christopher derek bruno

DEREKDOESWORK / AT / GMAIL / DOT / COM

For the past twelve years, Christopher Derek Bruno has explored the nature of perception and the cognitive visual experience. His work investigates what occurs between a source of visual stimuli and the mind : how sensory input becomes spatial awareness. At its core, this work is motivated by the idea that visual perception holds clues to larger truths about human consciousness and experience. This work often engages the liminal spaces – those in-between moments, places, and events that define how we navigate the built environment. Drawn to the thresholds where perception becomes fluid, his work invites viewer’s into an active relationship with each piece, rewarding time, movement, and intention.

ON~GOING

2024-2028

WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL : Interior

ARTSWA : Steilacoom WA

PAST

2025

06.2025

IF / THEN / YES / AND

solo exhibition

THE GREG KUCERA GALLERY : Seattle

2020-2025

PIKE / PINE STREETSCAPE + BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS

grant project with GAGE HAMILTON

OFFICE OF ARTS + CULTURE : Seattle

2023

07.2023-08.2023

simple present~tents : installation

grant project via DASHBOARD / DASH Studio

FOREST FOR THE TREES + ARTXIV + RAILSPUR : Seattle

2022

07.2022

its~Olafur-you+me : installation

FOREST FOR THE TREES + ARTXIV + RAILSPUR : Seattle

10.2022

HAMBIDGE : residency

The Hambidge Center : Rabun Gap

2019

04.2019

L'AVENIR : group exhibition

MIRUS GALLERY : Denver

06.2019

RELISH SEATTLE : group exhibition

9TH & THOMAS : Seattle

2018

09.2018

TMLB : exhibition with BEN NIZNIK & DREW TYNDELL

WISH GALLERY : Atlanta

2017

12.2017

FLATLANDS : 9to5 collective installation

MANA Contemporary : Art Basel Miami

10.2017

COMPENDIUM : Group Exhibition

TREASON GALLERY : Seattle

10.2017

KNOTENPUNKT : Festival

AFFENFAUST GALERIE : Hamburg

09.2017

9to5 : New Media Arts Residency

FIELD EXPERIMENT GRANT

GA STATE UNIVERSITY : Atlanta

8.2017

Major Minority : Group Exhibition

MIRUS GALLERY : San Francisco

07.2017

SoDo Track : Mural Project

Seattle : Washington

2016

09.2016

ARTMOSPHERE : Group Exhibition

MANEGE : Moscow

04.2016

FEILD EXPERIMENT : '9to5.tv' with Pablo Gnecco and Travis Broyles

HAMBIDGE CENTER + THE GOAT FARM : ATLANTA

**** winners of field experiment grant ****

02.2016

ART PAPERS AUCTION

Atlanta

01.2016

COLOR SPACE : Group Exhibition

COMPOUND GALLERY : Portland

2015

11.2015

HERE AND THERE AND THEN AND NOW : SOLO EXHIBITION

886 GEARY : San Francisco

8.2015

WALK&TALK AZORES : Residency

San Muguel Island : Azores

7.2015

SHAPESHIFTERS AND SHARPSHOOTERS : Group Exhibition

886 GEARY : San Francisco

3.2015

Graffuturism 5yr. : Group Exhibition

886 GEARY : San Francisco

2.2015

ART PAPERS AUCTION

Atlanta

2014

12.2014

12x12 : Group Exhibition

WhiteWalls Gallery : San Francisco

9.2014

ARTMOSPHERE : Group Exhibition

ArtPlay : Moscow

8.2014

A SECOND : SOLO EXHIBITION

Flatcolor Gallery : Seattle

8.2014

LIVING WALLS CONFERENCE : Mural

Atlanta

5.2014

SPACE//SQUARED : Group Exhibition

White Walls Gallery : San Francisco

3.2014

A MAJOR MINORITY : Group Exhibition

First Ammendment Gallery : San Francisco

2.2014

ART PAPERS AUCTION

Mason Murer Fine Art : Atlanta

2013

12.2013

MOST ODDINISM: group exhibition

ART BASEL : Miami

11.2013

THREE THE HARD WAY: group exhibition with AUGUSTINE KOFIE, JERRY INSCOE

BreezeBlock Gallery : Portland

8.2013-10.2013

ART ON THE BELTLINE : installation

Atlanta

6.2013-7.2013

A FORMAL INTRODUCTION TO EUROPE : site specific installations

Italy, The Netherlands, Germany

7.2013

THE SUM IS WHOLE THAN THE PARTS OF ITS MORE: exhibition with CLEMENS BEHR and RABY FLORENCE-FOFANA

Schau Fenster Gallery : Berlin

5.2013

WIDER THAN A POSTCARD : group exhibition

BreezeBlock Gallery : Portland

3.2013

LIVING WALLS CONCEPTS : mural

East Atlanta Village

2.2013

ART PAPERS AUCTION

Mason Murer Fine Art : Atlanta

2012

12.2012

ART BASEL

The Fountain : Miami

12.2012

GRAFFUTURISM : group exhibition

Soze Gallery : Los Angeles

9.2012

SPACE // FORM : group exhibition

BreezeBlock Gallery : Portland

9.2012

FUTURISM 2.0 : group exhibition

Gamma Proforma : London

10.2012

GRAFFITI TYPE SHOWCASE : group exhibition

Ziba Design: for AIGA during Portland design week

6.2012

TMLB w/ Drew Tyndell and Ben Niznik

Compound Gallery : Portland

2.2012

SEEKS PROOF : solo exhibition

Flatcolor Gallery : Seattle

2011

11.2011

DOES WORK pt.2 : installation

The Firm : Seattle

10.2011

DOES WORK : installation

The Firm : Seattle

08.2011

LIVING WALLS : group exhibition & mural

Atlanta

06.2011

ARTOPIA : installation

Seattle

05.2011

Letter/Form : group exhibition

Flatcolor Gallery : Seattle

2010

06.2010

Cut Paper w/ Drew Tyndell

Flatcolor Gallery : Seattle

2009

06.2009

ARTOPIA : installation

Seattle