Thank you to The Art of Autism for selecting my artwork for your information postcards! 🧩💙
www.the-art-of-autism.com
The Art of Autism is a nonprofit which empowers autistic people and their families through participation in the arts.
Thank you Just Gui Vintage for using my art in your retail space at Maximus 143 Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475. All pieces for sale, come down and visit! Great vintage jewelry & new graphic t-shirts too!!
I wanted to share some pics of my home studio, artwork, and creative ideas.
I like writing things in my journal that make me happy and also things that are stressful to me.
Either way, it’s always therapeutic. And I am trying to cut back on smoking.
Six Summit Gallery
Presents: Order & Chaos
Marian Doherty & Vito Bonanno
314 Flat Rock Place, Suite F135, Westbrook CT, 06498
May 13th – June 30th
Opening Reception: June 12th 12-4pm
Vito Bonanno, is a returning Westbrook artist whose work is collected internationally. He has been featured in Art Basel Miami and is in the permanent corporate collection of AMAZON, Google, and The Hartford. Vito brings 20 new pieces of a mix of hyper-focused aesthetic blending street art, pop culture, hopes and dreams from his unfiltered world to the canvas by tapping into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism.
Marian Doherty was born in the Bronx and studied painting and sculpture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Today, she is located in Milford, CT with her home and studio. Marian is an award winning artist with artworks shown in Connecticut and New York. Her work has been featured at SSG during New York Fashion Week and at The Leo House. The work highlights the tension between a Beautiful, orderly, linear element and utter Chaos.
Six Summit Gallery
314 Flat Rock Place, Suites F135 & F140
Westbrook, CT 06498
www.sixsummitgallery.com
860-581-8332 @sixsummitgallery
SSG Presents:
Of Beauty & Chaos
featuring Vito Bonanno and Samantha Smith
February 6th thru March 14th
Opening February 6th, 1-4PM
VITO BONANNO, is a Westbrook artist whose work is collected internationally. He has been featured in Art Basel Miami and is in the permanent corporate collection of AMAZON. Vito brings a
mix of hyper-focused aesthetic blending street art, pop culture, hopes and dreams from his unfiltered world to the canvas by tapping into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism. Image and concept driven, his colorful hybrid dream-state aesthetic is where conceptual and abstract expressionism styles collide.
SAMANTHA SMITH, is a local artist who has been featured at SSG for over 6 years. She is a graduate of Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and Pratt Institute. Samantha’s work is a blend of figurative, surreal and nature, often fitted with dreamy elusive narrative. She headlined in SSG show “After the Machines” and most recently during New York Fashion Week.
There’s something about The Wiseman that I always loved, it’s hanging in my home and it’s one of my favorite paintings. ‘Wiseman’, made with oil paint, india ink, and oil stick on canvas, 36″H x 24″W. “The New England-based artist taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. His work is image and concept driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts and dreams, coupled around objects or topics that ‘get stuck in his head’, including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti and pop culture.”
“The characters, objects, and ideas that inhabit Vito Bonanno’s work act and interact in striking ways. Caught within the grids and map-like structures he imagines, they are often in a struggle between multiple worlds. He has found a way to tap in the intensity of focus and insight afforded him through autism to unleash a formidable creative power and vision.” -Elizabeth Peterson, Director of Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU). For more information about this artist, for inquiries or to commission a piece contact vito@vitobonanno.com
I have some longtime favorite characters that you’ll find in my work like Mr. Bunny and of course my old buddy Luis The Rat. I also have many meaningful characters that take on people I know, people I’ve met or encountered over the years.
“The characters, objects, and ideas that inhabit Vito Bonanno’s work act and interact in striking ways. Caught within the grids and map-like structures he imagines, they are often in a struggle between multiple worlds.”
“He has found a way to tap in the intensity of focus and insight afforded him through autism to unleash a formidable creative power and vision.” -Elizabeth Peterson, Director at Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University.
For more information about this artist, for inquiries or to commission an art piece contact vito@vitobonanno.com
I recently started a new series called Life Interrupted which began with the creation of a painting I titled, ‘Pizza Interrupted‘. The piece is 48″H x 36″W made with mixed medium including oil paint, india ink, and oil paint pen. It is the first in this series with more to come! Contact me for pricing and shipping information at Vito@VitoBonanno.com
Pizza Interrupted is like a documentary on canvas, about how a sudden abrupt event can change life as we know it. It outlines the flood of emotions and feelings of helplessness and fragmentation, while the use of vibrant colors can still bring a smile to our heart in the face of uncertainty and difficulty, reminding us of the power, resilience and always hopeful spirit of humanity.
I am excited to share photos of my original art pieces that were recently acquired by a new corporate client, the one and only Amazon! They have made a purchase of 6 of my original art pieces for one of their corporate buildings in Seattle, Washington. The artwork was recently installed!
Other corporate clients that have purchased my artwork include The Hartford NC, CBRE Nashville and City Block. None of this would be possible without my relationship with ArtLifting, and I want to send a big THANK YOU to everyone there for these tremendous opportunities and their dedication to myself and the other artists they represent. I was introduced to this incredible organization through The Art of Autism — Artlifting is a very special non-profit whose mission is to empower individuals living with disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork.
I’m very excited and grateful to be selling my original art pieces and prints of my work with ArtLifting, their mission is to empower individuals living with disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork.
Check me out on ArtLifting.com, it’s such an incredible organization that supports artists with disabilities, helping me to showcase and sell my work. Browse amazing artwork and read inspiring stories. If you’re interested in an original art piece, email curator@artlifting.com my direct profile link is: https://www.artlifting.com/collections/vito-bonanno. Please check out my profile and view the work that can be purchased directly from ArtLifting. Prints are produced on demand on either mounted wrapped canvas or giclee fine art paper in a variety of sizes here in the United States. High-quality print reproductions for your home or office.
Dead Triva series, Red
ArtLifting is a benefit corporation founded in 2013 that connects socially conscious companies with talented artists impacted by homelessness or disabilities. ArtLifting is headquartered in Boston, MA but works with nearly 150 different artists across 30 different states. I have several art pieces available through ArtLifting, one is from my Dead Trivia series, ‘Red‘. As an autistic individual, there are things that my mind struggles to process. For example, people who have died a long time ago don’t know about cell phones or modern advances. My series, Dead Trivia, examined this anxiety I had at the time. I put deceased people in my art along with things or events that happened after they died-in an attempt to make this idea in my head that would haunt me a lot, get an answer that my brain could accept. It seemed to help. I don’t obsess about that idea so much anymore.
Airplane series, ‘Church Street South Building’
ArtLifting is about creating opportunity, empowerment, and validation. They offer artists the chance to secure our own income through the sale of original paintings, prints, and products. “By showcasing and selling artwork via ArtLifting.com, our artists gain self-confidence that permeates all aspects of their lives.”