ARTA Brito

ABOUT

Arta Brito (b. 1993) is a Pennsylvania based artist who specializes in portraiture. Their work aspires to capture the internal spiritual nature of his sitters. Their paintings incorporate gold, silver and copper leaf – representing the inner glimmer of the human soul.

 After graduating with numerous awards from the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts in 2012, they were awarded a year-long residency at the Arts Quest’s Banana Factory in Bethlehem, PA, where they held a private studio. Cabrera then moved to New York City in 2014, where they worked for the renowned Jeff Koons Studios for two years.

Brito is a member of both the Salmagundi Club and the Art Students League of New York. They have been taught by many artists including Alyssa Monks, Max Ginsburg, Alonsa Guevara and Michelle Doll.

Humanism II, Brito’s most recent solo show in New York, opened at Dacia Gallery in Soho in October 2018. Their work is featured in private collections throughout America and Europe and is in the permanent collections of the Hunterdon Art Museum, Lehigh University Art Galleries and the Lehigh Valley Health Network.

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."

AVAILABLE WORKS

CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

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:

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

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

COLLECTIONS:

Lehigh University Art Galleries Permanent Collection, Bethlehem, PA

Hunterdon Art Museum Permanent Collection, Clinton, NJ

Lehigh Valley Health Network Permanent Collection, Allentown, PA 

Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Permanent Collection, Bethlehem, PA

Numerous Private Collections