a few.

His most recent artworks were exhibited in a solo show of 40 works, curated by Catherine Bergman and Nathan Beard, at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, In Dunedin, Florida and at Carter Burden Gallery, NYC in 2023.

He maintains a studio in Woodstock, NY. www.christopherskura.com