David B. Smith Gallery

Bruno Novelli was born in 1980 in Brazil. Novelli is a founder of the Universidade Autoindicada por Entidades Livres, a loose bundle of classes and training programs created to articulate interdisciplinary artistic research. He has a degree in Graphic Design (ESPM - São Paulo), attended to painting classes at Instituto Tomie Othake (São Paulo) and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Novelli is also co-founder of Metagrafismo (Metagraphism), an experimental collective exploring the graphic potential of metalinguistics. Novelli’s work has been exhibited in his native Brazil, as well as in England, Denmark, Spain, Japan and the United States. Collective shows include exhibitions at Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Porto Alegre – Brazil), Museu da Imagem e do Som MIS (São Paulo - Brazil), Fundacion OSDE (Buenos Aires - Argentina) and Centro Nacional de Las Artes (Mexico City). His work has been reviewed by Art in America and The New York Times Style Magazine, among other international publications. Novelli’s paintings feature enigmatic images, in which otherworldly entities, northern figures, dynamic geometric forms, and an encrypted alphabet strangely align. He has a deep interest in Amazonian rituals, the practice of painting, and most recently has participated to an art residency in Amazonia with the art collective MAHKU. Novelli lives and works in São Paulo.