D'Arci Bruno

d’Arci Bruno began her career in the arts at the age of 13, drawing a trapper for the cover of Fur Trader magazine in Washington State. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, receiving the Ivan Majdrakoff Award for outstanding painting in 2007, as well as a merit-based scholarship in 2008. d’Arci has worked as a muralist, set designer, costumer, and portrait artist. Her work unites a variety of styles to create graphically and emotionally powerful imagery.

"The act of transformation is central to my art making practice. I am fascinated with how an object that means one thing can, with shifts of perspective and applied technique, take on completely different meanings. When the thing achieves a life of its own, gaining personality and developing character, then I am ready to release it into the world.

For me, it is not so much about the object that is produced, but the process – the tactile and messy act of creation – that fuels my desire. It’s the sheer enjoyment of one thing becoming another, while playing with different mediums and materials, that sparks my curiosity, inspiring me to make new work.

My process is rooted in day-to-day activities. Drawn to the odd and unusual, I am fascinated by the strange, ra...

San Francisco Art Institute

Jun, 2014 East Bay Open Studios
4:20 Gallery

Mar, 2014 Captain Fantastic Mural Unveiling
Pacific Pinball Museum

Past Exhibitions and Events
2012

May, 2012 Pinball Oddities
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Mar, 2012 Make Do! A recycle and Up-cycle art and fashion show
Rhythmix Cultural Works

Jan, 2012 The Magic Book: Celebrating Books & Book Arts
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

2011

Nov, 2011 Mini Masterpieces #3Holiday show and Sale
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Oct, 2011 El Color Caliente de la Cultura
Sun Gallery

Sep, 2011 White is a Marshmallow
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Aug, 2011 Tommy's Point Redux
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Mar, 2011 St. Stupid's Art Show
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Mar, 2011 St. Stupid's Art Show
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

2010

Nov, 2010 Mini Masterpieces Holiday show and Sale
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Oct, 2010 Exquistie Corpse
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Aug, 2010 One Eye Open
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Mar, 2010 Tommy's Point
K Gallery @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

Feb, 2010 Seeing Red: Explorations on the Other Side of L...