Arthur Bruso
Curious Matter 272 Fifth Street Jersey City, NJ 07302
201.659.5771 abruso@comcast.net
Biography
Biography
Arthur Bruso was born in Albany, New York. He holds a degree in art education from State University of New York at New Paltz and a MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. A few years after receiving his MFA, he moved to New York City to continue the pursuit of his art, where he served as Exhibition Director for ArtGroup. He has exhibited his work widely. He is also co-founder of Curious Matter in Jersey City.
Education
BS State University College of New York at New Paltz
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Falling City, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2009 A Lesser Doxology, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2009 A Lesser Doxology, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2004 Association Sublimation, The Gallery-Studios, Jersey City, NJ.
2000 Open Studio, The Gallery-Studios, Jersey City, NJ.
1990 Arthur Bruso Hamilton Art Center, Schenectady, NY.
1989 Arthur Bruso First Unitarian Society, Schenectady, NY.
1988 Arthur Bruso Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY.
1987 Arthur Bruso Capitol Rep Gallery, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY.
Invitational Exhibitions
1999 Remembering, Responding, Renewing, Visions Gallery, Albany, NY.
Invitational Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA.
1998 Post PENNism, Meyerson Gallery, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Flights of Fancy, 24 Hours for Life Gallery, New York, NY.
1997 Styles & Aesthetics VII, LaMamma La Galleria, New York, NY.
1995 Visions of Chelsea, the Hudson Guild, New York, NY.
Spirits & Heroes, Peter Madero Gallery, New York, NY.
ArtGroup: First Outing, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY.
1994 A Sensibility and the Senses, the Hudson Guild, New York, NY.
Female Portraiture, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY.
The Artists, hosted by Morrison Cohen Singer and Weinstein Law Offices, New York, NY.
1994 New Work - Black Artists, at the Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY.
1992 Alumni Show University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
1991 Group Show Philopatrian Literary Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Group Exhibitions
2012 The Fool's Journey, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2011 Dividing Light Measuring Darkness, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Naming the Animals, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ.
2011 Dividing Light Measuring Darkness, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Naming the Animals, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ.
2010 Psychopomp, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ. curated by Vincent Como
The Ecstatic, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2009 Nyktomorph, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Poison, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2008 Between Worlds, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Hocus Pocus, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Soho Show-off, Penn Design New York Alumni Show, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Apparition, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Minnie’s Message - Steroscopic Views, The Gallery Studios, Jersey City, NJ
2002 Fine Arts Alumni/ae Virtual Exhibition 2002, www.upenn.edu, University of Pennsylvania.
Hallowed Ground Fertile Ground, The Gallery-Studios, Jersey City, NJ.
2001 Recent Work/Sketches & Plans (The Alchemist’s Garden), The Gallery-Studios, Jersey City, NJ
Photography Exhibition, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, juried
2000 Altars and Other Sacred Sites, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY.
Universal Diversity 8 (ATE), Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY.
1999 Universal Diversity 7: We Create, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY. curated by Devorah Sperver
1999 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; curated by Lisa Dennison,
Chief Curator/Deputy Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
The Landscape, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY.
New Works by Members, New Century Artists, New York, NY.
1998 Independents Biennial IV, Charas/El Bohio, New York, NY.
Photo Exhibition, Greene County Council of the Arts, Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY.
Berkshire Art Association 1998 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, MA;
curator, Laura Hoptman, Assistant Curator, Department of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art.
1998 Universal Diversity 6: Our Voices Carry, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
New Works by Members, New Century Artists, New York, NY.
1998 National Works on Paper: Poverty, University Gallery, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY.
ArtGroup Exhibition, Vincent Louis Galleries, New York, NY.
Out On The Edge Festival Exhibition, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY.
1998 Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY.
1997 22nd Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY.
A Time to Heal, Visions Gallery, Albany, NY.
Universal Diversity 5, La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY.
Third Annual Art Exhibition, Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT.
Strength in Unity, 24 Hours for Life Gallery, New York, NY.
6th Photography Annual, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
1996 Me, Myself & I, LaMamma La Galleria, New York, NY.
Universal Diversity 4: Freedom of Expression, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
NonPlussed, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
Independents Biennial III, Charas/El Bohio, New York, NY.
Community/Family, the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY.
1995 Little Pieces, 24 Hours for Life Gallery, New York, NY.
The Fourth Photo Annual, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
Universal Diversity 3: Increased Visibility, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
1994 ArtGroup Addresses A.I.D.S., Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
Universal Diversity 2: Our Vision Ourselves, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
1993 Universal Diversity: Images Through Our Own Eyes, Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.
1992 Group exhibition, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA.
1988 Group exhibition, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY.
1986 Group Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
Residencies
2001 Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA, accepted for residency
1985-1987 Artist-in-Residence with Albany City Arts Office. Painter and mural design for public projects.
Lectures/Curatorial
2010 Imagination, Smithtown Township Arts Council
2005 Mystical, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
1998 Life After Your MFA, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, Slide presentations, ArtGroup, New York, NY
Publications/Media
2010 Who’s Who In America
Who’s Who in American Art, 30th edition
“Q&A With Managers of Curious Matter, a Downtown Jersey City Art Gallery Readying ‘The Ecstatic,’” The Jersey Journal, 5/14/10 edition.
2009 appeared on WMBC news New Jersey discussing Nyktomorph exhibition, aired 10/6/09
Essay for Nyktomorph catalog with Raymond E. Mingst, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
“Photography for the Heavens,” The Jersey City Reporter, Jersey City, NJ, 7/19/09 edition
appeared on WMBC news New Jersey discussing Poison exhibition, aired 4/22/09
Essay for Poison catalog, with Raymond E. Mingst, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
appeared on WMBC news New Jersey discussing The Line Holds, the Space Beckons book, aired 2/13/09
2008 appeared on WMBC news New Jersey discussing the Between Worlds exhibition, aired 10/16/08
Essay for Between Worlds catalog, with Raymond E. Mingst, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
appeared on WMBC news New Jersey discussing the ÆTHER exhibition, aired 7/3/08
appeared on WMBC news New Jersey discussing Hocus Pocus exhibition, aired 4/7/08
Essay for Hocus Pocus catalog, with Raymond E. Mingst, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Appeared on WMBC news, New Jersey, discussing Work of the Penitent, aired 1/8/08
Essay for Work of the Penitent exhibition, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2007 essay for Apparition catalog with Raymond E. Mingst, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
“A Matter of Creativity,” Current, Jersey City, NJ, 6/21/07 edition
2005 New York Times New Jersey Edition, April 3, “Putting Down Roots in the City”
Edition Who’s Who In America
2006 Edition Who’s Who in America
2004 Edition Who’s Who In America
2003 The Alchemist’s Garden, project catalog, The Gallery Studios, Jersey City, NJ
2002 Hallowed Ground Fertile Ground, exhibition catalog, The Gallery-Studios, Jersey City, NJ
1999 November Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA), Minneapolis, MN
1998 December Pen In Ink; “Alumni News,” Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
September Berkshire Art Association 1998 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture catalog; The Berkshire Art Association,
Pittsfield, MA.
1996 Summer Ignite magazine.
1995 April “David Wojnarowitz,”ArtGroup Newsletter.
June Vice Magazine.
February “Hugh Steers”ArtGroup Newsletter.
1994 February exhibition reviews: Huganot Herald, New Paltz, NY, The Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY
Bibliography
Bruso, A, Mingst, R. E., Proteus Gowanus, The Fool's Journey. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2012, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A A Narrow World. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter 2012, a monograph of photographic art work
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E., Dividing Light Measuring Darkness. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2011, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A, Mingst, R. E., Proteus Gowanus, Naming the Animals. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2011, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A A Narrow World. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter 2012, a monograph of photographic art work
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E., Dividing Light Measuring Darkness. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2011, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A, Mingst, R. E., Proteus Gowanus, Naming the Animals. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2011, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A, Mingst, R. E., Vincent Como, Psychopomp. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2010, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E., The Ecstatic. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2010, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A Structure of the Church. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter 2010, a monograph of photographic art work
Bruso, A The Line Holds, the Space Beckons. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2009
a monograph of photographic art work
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E., Nyktomorph. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2009, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E. Poison. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, exhibition catalog
Bruso, A Into the Magic Space. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2008 a monograph of photographic art work
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E. Between Worlds. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2008 exhibition catalog
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E. Hocus Pocus. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2007 exhibition catalog
Bruso, A and Mingst, R. E. Apparition. Jersey City, NJ: Curious Matter, 2007 exhibition catalog
Research
2009 Venice, Italy to study Titian and Florence, Italy to study the wax models in La Specola
2008 Amsterdam and Haarlem, Netherlands, to study cabinets of curiosity
2007 Paris, France, to study gothic sacred space in Chartres and Notre Dame
2006 Rome, Italy to study the Garden of Monsters, Bomarzo
Associations
Present - 2006 American Assiciation of Museums
2003 - 1995 Leslie-Lohman Gallery, board member
2005 - 1993 All Out Arts, board member
