
About
Isabella Bruni (b. 2002, Toronto) is an emerging mixed-media artist based in Toronto, Canada. She holds a BFA with specialization in studio art from Western University.
Her practice centers on textiles and unconventional painting surfaces, influenced by her mother's interior design background. Her artistic approach blends still life, figuration, and abstraction, mixing vintage references with contemporary material exploration.
She emphasizes texture and materiality through layered compositions, working across painting, collage, framing, and printmaking. Framing serves as an integral practice element, with display methods referencing historical styles to examine how presentation shapes meaning.
Education
2020–2024
BFA, Honours Specialization Studio Art
Western University
Representation
Maude & Arte, Toronto, ON
Selected Exhibitions
2025
- Tarantino Belli Gallery — "To Frame, or Not to Frame", Toronto
- Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square
- Rosedale Art Fair, Ramsden Park
- Donalda Holiday Market, Toronto
2024
- Gallery 1313 — "Artist Pets"
- Northern Contemporary Gallery — "All the Small Things"
- Northern Contemporary Gallery — "It's Not Easy Being Green"
- Artlab — "Sincerely", Western University
- Cohen Commons Gallery
2023
- USC Public Arts Commission — "Dreamscape"
- USC Public Arts Commission — "Sustainability"
Residencies
2024 — The Sonndr Cafe, Artist in Residence, Toronto
Publications & Press
- 2026 — House & Home Magazine, May issue
- 2025 — The Art Thread
- 2024 — Huron Publications — Grubstreet; Symposium
- 2022 — Visual Arts Supporters Association — Glamour, Aeterna