About Me
Isabella Bruni is an emerging artist from Toronto, Canada. Her practice focuses on exploring various still-life subjects. Often working with mixed media techniques, she plays with varying degrees of abstraction. She creatively repurposes vintage frames and used textiles while incorporating her signature neon underpainting into many of her works. She blends these elements to spark a conversation about materiality and the delicate balance of aesthetics and contrast. Her artistic approach extends to printmaking and textile work, reconstructing frames to integrate them into the art, viewing the entire object, including the frame, as part of the artistic expression.
Isabella graduated from Western University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in studio art. While at Western, she participated in numerous exhibitions and has since exhibited in multiple galleries throughout Toronto. She was also a featured artist at the Rosedale Art Fair in June 2024 and Sonndr Cafe's artist in-residence in December 2024 and into January 2025.
Education
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2024 BFA, Honors Specialization Studio Art, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Group Exhibitions
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2025 "To Frame, or Not to Frame", Tarantino Belli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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2024 "Artist Pets", Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
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2024 "All the Small Things", Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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2024 "It's Not Easy Being Green", Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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2024 "Sincerely", Practicum Graduate Exhibition, Artlab, Western University, London, Canada
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2024 "Midnight Oil", Chloe Serenko, Cohen Commons Gallery, Western University, London, Canada
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2024 Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab and Cohen Commons Gallery, Western University, London, Canada
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2023 "Dreamscape: Weaving Dreams", Nuit Violette, USC Public Arts Commission, Western University, London, Canada
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2023 "Allegory", Cohen Commons, Western University, London, Canada
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2023 "Sustainability", USC Public Arts Commission, University Community Centre, Western University, London, Canada
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2022 "Annual Juried Exhibition", Artlab and Cohen Commons Gallery, Western University, London, Canada
Residencies
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2024 Artist Residency, Sonndr Cafe, Toronto, ON
Art Fairs
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2024 Rosedale Art Fair, Ramsden Park, Toronto, Canada
Published Writing
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2025 The Art Thread, "Framing the Past: How Vintage Frames Give New Life to Contemporary Art" London, UK
Press & Features
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2024 Grubstreet, Huron Publications, Western University, London, Canada
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2024 Symposium: Punk, Arts and Humanities Student Publications, Western University, London, Canada
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2022 Glamour, Aeterna, Visual Arts Supporters Association, image and statement, Western University, London, Canada
Professional
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2024-25 Painting Instructor, Biagini's Colours, Toronto, Canada
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2023 Curator and Kiln Technician, 4Cats Avenue Road Arts Studio, Toronto, Canada
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2022 Visual Arts Program Coordinator, Bayview Glen Independent School, Toronto, Canada