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Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

American, b. 1963

Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo creates provocative works centered around the human condition. Classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters, Surdo displays a strong command of the human form and explores the depths of humanity through his dynamic compositions of people and places. With a focus on figurative realism and portraiture, he communicates a personal commentary on the world around him through the universal language of visual art. A native to Chicago, Bruno Surdo has exhibited widely throughout the United States and his work is held in prestigious art collections around the world. Founder of The School of Representational Art in Chicago, IL, Surdo is a lecturer and educator who believes in nurturing others.

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Artist: Bruno Surdo
Rebel - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 40h x 30w in, Signed, 2026
Rebel - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 40h x 30w in, Signed, 2026

Rebel - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 40h x 30w in, Signed, 2026

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

A contemporary cowboy is rendered with the gravity of a classical male nude. Surdo treats the body with the care of an Old Master while layering in the mythology of American masculin...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Union of Different Skies: Contemporary Oil Painting, 60x48 in
The Union of Different Skies: Contemporary Oil Painting, 60x48 in

The Union of Different Skies: Contemporary Oil Painting, 60x48 in

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

In The Union of Different Skies, Bruno Surdo transforms an ordinary urban crowd into a contemporary history painting. The compressed space, layered figures, and heightened atmosphere...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

No Beginning No End, Solitary Figure, Posterior View, Original Oil on Canvas
No Beginning No End, Solitary Figure, Posterior View, Original Oil on Canvas

No Beginning No End, Solitary Figure, Posterior View, Original Oil on Canvas

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

No Beginning No End The figure, seen from behind and haloed by a circular form, suggests continuity, wisdom, and the mystery of existence beyond linear time. There is a quiet reveren...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Crossroads of Time, Oil on Canvas Painting, 40x78 in, Signed, 2026
Crossroads of Time, Oil on Canvas Painting, 40x78 in, Signed, 2026

Crossroads of Time, Oil on Canvas Painting, 40x78 in, Signed, 2026

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Crossroads of Time This painting captures the feeling of arriving at a moment where lives, generations, and sensibilities overlap without fully touching. Surdo stages the street like...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Venus of America - Portrait of Marilyn - Original painting by Bruno Surdo
Venus of America - Portrait of Marilyn - Original painting by Bruno Surdo

Venus of America - Portrait of Marilyn - Original painting by Bruno Surdo

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

“Venus of America” by Bruno Surdo reimagines the classical goddess through the lens of modern glamour and pop iconography. A platinum blonde figure reclines in a cascade of soft pink...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Seduction, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 40x30 in
Seduction, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 40x30 in

Seduction, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 40x30 in

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

“Seduction” by Bruno Surdo is a lush, contemporary oil painting that blends Rococo elegance with a surreal, almost dreamlike sensibility. A porcelain-skinned figure gazes outward wit...

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Dreams of Hope, Portrait of Girl with Wings, Original Oil on Canvas
Dreams of Hope, Portrait of Girl with Wings, Original Oil on Canvas

Dreams of Hope, Portrait of Girl with Wings, Original Oil on Canvas

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Dreams of Hope Seen from behind, the winged figure hovers between child, fairy, and symbolic apparition. The painting is tender and wistful, allowing hope to feel fragile rather than...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Banality - Self portrait with a banana - Original painting by Bruno Surdo
Banality - Self portrait with a banana - Original painting by Bruno Surdo

Banality - Self portrait with a banana - Original painting by Bruno Surdo

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Bruno Surdo Banality, 2026 oil on canvas 16h x 20w in 40.64h x 50.80w cm BRS152 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 Bruno A. Surdo is a true native of Chicago. He studied drawing and ...

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Love, 2026 - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 40x30 in, Signed
Love, 2026 - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 40x30 in, Signed

Love, 2026 - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 40x30 in, Signed

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

With its reference to “Nonna,” this painting draws on memory, family, and the rituals of care passed from one generation to the next. The act of preparing food becomes monumental, al...

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Destruction, 2026 - Construction Worker with a Jack Hammer, Oil on Canvas
Destruction, 2026 - Construction Worker with a Jack Hammer, Oil on Canvas

Destruction, 2026 - Construction Worker with a Jack Hammer, Oil on Canvas

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Destruction A laborer with a jackhammer becomes a monumental symbol of force, effort, and rupture. Surdo isolates the act of breaking ground until it feels almost mythic — a gesture ...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trick or Treat, Figures in Various Costume and a Dog, Oil on Panel, Framed
Trick or Treat, Figures in Various Costume and a Dog, Oil on Panel, Framed

Trick or Treat, Figures in Various Costume and a Dog, Oil on Panel, Framed

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Master painter Bruno Surdo brings humor to the painting "Trick or Treat". His classically posed figures sport various Halloween costumes and stand in front of a factory. The painting is framed in a simple black frame. Bruno Surdo Trick or Treat oil on panel 18h x 24w in 45.72h x 60.96w cm BRS046 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Grayscale Portrait of an Elderly Woman on Pink Background with Gold Accents
Grayscale Portrait of an Elderly Woman on Pink Background with Gold Accents

Grayscale Portrait of an Elderly Woman on Pink Background with Gold Accents

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

This painting, Belief, distills Bruno Surdo’s larger concerns into a single, commanding image. The seated elder figure, cropped so that the face is only partially visible, becomes le...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Harmony - Portrait in Blue, Inspired by Raphael's Tempi Madonna - Original Oil
Harmony - Portrait in Blue, Inspired by Raphael's Tempi Madonna - Original Oil

Harmony - Portrait in Blue, Inspired by Raphael's Tempi Madonna - Original Oil

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Harmony This painting feels especially important in understanding Bruno Surdo’s artistic roots because it is not simply an homage to Raphael — it is also a return to one of the forma...

