Bruno Smith is a Mexican-American multidisciplinary artist born in New York City. He received his BFA at SAIC (2012), and his MFA at Rutgers University Mason Gross (2021). With family roots in Brownsville, Texas and Mexico City, Smith searches for a universal language amidst the logos and signs that saturate our environments. Stripping everyday symbols from their original consumer context in the U.S. or Mexico, Smith builds a hieroglyphic language to reflect on time, decomposition, and the very nature of the materials used to construct his work. In repurposing everyday refuse, Smith memorializes the discarded and explores their beingness in the world.

Education

MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2021

BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 2012

Solo Exhibitions

2022

The Ruins of Good Times & Bad Actors, Ki Smith Gallery, NY,NY

2021

Las Ruins de Buenas vibras y Malos Actos, MFA Thesis, MGSA Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2019

Floats, Ki Smith Gallery, NY, NY

2018

20L8, 6BASE Gallery, Bronx,

NY DINNER, Apostrophe NYC x Farm To People, NY,NY

2017

Anachronous Synthesis, Apostrophe NYC, Mana Contemporary, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

How One Becomes What One Was, LVL3, Chicago, IL

2020

Base 12: Don't Call It a Comeback, Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY

NY Fight Coronavirus & Artist Aid, Christie's CSR Online Auction, New York, NY

2018

The Tunnel, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, NY

2017

Superfine! - The Fair, Apostrophe NYC, Miami, FL

Base 12 Showcase, Prime Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

Little Big Show, Apostrophe NYC, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

NJ BSMT Nights: April Fools, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, N

2016

Base 12 Subway Show, Apostrophe NYC, Kosciuszko J Train Platform, Brooklyn,

Base 12 Popup #3, Luna Park, Apostrophe NYC, Brooklyn, NY

Base 12 Popup #2, MoMa Ps1, Apostrophe NYC, Queens, NY

Base 12 Popup #1, Whitney Museum of American Art, Apostrophe NYC, New York,

Clutch Magazine Trades Fair, Nine Lives, Cruce & Co., Yokohama, JP

2015

Borrowed Paths, Broken Rules, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY Bullseye, 610 Smith, Brooklyn, NY

2014

Drawnout666PM, 610 Smith, Brooklyn, NY 2012

Brucennial 4, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY

2010

Brucennial 3, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY