BIOGRAPHY & ARTIST STATEMENT
BIOGRAPHY
Arta Brito is a classically trained oil painter who has studied with various professional artists in New York City. She’s worked for the world renowned Jeff Koons studios from 2014-2016, has had several group and solo exhibitions throughout the U.S. and is in the permanent collection of the Hunterdon Art Museum and Lehigh University Art Galleries.
Brito’s work explores gender and queer themes inspired by both personal and current events. Her creative process serves as a vehicle for self exploration and storytelling. Brito’s work often resists sociopolitical structures and illuminates historical events purposefully left out of academia.
ARTIST STATEMENT
"I’m mesmerized by portraiture—gazing at someone until I no longer recognize them, building their image back up through mark making until they appear again, a bottom lip catching light, a golden wisp of hair, the gentle curve of a clavicle. I still don’t know what it all means, but I know how I feel when I capture it. I know that there is no better feeling in the world than when I do. It’s enough for me."
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Arta Brito
www.artbyarta.com
arta@artbyarta.com
(484) 542-6916
EDUCATION:
2020 Weekend Workshop, Michelle Doll, Private Studio, Hoboken, NY
2018 Figure Drawing, Edmond Rochat, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2018 Contemporary Narrative Painting, Marshall Jones, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2018 Figure Drawing Painting and Design, Michael Burban, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2018 Painting From Life, Costa Vavagiakis, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2018 Drawing From Life, Jerry N Weiss, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2017 Private Painting Classes, Alonsa Guevara, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Still Life Painting Workshop, Kristy Gordon, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2015 Transcending the Photo Reference Workshop, Alyssa Monks, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2013-2014 Private Apprenticeship at Erin Anderson Studio, Bethlehem, PA
2013 Figure Painting Workshop Max Ginsberg, The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
2013 Private Painting Classes, Sandra Corpora, Bethlehem, PA
2012-2013 The Barnstone studios, Drawing One & Drawing Two, Coplay, PA
2012 Flesh Painting Workshop, Alyssa Monks, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Bethlehem, PA
2008-2012 Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Visual Art Major, (HSDG), Bethlehem, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Arta Through The Looking Glass, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Allentown, PA
2018 Humanism II, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Humanism II, Freeman's Auction House (Main Line), Wayne, PA
2015 Member Highlight: Arturo Cabrera, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2013 Nature’s Mark, Blink27, Bethlehem, PA
2013 Humanism, Home and Planet, Bethlehem, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 The Language of heART, Atelier Jolie Gallery, Allentown, PA
2023 SOMOS WE ARE, Artistas Latinx de Long Island, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2022 Women’s Work, Oscar Molina Gallery, Southampton, NY
2022 Junior & Scholarship Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2021 Grand Opening, Rigo Peralta Art Studio, Allentown, PA
2021 Thinking Through Drawing, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
2021 Male Of The Species, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2020 Winter Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Junior & Scholarship Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2019 Winter Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York NY
2019 Summer Show, Bethlehem House Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2019 1st Open Call Salon of 2019, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Junior & Scholarship Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2018 The Soho Art Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Phosphorus, Rare Bird Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Contemporary Portraits, GreenLeaf Gallery, Beaver Meadows, PA
2018 134th Annual Members' Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2017 Any Fathers Son, GreenLeaf Gallery, Beaver Meadows, PA
2017 #Singlefare4, Highline Stages, New York, NY
2017 Summer Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2017 The Spring Show, Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2016 In Your Own Backyard, GreenLeaf Gallery, Beaver Meadows, PA
2016 Nautical Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2016 Summer Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2015 Self Portrait Exhibition, Bethlehem City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2015 Hello Allentown, ReFind Gallery, Allentown, PA
2015 The Spring Show, Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2014 Brightness Contrast, Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA
2014 Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2014 Holiday Show, Gallery Orange, New Orleans LA
2014 Grand Opening, Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2014 Bethlehem House Art Studio Grand Opening, Bethlehem House Art Studio, Bethlehem, PA
2013 12 Gays & A Straight, Santa Bannon / Fine Art, Bethlehem, PA
2012 The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
2012 Perspective Show, Banana factory, Bethlehem, PA
2012 Senior Art Show, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Bethlehem, PA
PUBLICATIONS:
2018 Jay Menendez, Breakthrough Moment: Arturo Cabrera, PoetsArtists, Oct 2nd
2018 Didi Menendez, 50 Beautiful Paintings of Beautiful Men on Instagram, BuzzFeed, March 20th
2018 STAFF, Artists Spot Light: Arturo Cabrera, BOOOOOOOM, March 7th
2015 STAFF, HAM’s Member Highlight Show features work of Arturo Cabrera, NJ.com, November 11th
2015 Arny Palmy, The Strengths and Struggle of Young Art Today, ArnyPalmy.WordPress, September 11th
2015 Zach Tutor, Arturo Cabrera Paintings, Supersonicart, May 15th
RESIDENCIES:
2012-2013 One Year Artist Residency, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
SCHOLARSHIPS:
2018 Work Study Scholarship, Art Students League of New York, NY
2018 Work Study Scholarship, Art Students League of New York, NY
AWARDS:
2020 John & Eloise Morehouse Award, The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2019 Best Emerging Artist, Linny Awards, SteelStacks, Bethlehem, PA
2018 Antonio Cirino Memorial Award, The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2012 Two Silver & Two Gold Medals, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (National), Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
2012 Ten Gold key, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (State), Allentown, PA
2012 Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art, The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, Bethlehem, PA
EXPERIENCE / EMPLOYMENT:
2020 Assistant Site Director, Wingspan Arts, New York, NY
2018 Event Coordinator Assistant, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2016 Color Mixing Workshop Instructor, The Art Establishment, Fountain Hill, PA
2016 Color Mixing Workshop Instructor, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Bethlehem, PA
2014 -2015 Color Mixer, Jeff Koons LLC, New York, NY
2014 -2015 One Year Representation, Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2013 Summer Camp Coordinator, Hunterdon Art Museum, NJ
2013 Gallery Assistant, Santa Bannon / Fine Art, Bethlehem, PA
2012 Prolonged substitute teacher, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Bethlehem, PA