Bruno Castro Santos, Lisbon, 1972
lived in the United States between 1990 and 1998 having completed a bachelor of architecture in the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Subsequently, Bruno concluded his academic studies with a Masters Degree in Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University, New York. Following a decade of architecture practice and teaching in Portugal, he gradually devoted himself to the fine arts, having completed in 2012 the Advanced Fine Arts Degree from Ar.Co.
Since 2012 the artist has been showing his work collectively and individually in major galleries, institutional and cultural venues in Portugal and abroad. Some examples are the exhibitions in the Lisbon Natural History Museum (2012), the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation, Évora (2012), the Viscondes de Balsemão Municipal Gallery, Porto (2015), the Contemporary Art Center , Málaga, Spain (2015), the João Esteves de Oliveira Gallery, Lisbon (2017), the Tête Project Space, Berlin and Bekanze Project Space, Miami. His work is represented in several institutional collections such as The Benetton Foundation, The Malaga Center for Contemporary Art, the Portuguese Republic Museum, the Rudin Foundation, David Foster Collection, Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, Esteves de Oliveira Collection and the Phillip & Patricia Frost Art Museum Collection (EUA). He currently lives and works in Lisbon.
Education
Courtauld Institute, London- Showcasing Art History
2013- 2014
Ar.Co Art School, Lisbon – Advanced Fine Arts Program
2009-2012
Columbia University, New York - MA Architecture
1996- 1997
Southern California School of Architecture, LA
1991-1996
Grants and awards
Best Design Award - Columbia University - MA Architecture
1997
Best Thesis Award - Southern California School of Architecture
1996
USA President´s Deans List Award for academic achievement
1991
Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) International Scholarship
1990
Solo exhibitions
To Be Continued, Bekanze Project Space. USA
2020
Derivation, Objectismo Gallery, Lisbon
2017
Sometimes, At Times, Other Times. Museum of Natural History, Lisbon
2015
Sometimes, At Times, Other Times. Viscondes Balsemão Gallery, Oporto
2015
RED. Museum of Natural History, Lisbon
2013
Group exhibitions
You Just Never Quite Know, Bekanze Project Space. USA
2019
Primavera - Verão, João Esteves de Oliveira Gallery, Lisbon
2018
ArtBox Project, Basel Art Week 2017
2017
"Open Window to the World: Portuguese Art of Today”. Contemporary Art Center, Spain
2016
Simpler Than Bitting an Apple. A Red Apple. Alecrim 50, Lisbon
2014
Open Doors - Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora
2013
Ar.Co 2012 Finalist, City Museum, Lisbon
2013