Solo Exhibitions
Lotta Studio, New Haven, CT, Art Walk, May 6–16, 2016
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 Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, January 19–March 1, 2012
Interactive Mural Project, Dean’s Cup Event, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, February 2, 2012
Group Exhibitions
2022
Art Hearts Fashion, Six Summit Gallery, New York Fashion Week, September 2022
Beauty & Chaos II, Six Summit Gallery, New York Port Authority, August–October 2022
2021
Shoe Gallery, December 5, 2021–January 5, 2022
Shoe Gallery & Nike, Art Basel, Wynwood, Miami, FL, December 2–5, 2021
Order and Chaos, Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook, CT, May 8–June 30, 2021
Of Beauty and Chaos, Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook, CT, February 7–March 15, 2021
2020
Clinton Art Society Member Exhibition, Andrews Memorial Town Hall, Clinton, CT, February 1–April 30, 2020
2019
Art Hearts Fashion, New York Fashion Week, Six Summit Gallery, NY, February 2019
2017
The Art of Autism theatre production of “A” Train, New York, NY, September–October 2017
DADD Showcase: Celebrating Autism: Expressions of Neurodiversity in Art, Boston, MA, April 2017
2016
The Art of Autism Private Event Exhibition, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, August 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, February 22–April 22, 2016
Blink Artist Exhibit, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, May 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
Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Fall Exhibition, September 28–December 7, 2015
Pan American Arts Gallery, Wynwood Miami, FL, Art for Autism – American Autism Association, July 24–31, 2015
VSA Arts and John F. Kennedy Center Hall of Nations, Washington, DC, VSA 25/40 Celebration, Focus Forward, July 10–August 31, 2015
Volkswagen Group of America Headquarters, Herndon, VA, Focus Forward, August 5–September 7, 2015
Art Olympia International, Toshima City Government Building, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan, June 13–18, 2015
The Miami Art Expo, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Miami, FL, Featured Artist, Miami Art Scene™ Social Media Lounge, June 19–26, 2015
Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 27–August 30, 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, FL, 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. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC, September 10, 2009–January 6, 2010
Accelerate, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, September 2009–January 2010
Accelerate National Touring Exhibition, February 2010–September 2011
Awards
First Round Winner, New York Base, General Category, Art Olympia International Open Art Competition, Tokyo, Japan, 2015
Award 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
Ink Publications, “Of Beauty and Chaos,” Vol. 16, Issue 182, February 2021
Artblend Magazine, “Top Artists to Watch,” Winter 2015
Artscope Magazine, “Reaching Out In Hartford, Driving Toward Greater Accessibility,” January/February 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