Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
The Miami Art Expo, Miami Art Scene™ Featured Artist, Nina Torres Fine Art, June 19-26, 2015
Spectrum Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, Fl, December 1-7, 2014
Truck’n With Vito!, Umbrella Arts Gallery, May-July 2014
Contemporary Art Fair, Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY, October, 2013
Unfiltered V: Vito Bonanno Riding With The Train Girls, Akus Gallery, Eastern CT State University, Willimantic, CT, January 19-March 1, 2012
Interactive Mural Project, Dean’s Cup Event, Akus Gallery, Eastern CT State University, Willimantic, CT, February 2, 2012
Group Exhibitions
2016
The Art of Autism Private Event Exhibition, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Aug 31, 2016
Art Access Studio, Columbus, OH, July 2016
Love Art Gallery, Color Invasion, South Norwalk, CT, July 14, 2016
The Grove, Doors of Perception, New Haven, CT, April 29-May 27, 2016
Art Expo NYC, Artblend Gallery, April 14-17, 2016
3+ Artists, Atrium Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Feb 22-April 22, 2016
Blink Artist Exhibit, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, May 2016
Art Expo NYC, Artblend Gallery, April 14-17, 2016
3 Artists, Lesley University Graduate School of Education, March 5-31, 2016
Blink Artist Exhibit, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, March 2016
2015
Spectrum Miami, Artblend Gallery, Miami, FL, December 3-6, 2015
Pan American Arts Gallery, Wynwood Miami, FL, Art for Autism – American Autism Association, July 24-31, 2015
John F. Kennedy Center Hall of Nations, Washington, D.C., VSA 25/40 Celebration, Focus Forward, July 10-August 31, 2015
Volkswagen Group of America, Herndon, VA, Focus Forward, August 5-September 7, 2015
Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 27-August 30, 2015
Art Olympia Tokyo, Toshima City Government Building, Ikebukuro – Tokyo, Japan, June 13-28 2015
Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 28-December 7, 2015
Off The Grid, Umbrella Arts Gallery, NY, NY, February 12-March 31, 2015
Metro Curates, The Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC, January 21-25, 2015
McCormick Place, Miami, December 10, 2014 – March 31, 2015
Uarts & CT Places, Hartford, CT, December 18, 2014-March 1, 2015
2014 & Before
Institute of Human Centered Design, New England ADA, Boston, MA, July 22-August 30, 2014
Metro Curates, The Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC, January 22-26, 2014
Disturbing the Comfortable, Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT, September 2013
Reveille, Artspace, New Haven, CT, October 2013
Northeast Folk, Kerri Art Studio & Gallery, Willimantic, CT, January-February 25, 2012
The Metropolitan Show; Art and Antiques at the Pavilion, NYC, January 2012.
Cultural Passages and Accelerate, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, September, 2011
ArtHamptons, The International Fine Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY, July 8-10, 2011
Fans on Facebook- Online Art Venue, Umbrella Arts, NYC, July-August 2011
Bloom, Read’s Art Space, Bridgeport, CT, June 10-30, 2011
Impulse, Spring Artfest at the Nest, Nest Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT, April 29 -May 1, 2011.
City of New York, Union DC 37, Artists with Diversities, NYC, April 4-27, 2011
Northeast Folk, Davenport College Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT April 4-20. 2011
AWE in Autism, Glenwood Arts Center, Long Island, NY April 2, 2011 and Great Neck Arts Center, Long Island, NY, April 10, 2011
SCRAWL, Artspace, New Haven, CT February 9-March 26, 2011
Outsider Art Fair, NYC, February 10-13, 2011
City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT, October 2011
Bridgeport Fine Arts Trail, October 2011
Intuit Outsider Art Fair, Chicago, IL, November 2010
Project Storefronts/City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT, September 2010
Governors Island Art Fair, NYC, September 2010
95 Artists on I-95, Umbrella Arts, NYC, August 2010
Flock, Artspace, New Haven, CT, July 30-September 4, 2010
Possibilities, Connecticut Superior Court, Middletown, CT, July 2010
Change, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Gallery, Hartford, CT, June 11-August 20, 2010
RED Dot Art Fair, NYC, March 2010
Outsider Art Fair, NYC, February 2010
Accelerate, Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillion Ripley Center, Washington, DC, September 10, 2009-January 6, 2010
Accelerate, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, September 2009-Jan. 2010
Accelerate National Touring Exhibition, February 2010-September 2011
Awards
Art Olympia International Open Art Competition, First Round Winner General Category, 2015
Aware of Excellence: Accelerate, A juried exhibition of emerging artists with Disabilities, VSA Arts and Volkswagen Group of America, September 2010
Education
Creative Arts Workshop, Printmaking, 2007-2010
2010-current-private instruction from various mentors. As an individual with autism, I am primarily self-taught.
Residency
Artist in Residence, The Center for Public Art and Design, Bridgeport, CT, 2011 & 2012
Press/Text
Artblend Magazine, “Top Artists to Watch”, Winter 2015
Artscope Magazine, “Reaching Out In Hartford, Driving Toward Greater Accessibility”, Jan/Feb 2015
Featured Artist of the Day: Saatchi Art, August 16, 2015
Featured Art Collection: Saatchi Art, “New This Week 7/20/2015 Collection“, July 2015
Miami Herald, American Autism Association’s First Ever ‘Art for Autism’ Event Coming To Miami, July 2015
Miami Art Scene™, “Our Spotlight Shines on Global Art Sensation Vito Bonanno“, June 2015
Featured Art Collection: Saatchi Art, “Basquiat & Street Art Collection“, April 2015
Dekit Magazine, “Issue #4: REBOUND“, May 2015
Miami Art Scene™, “Mixed Media Artist Vito Bonanno”, September 2014
Njoy Interview, “Truck’n With Vito!”, Bushwick Open Studios, NY, June 2014
Miami Art Scene™, “Truck’N With Vito! A Cultural Awareness Campaign Launching in NYC“, May 2014
Jeanne Byington, The Importance of Earnest Service, “Service of Art as Communication”, October 21, 2013
Ed Osborn, The Office of University Relations, “Unfiltered V: Vito Bonanno Riding With The Train Girls”, January 2012
Brenda Sullivan, Hometown Today News Publication, “Windham County Students Invited to create interactive mural with artist Vito Bonanno, “ January 2012
Betsy Yagla, “Art and Autism; The spray painted visions of Vito Bonanno”, The Advocate, March 2010
Stephen Kobasa, New Haven Independent, November 2009
Pamela McLoughlin, “Vito’s dreams turn into art awards”, New Haven Register, October 2009