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Biography

Nathan Brujis was born in Lima, Peru in 1971. He studied art and philosophy at Brandeis University and graduated from the American University of Washington DC with a master’s degree. He has been awarded important art prizes such as the Deborah Josepha Cohen Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting in 1992, the New York Studio School Faculty Award in 1994, il Premio per la Pittura Lorenzo il Magnifico at the Florence Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea in 2001 and 2003. He has exhibited extensively in New York, Lima, Peru, and Italy. He currently lives and works in New York.

Nathan Brujis has developed a visual language which mirrors a sensation of the expressive power of the subconscious and the spiritual. Starting from simple geometric forms and gestural brushstrokes arranged in layers, Mr Brujis’ voyage solidifies into a multidimensional discovery of opposing forces, an embodiment of the universal fabric as seen through the eyes of the artist.

Nathan Brujis’ works abandons direct representation of recognizable objects in favor of abstract forces, an expressive lyrical experience of instant reaction with subconscious images. Each piece is its own intuitive process of discovery. Some works find themselves quickly while others have layers exploring the density of time and take months to make.

 

Solo Exhibitions
Museo Diocesano D'arte Sacra - ex Convento Sant'Apollonia, Venice Italy, "Works". Curated by Enzo Di

Martino, August 2005.
King Art Gallery, New York, NY, “Works on Paper”, 2005
Star Arte Gallery Florence, Italy. Curated by Dr. Julian Zugazagoitia, December 2003.
Cecilia Gonzales Gallery, Lima, Peru, “Painted Codes”, May 2000.
Watkins Gallery, Washington DC. American University Graduate Thesis Exhibition, May 1996. New York Studio School, New York, NY, “Paintings and Drawings”, March 1994.
Usdan Center, Waltham, MA. Installation for “Operation Exodus”, October 1990.

Selected Group Exhibitions ACI exhibition, Corciano, Umbria Italy, June 2019

Sosabul Art Expo, Pyung Teak, Korea. International art exhibition, October 2007.
Biennale Internazionale dell1Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. Organized by the city of Florence. Invited to

participate by Dr. Barbara Rose, December 2005.
58n3rd Gallery, Williamsburg NY, "Must Art", March 2004.

Biennale Internazionale dell1Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. Organized by the city of Florence. Invited to participate by Dr. Barbara Rose, December 2003.

Chautauqua Institution Logan Gallery, Chautauqua,NY, “Remembering September 11”, August 2002.

Chautauqua Institution Logan Gallery, Chautauqua,NY, “CSA Faculty Exhibion”, July 2002.
Biennale Internazionale dell1Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. Organized by the city of Florence. Invited to

participate by Dr. Barbara Rose, December 2001.

Roughhouse Uptown, New York, NY, “Charitable Silent Auction”. Organized by Roughhouse Productions and The Family Center, January 2001.

The Orange Chicken, New York, NY, “Works on Paper”. Curated by Don Joint, December 1999.

Gale Gates et al. Gallery & Neo Images.com, Brooklyn, NY, “Size Matters”. Curated by Mike Weiss, May 1999. Roughhouse Space, New York, NY, “Emergency”. Organized by

Roughhouse Productions, May 1999.
Ragnorak Group, New York, NY, “Ragnorak”. Curated by James Tully, March 1999.

Roughhouse Space, New York, NY. Organized by Roughhouse Productions, January 1999.

Pallazzo della Penna, Perugia, Italy, organized by the city of Perugia, “New York, New Generation”. Curated and catalog preface by Dr. Barbara Rose, July 1997.

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, “Kouroi & Korai”, July 1997.
Albright Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Summer Exhibition”, July 1996. Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, “Kouroi & Korai”, July 1996.

Publications

Nathan Brujis solo Show at star arte gallery, Florence Italy, solo exhibition catalog, introduction by Julian Zugazagoitia and Barbara Rose 2003

Nathan Brujis solo show at Cecilia Gonzales Gallery, Lima Peru, solo exhibition catalog, 2000, Introductions by Robert Mahoney and Nathan Brujis.

 

New York, New Generation, Perugia Italy Pallazo de la Penna Museo, group exhibition catalog, 1997, Introduction by Barbara Rose.

Forced proximity, Washington DC, group exhibition catalog, 1996, introduction by Barbara Rose. Education

-1994-1996 The American University, Washington DC. M.F.A. Painting.
-1994 The International School of Art, Umbria, Italy. Summer study in Visual Arts.
-1992-1994 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, New York, NY.
-1988-1992 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. B.A. in Fine Arts with High Honors, and in Philosophy.

Awards
-2003 Lorenzo il Magnifico Award for Painting, from the Florentine Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte

Contemporanea
-2001 Lorenzo il Magnifico Award for Painting, from the Florentine Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte

Contemporanea
-1994 New York Studio School Faculty Award for Overall Excellence and Distinction in Drawing. -1992 Deborah Josepha Cohen Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting.