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Exhibitions / Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

The Miami Art Expo, Miami Art Scene™ Featured Artist, Nina Torres Fine Art, June 19-26, 2015

Spectrum Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, Fl, December 1-7, 2014

Truck’n With Vito!, Umbrella Arts Gallery, May-July 2014

Contemporary Art Fair, Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY, October, 2013

Unfiltered V:  Vito Bonanno Riding With The Train Girls, Akus Gallery, Eastern CT State University, Willimantic, CT, January 19-March 1, 2012

Interactive Mural Project, Dean’s Cup Event, Akus Gallery, Eastern CT State University, Willimantic, CT, February 2, 2012

 

Group Exhibitions

2016

The Art of Autism Private Event Exhibition, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Aug 31, 2016

Art Access Studio, Columbus, OH, July 2016

Love Art Gallery, Color Invasion, South Norwalk, CT, July 14, 2016

The Grove, Doors of Perception, New Haven, CT, April 29-May 27, 2016

Art Expo NYC, Artblend Gallery, April 14-17, 2016

3+ Artists, Atrium Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Feb 22-April 22, 2016

Blink Artist Exhibit, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, May 2016

Art Expo NYC, Artblend Gallery, April 14-17, 2016

3 Artists, Lesley University Graduate School of Education, March 5-31, 2016

Blink Artist Exhibit, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, March 2016

 

2015

Spectrum Miami, Artblend Gallery, Miami, FL, December 3-6, 2015

Pan American Arts Gallery, Wynwood Miami, FL, Art for Autism – American Autism Association, July 24-31, 2015

John F. Kennedy Center Hall of Nations, Washington, D.C., VSA 25/40 Celebration, Focus Forward,  July 10-August 31, 2015

Volkswagen Group of America, Herndon, VA, Focus Forward, August 5-September 7, 2015

Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 27-August 30, 2015

Art Olympia Tokyo, Toshima City Government Building, Ikebukuro – Tokyo, Japan, June 13-28 2015

Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 28-December 7, 2015

Off The Grid, Umbrella Arts Gallery, NY, NY, February 12-March 31, 2015

Metro Curates, The Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC, January 21-25, 2015

McCormick Place, Miami, December 10, 2014 – March 31, 2015

Uarts & CT Places, Hartford, CT, December 18, 2014-March 1, 2015

 

2014 & Before

Institute of Human Centered Design, New England ADA, Boston, MA, July 22-August 30, 2014

Metro Curates, The Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC,  January 22-26, 2014

Disturbing the Comfortable, Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT, September 2013

Reveille, Artspace, New Haven, CT, October 2013

Northeast Folk, Kerri Art Studio & Gallery, Willimantic, CT, January-February 25, 2012

The Metropolitan Show; Art and Antiques at the Pavilion, NYC, January 2012.

Cultural Passages and Accelerate, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, September, 2011

ArtHamptons, The International Fine Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY, July 8-10, 2011

Fans on Facebook- Online Art Venue, Umbrella Arts, NYC,  July-August 2011

Bloom, Read’s Art Space, Bridgeport, CT, June 10-30, 2011

Impulse, Spring Artfest at the Nest, Nest Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT, April 29 -May 1, 2011.

City of  New York, Union DC 37, Artists with Diversities, NYC, April 4-27, 2011

Northeast Folk, Davenport College Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT April 4-20. 2011

AWE in Autism, Glenwood Arts Center,  Long Island, NY April 2, 2011 and Great Neck Arts Center, Long Island, NY, April 10, 2011

SCRAWL, Artspace, New Haven, CT  February 9-March 26, 2011

Outsider Art Fair, NYC, February 10-13, 2011

City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT, October 2011

Bridgeport Fine Arts Trail, October 2011

Intuit Outsider Art Fair, Chicago, IL, November 2010

Project Storefronts/City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT, September 2010

Governors Island Art Fair, NYC, September 2010

95 Artists on I-95, Umbrella Arts, NYC, August 2010

Flock, Artspace, New Haven, CT, July 30-September 4, 2010

Possibilities, Connecticut Superior Court, Middletown, CT, July 2010

Change, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Gallery, Hartford, CT, June 11-August 20, 2010

RED Dot Art Fair, NYC, March 2010

Outsider Art Fair, NYC, February 2010

Accelerate, Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillion Ripley Center, Washington, DC, September 10, 2009-January 6, 2010

Accelerate, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, September 2009-Jan. 2010

Accelerate National Touring Exhibition, February 2010-September 2011

 

Awards

Art Olympia International Open Art Competition, First Round Winner General Category, 2015

Aware of Excellence: Accelerate, A juried exhibition of emerging artists with Disabilities, VSA Arts and Volkswagen Group of America, September 2010

 

Education

Creative Arts Workshop, Printmaking, 2007-2010

2010-current-private instruction from various mentors. As an individual with autism, I am primarily self-taught.

 

Residency

Artist in Residence, The Center for Public Art and Design, Bridgeport, CT, 2011 & 2012

 

Press/Text

Artblend Magazine, “Top Artists to Watch”, Winter 2015

Artscope Magazine, “Reaching Out In Hartford, Driving Toward Greater Accessibility”, Jan/Feb 2015

Featured Artist of the Day: Saatchi Art, August 16, 2015

Featured Art Collection: Saatchi Art, “New This Week 7/20/2015 Collection“, July 2015

Miami Herald, American Autism Association’s First Ever ‘Art for Autism’ Event Coming To Miami, July 2015

Miami Art Scene™, “Our Spotlight Shines on Global Art Sensation Vito Bonanno“, June 2015

Featured Art Collection: Saatchi Art, “Basquiat & Street Art Collection“, April 2015

Dekit Magazine, “Issue #4: REBOUND“, May 2015

Miami Art Scene™, “Mixed Media Artist Vito Bonanno”, September 2014

Njoy Interview, “Truck’n With Vito!”, Bushwick Open Studios, NY, June 2014

Miami Art Scene™, “Truck’N With Vito! A Cultural Awareness Campaign Launching in NYC“, May 2014

Jeanne Byington, The Importance of Earnest Service, “Service of Art as Communication”, October 21, 2013

Ed Osborn, The Office of University Relations, “Unfiltered V: Vito Bonanno Riding With The Train Girls”, January 2012

Brenda Sullivan, Hometown Today News Publication, “Windham County Students Invited to create interactive mural with artist Vito Bonanno, “ January 2012

Betsy Yagla, “Art and Autism; The spray painted visions of Vito Bonanno”, The Advocate, March 2010

Stephen Kobasa, New Haven Independent, November 2009

Pamela McLoughlin, “Vito’s dreams turn into art awards”, New Haven Register, October 2009

 

 

 

 

 

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