About the Artist
The artist among his works.
Born in Boston, Rudy developed a serious pursuit of the human form at the Art Students League of New York, studying painting with Mary Beth McKenzie and anatomy with Frank Porcu.
This strict investigation of shape and form are visible in his figurative work and also appear in his approach to still life. In 2012 he was invited to be part of the multi-artist sculpture group, FreeForm NYC, that resulted in a site-specific installation in the Governor's Island Art Fair. Also that year his paintings were awarded two merit scholarships by the National Academy Museum and School in a juried competition. In 2013 he was awarded the Yasuo Kuniyoshi scholarship and became an artist-in-residence at the Art Students League's residency program in upstate New York.
His works have been in group exhibitions in New York and, through an invitation from artist Minako Yoshino, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Japan. His paintings are in private collections in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands.
Mr. Bravo's short films combine a preternatural sense of narrative with a keen editing eye for brevity sought after by modern, web-based audiences. He has documented, in various films, the Art Students League of New York including the inaugural year of the popular Model to Monument Program. Images from this film work have appeared in the New York Daily News, American Artist Magazine, Public Art Review Magazine, and Fox 5 News in New York. Additionally, his films have been exhibited in New York at the Consulate-General of Japan and in Switzerland.
Rudy lives and works in New York City.
This strict investigation of shape and form are visible in his figurative work and also appear in his approach to still life. In 2012 he was invited to be part of the multi-artist sculpture group, FreeForm NYC, that resulted in a site-specific installation in the Governor's Island Art Fair. Also that year his paintings were awarded two merit scholarships by the National Academy Museum and School in a juried competition. In 2013 he was awarded the Yasuo Kuniyoshi scholarship and became an artist-in-residence at the Art Students League's residency program in upstate New York.
His works have been in group exhibitions in New York and, through an invitation from artist Minako Yoshino, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Japan. His paintings are in private collections in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands.
Mr. Bravo's short films combine a preternatural sense of narrative with a keen editing eye for brevity sought after by modern, web-based audiences. He has documented, in various films, the Art Students League of New York including the inaugural year of the popular Model to Monument Program. Images from this film work have appeared in the New York Daily News, American Artist Magazine, Public Art Review Magazine, and Fox 5 News in New York. Additionally, his films have been exhibited in New York at the Consulate-General of Japan and in Switzerland.
Rudy lives and works in New York City.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Jun/Jul "On the Front Lines" Short Film. Art Students League of New York, NYC
2014 Feb. "Recent Works by Rudy Bravo & Ramiro Davaro-Comas" Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC
2013 Aug/Sept "The Portrait Exhibition" Gensler New York, NYC
2013 Apr. "The 34th International Exhibition Art on Fan" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
2013 Mar. "Inori" Short Film. Consulate-General of Japan, NYC
2012 Sept. "4heads Governors Island Art Fair" Governors Island, NYC
2012 Aug/Sept "Patterned Colors" Grace Institute, NYC
2011 Dec. "3rd Annual Small Works Show" Manhattan Borough President’s Office, NYC
2011 Feb. "STAFFED" Manhattan Borough President’s Office, NYC
2010 Apr. "7th Annual NOHO Art Walk" NYC
2010 Mar. "Netzwerk New York" Short Film. Windisch, Switzerland
2014 Feb. "Recent Works by Rudy Bravo & Ramiro Davaro-Comas" Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC
2013 Aug/Sept "The Portrait Exhibition" Gensler New York, NYC
2013 Apr. "The 34th International Exhibition Art on Fan" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
2013 Mar. "Inori" Short Film. Consulate-General of Japan, NYC
2012 Sept. "4heads Governors Island Art Fair" Governors Island, NYC
2012 Aug/Sept "Patterned Colors" Grace Institute, NYC
2011 Dec. "3rd Annual Small Works Show" Manhattan Borough President’s Office, NYC
2011 Feb. "STAFFED" Manhattan Borough President’s Office, NYC
2010 Apr. "7th Annual NOHO Art Walk" NYC
2010 Mar. "Netzwerk New York" Short Film. Windisch, Switzerland
Awards and Honors
2017 Cover Paintings, The Pedagogy of Teacher Activism, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
2013 Artist-in-Residence, The League Residency at Vyt, Sparkill, NY, Yasuo Kuniyoshi Scholarship
2013 Publication, Art Students League, Annual Course Catalogue
2012 Merit Scholarship, National Academy School of Fine Arts, Fall Competition
2012 Merit Scholarship, National Academy School of Fine Arts, Spring Competition
2013 Artist-in-Residence, The League Residency at Vyt, Sparkill, NY, Yasuo Kuniyoshi Scholarship
2013 Publication, Art Students League, Annual Course Catalogue
2012 Merit Scholarship, National Academy School of Fine Arts, Fall Competition
2012 Merit Scholarship, National Academy School of Fine Arts, Spring Competition
Education
The Art Students League of New York, NYC 2009-2013
Painting from Life, Color, and Composition with Mary Beth McKenzie (also Class Monitor)
Special Écorché: Anatomy for Artists with Frank Porcu
Painting and Drawing from Life with Robert Cenedella
National Academy School of Fine Arts, NYC 2012
Painting Two Figures in Composition with Mary Beth McKenzie
The City College of New York, NYC 2006 M.Ed.
Brown University, Providence, RI 2000 B.A.
Painting from Life, Color, and Composition with Mary Beth McKenzie (also Class Monitor)
Special Écorché: Anatomy for Artists with Frank Porcu
Painting and Drawing from Life with Robert Cenedella
National Academy School of Fine Arts, NYC 2012
Painting Two Figures in Composition with Mary Beth McKenzie
The City College of New York, NYC 2006 M.Ed.
Brown University, Providence, RI 2000 B.A.
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