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Bruno Smith
Was born in New York City in 1990. He has a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently he lives and works in New York City.
Smith works with clothing, blankets and upholsteries either donated, found or from his own past purchases. With the raw material already charged with history and personal attachment, Smith then cuts up and collages the textiles, at once both preserving and destroying their sentimental value. The works are composed like an abstract painting, with large shapes of fabric forming a background and thinner strips traversing on top, mimicking broad brushstrokes. In this post-modern take on painting, Smith inverts the expressionistic gestures of Abstract Expressionism into the calmed and slowed process of sewing.
Bruno Smith
New York, USA. 1990
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Anachronous Synthesis, Apostrophe NYC Gallery, New Jersey, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2017 Again in Art City, Apostrophe NYC x Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Laser Prints, Apostrophe NYC Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Miami Base 12 Pop-Up, Juxtapose Clubhouse (Miami Art Week) Miami, FL
Invisible Paintings, Apostrophe NYC Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Binocular Show, Apostrophe NYC Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
The Casual Art Fair, Hester St Art Fair, New York City, NY
“That Coney Island Thing”, Apostrophe NYC x Luna Park, New York City, NY
Base 12 Subway Show, Apostrophe NYC, New York City, NY
Festival of Colors, Holi NYC, New York City, NY
Clutch Magazine Trades Fair, Apostrophe NYC x CRUCE & Co, Yokohama, Japan
Base 12 Pop Up #2, MoMA PS1,New York City, NY
Base 12 Pop Up #1, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
2015 Borrowed Paths,Broken Rules, Gowanus Ballroom, New York City, NY
Bullseye, 610 Smith, New York City,NY
2014 Drawnout666PM, 610 Smith, New York City, NY
2012 Brucennial 4, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York City, NY
2010 Brucennial 3, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York City, NY