Bruno Pontiroli
Imagine a world based on a different logic – Bruno Pontiroli is a dreamer. He lives in a cloud. An airplane crashes into the cloud.
He used to live in Paris, where he studied Fine Arts, before he recently moved to Cardiff, UK. He loves images and animals. They constantly reside in his mind. The elimination of physical rules, unnatural postures and its observation of today’s upside-down world inhabit his work.
Bruno Pontiroli creates mind-bending explorations of the relationship between humans and animals. From his dreamlike visions, he conjures up surreal and fantastic universes, where centaurs cut off the head of half-human half-horse creatures, over-eager men can embrace large walrus or jump on twisted giraffes and dromedaries fit their cubic-shaped humps into each other. A poetic and absurd ability to make the impossible happen, while a hippopotamus is standing on his tongue...
The artist brings to life our childhood dreams and a new look to the world, at the same time.
His recognized and exposed works now subvert the biggest international shows, events and exhibitions.
Show artworks
2024
- Histoires Naturelles & Grotesques – solo show at Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
- Pop Surrealism And Other Stories – group show at Blacklight Gallery, Valencia
- Wonder Of Other – group show at Mortal Machine Gallery, New Orleans
2023
- Bêtises – solo show at Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle
- A new space is Born – COMERÇ, 15 local B – group exhibition Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Art Madrid 2023 – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Madrid
2022
- Terrae Novae – group exhibition Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Expression Corporelle – solo show at Beinart Gallery, Melbourne
- Urvanity Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Madrid
- Context Miami Art Fair – art fair with Corey Helford Gallery,Miami
2021
- Fousion Finest 2021 – group show at Reial Cercle Artístic, Barcelona
- 16th Annual Blab – group show at Copro Gallery, Los Angeles
- Urvanity Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Madrid
2020
- A Rebrousse Poil – solo show at Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
- Fousion Finest 2020 – group show at Reial Cercle Artístic, Barcelona
- Drifting into Post Surrealism MMXX – group show at Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Urvanity Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Madrid
- LA Artshow – group show at Copro Gallery, Los Angeles
- Fine Line – group show at Stolenspace Gallery, London
- La 101 – group show at Adda & Sarto Gallery, Paris
2019
- Fine Line – group show at Stolen Space Gallery, London
- district 13 International Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Paris
- Moniker Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, New York
- Art Karlsruhe – art fair with Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 14th Annual Blab – group show at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica
- Five and Under – group show at Arcadia Contemporary Gallery, Pasadena
- Santander Art Fair – Ink and Movement – Cantabria
- Small Works – group show at Beinart Gallery, Melbourne
- 13th Anniversary – group show at Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
- Le Pays du Serpent – group show at Adda & Sarto Gallery, Paris
- Mondo Tondo – group show at Arcadia Contemporary Gallery, Pasadena
- Thieromorphism VI – group show at Galeria Kreisler, Madrid
2018
- Saturnalia – group show at Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Moniker Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, London
- Scope Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Basel
- art3f – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Luxembourg
- Urvanity Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Madrid
- The 13th Hour – group show at Last Rites Gallery, New York
- Art Karlsruhe – art fair with Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Beautiful Monsters – group show at Hellion Gallery, Mexico
- Twin Peaks – group show at Nero Gallery, Rome
2017
- Symbiosen – solo show at Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Essen, Germany
- Wild Nights & Day Dreams – group show at Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Affordable Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, London
- Urvanity Art Fair – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Madrid
- Art Karlsruhe – art fair with Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Art Genossen: Das Tier und wir – group show at Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Bad Saulgau, Germany
2016
- Le Sens du Poil - solo show at Fousion Gallery - Barcelona
- Blooom Art Show at Art Fair Cologne – art fair with Fousion Gallery, Cologne
- The Tall Trees of Paris – group show at Galerie Arts Factory, Paris
- The Expulsion of the Limbo – group show at Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Dystopian Forest – Gristle Art Gallery, New York
2015
- Brooklyn Biennial Submissional - group show at Cotton Candy Machine Gallery, New York
- POP Re-generation – group show at Centro Storico, Pordenone, Italy
- Salon d'art – group show at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
- Einmal ist keinmal - group show at Galerie Celal, Paris
2014
- Solo show at Galerie Gour-Beneforti, Bastia, France
- Salon Art'Ifice, Montgeron, France
2013
- Solo show at Galerie W Matignon, Paris
- Galerie 59, Paris
2012
- Solo show at Galerie Le Laboratoire de la Creation, Paris
- Echos – La Galcante, Paris
- Hit Parade – Espace Confluence, Paris
2011
- la Kommune – La Friche, Paris