Fun Times at the Mesa, 2024
Oil on Linen
18 x 24 inches
Index of Seasons (Sick Earth Catalog pg. 168), 2024
Oil on Linen
60 x 80 inches
Star Power, 2024
Oil on Linen
24 x 32 inches
Revel in Rejuvenation, 2024
Oil on Linen
36 x 48 inches
Index of Seasons (Sick Earth Catalog pg. 169), 2024
Oil on Linen
60 x 80 inches
Index of Seasons (Sick Earth Catalog pg. 168 & 9), 2024
Oil on Linen
60 x 80 inches (Each)
The Core of Things, 2023
Oil on jute
36 x 48 inches
Flow State, 2023
Oil on jute
48 x 36 inches
Cloud Star, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Joy in the Valley, 2023
Oil on Jute
32 x 24 inches
Elk Trail #4 The Fool, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Verdant Peak, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Untitled , 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Oranges and Las Cruces, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Rock Rocks, 2023
Oil on jute
32 x 24 inches
Summer's Wrath, 2023
Oil on jute
32 x 24 inches
Storyteller, 2023
Oil on jute
32 x 24 inches
Summer Ease, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Glade Rock, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Midnight Fire, 2023
Oil on jute
48 x 72 inches
Bell Ringer, 2023
Oil on jute
32 x 24 inches
Comb Ridge Walk #2, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Elk Trail #1, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
Cloud Walk, 2022
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches
WILL BRUNO
B. 1981 Nashville, TN
Lives and works in Abiquiu, NM
Will Bruno lives and works remotely and off grid in Abiquiu, NM. He holds an MFA from Portland State University. Bruno has recently exhibited in Berlin with Meyer Riegger, and in the US with Smart Objects in LA, Smoke the Moon and The Valley Taos in NM, and Patrick Parrish in NY. Will Bruno has been featured in Contemporary Art Review LA and Artcritical. He was an Artist-in-Residence through the Ford Family Foundation Grant at Sitka Center for Art And Ecology and most recently a resident at the Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY. Midnight River (2023) was Bruno's first solo exhibition in New York City.
EDUCATION
2012 MFA Contemporary Art Practice, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2011 Intensive Summer Studio Seminar, Macerata, Italy
2005 BA Studio Arts, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Midnight River, EUROPA, New York, NY
2022 Spherical Influence, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
2021 Methods for Regional Stewardship, Smart Objects, LA
2020 From a Distance the World, Smart Objects with Gallery Platform LA
2016 The Retreat, Stumptown on Division, Portland, OR
2019 Hormone High, Alone Time Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 Comics With Still Life: Finding The Inevitable Place, Gallery HOMELAND, Portland, OR
2013 Either Into The Either Or, White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2012 WHEN I WOKE WE WERE SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES NORTH, MK and AB Galleries, Portland State University
2009 The Northwest Yellow Corporation Presents, Rontoms, Portland, OR
2008 Fire Lookouts, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Moon Belongs to Everyone, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Maison Palo, Palo Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Forest Spirit, The Valley, Taos, NM
2023 Afterglow, In Lieu, Los Angeles, CA
2023 NADA NY, Group presentation with Paige Turner-Uribe, Smoke the Moon
2023 Soulscapes, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 Leave a Light On, The Valley Taos, Taos, NM
2022 Flowers, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
2021 High Desert High, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
2021 Winter in the Valley, The Valley Taos, Taos, NM
2020 Night Swim, Good Naked, New York
2020 Artist Series Vol. 2, Foam Corp., Los Angeles, CA
2020 New Myths, Seraphim Dream, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Time Flies, Dog Days, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Special Relativity, Desert Center LA, Spring Break Art Fair, Los Angeles
2019 Shop Vac, 621 S. Anderson, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Ghosts of Electricity, Smoke The Moon, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Hidden Valley 0-0, LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Velvet Ropes Got It For Cheap, Patrick Parrish Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Embassy 02 by Joe Garvey, 316 Canal Street, New York, NY
2016 Ol’ Roady’s Day Off with Jonathan Ulrich, Stumptown on Belmont, Portland, OR
2014 Love For Sale, Land Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 The Bell Curve, Portland, OR
2012 EXHIBITION &, Cleaners, Portland, OR
2012 13 for 13, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Deadstock, Compound Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Made in Italy, MK Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Mobility and Sparseness: Every City’s Edge, Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 4T, Tender Loving Empire, Portland, OR
2009 Happy Birthday Ruthie, Black Cat Cafe, Portland, OR
2008 Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 Thirty-One, Om Tradition Arts, Portland, OR
AWARDS
2014 Artist in Residence, Sitka Center for Art And Ecology
2004 J Ruth Kelsy Scholorship, Western Washington University
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Gateways 1, debuted at Comix Thing, Portland, Oregon
2017 Untitled (3.25.2017), debuted at Comix Thing, Portland, Oregon
2015 Afternoons With Ferdinand Hodler, debuted at Lineworks Northwest, Portland, OR
2014 I See The Clouds Move Across The Sky, debuted at Love For Sale, Land PDX
2013 Either Into The Ether Or, Catalogue/comic book accompanying exhibition
TEACHING
Watermedia, 2013-2017, Portland State University
Intro to Drawing, 2017, Portland State University
Art 299: Painting For Non-Majors, Winter 2012, Portland State University
ARTIST TALKS
Gridlords, 2015, Portland, OR
Portland State University, Drawing Concepts, Instructor: Pat Boas
Portland State University, The Graphic Novel, Instructor: Katya Amato