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2010s Renaissance Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Icarus Oil Painting on Canvas, Old Masters Style, 12x16 in, 2026

Icarus Oil Painting on Canvas, Old Masters Style, 12x16 in, 2026

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Icarus takes one of the most enduring myths in Western art and distills it into a concentrated image of ambition, beauty, and peril. Rather than depicting the dramatic fall itself, B...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Endless Love - Mother and Child, Original Oil Painting, 2026, Signed
Endless Love - Mother and Child, Original Oil Painting, 2026, Signed

Endless Love - Mother and Child, Original Oil Painting, 2026, Signed

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Endless Love Motherhood is treated here not as sentimentality but as embodied devotion. The cropping brings the viewer close to the physical reality of care, the weight of the child,...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Connection - Blue Portrait - Original oil painting by Bruno Surdo

Connection - Blue Portrait - Original oil painting by Bruno Surdo

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Bruno Surdo Connection, 2026 oil on canvas 12h x 16w in 30.48h x 40.64w cm BRS153 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 Bruno A. Surdo is a true native of Chicago. He studied drawing an...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Daydreamer - Blue portrait with sequins - Original painting by Bruno Surdo
Daydreamer - Blue portrait with sequins - Original painting by Bruno Surdo

Daydreamer - Blue portrait with sequins - Original painting by Bruno Surdo

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

In Daydreamer, Bruno Surdo creates a quietly enigmatic portrait that blurs the boundaries between identity and imagination. Rendered in a cool, luminous palette of blues, the subject...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Resistance - Portrait of a Female in Grey with Pink Censor - Oil Painting, 2026
Resistance - Portrait of a Female in Grey with Pink Censor - Oil Painting, 2026

Resistance - Portrait of a Female in Grey with Pink Censor - Oil Painting, 2026

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Resistance A face covered by its own hands and interrupted by a painted pink bar becomes a contemporary emblem of censorship, refusal, and obscured truth. The word OBTUSE adds confro...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reflections of Self - Bruno Surdo, Original Oil Painting

Reflections of Self - Bruno Surdo, Original Oil Painting

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Reflections of Self is both a portrait and a meditation on perception—an exploration of identity filtered through surface, mirror, and painterly material. Bruno Surdo presents the si...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

The Guide - Portrait of Mentor in Grey, Oil on Canvas, 2026, Signed, 40x30 in
The Guide - Portrait of Mentor in Grey, Oil on Canvas, 2026, Signed, 40x30 in

The Guide - Portrait of Mentor in Grey, Oil on Canvas, 2026, Signed, 40x30 in

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

The Guide A frontal, iconic figure in muted grisaille suggests authority, mentorship, and memory. The title “Mentor” inscribed in the field gives the image a quiet reverence, as thou...

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2010s Old Masters Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reflections - Portrait of a Female Against Silvery Backdrop, Original Oil
Reflections - Portrait of a Female Against Silvery Backdrop, Original Oil

Reflections - Portrait of a Female Against Silvery Backdrop, Original Oil

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

The subject gazes downward in Bruno Surdo's portrait titled "Reflections". The contrast between the silvery backdrop and the model's flawless skin is pure perfection. This intimate portrait is painted with a black trimmed edge therefore not requiring framing however, please contact the gallery for framing options. Bruno Surdo Reflection oil on canvas 30h x 24w in 76.20h x 60.96w cm BRS125 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago, IL 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Is A Storm Coming? - Portrait of a Tattooed Biker, Original Oil on Canvas
Is A Storm Coming? - Portrait of a Tattooed Biker, Original Oil on Canvas

Is A Storm Coming? - Portrait of a Tattooed Biker, Original Oil on Canvas

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Is a Storm Coming? situates Bruno Surdo within the tradition of psychologically charged portraiture while engaging contemporary American identity through layered symbolism. The centr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nero - Modern Portrait of Roman Emperor, Framed, Oil on Panel
Nero - Modern Portrait of Roman Emperor, Framed, Oil on Panel

Nero - Modern Portrait of Roman Emperor, Framed, Oil on Panel

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

The fifth emperor of Rome, Nero was the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty line of emperors following his suicide. Nero was popular with the lower-class Roman citizens during his tim...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Hidden Love of Hadrian and Antinous, Male Embracing a Statue, Oil on Canvas
The Hidden Love of Hadrian and Antinous, Male Embracing a Statue, Oil on Canvas

The Hidden Love of Hadrian and Antinous, Male Embracing a Statue, Oil on Canvas

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

The story of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and his Greek lover Antinous was a tragic tale of immense love, scandal, sacrifice, and mystery. When Antinous died tragically, Hadrian’s reac...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Unrest

Bruno SurdoUnrest, 2018

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H 48 in W 36 in

Unrest

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, I...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Panel

Fragile

Bruno SurdoFragile, 2017

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H 24 in W 18 in

Fragile

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruno Surdo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Metal

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Find a wide variety of authentic Bruno Surdo portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Bruno Surdo in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Bruno Surdo portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Christina Major, Craig Alan, and REWA. Bruno Surdo portrait paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,500 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work can sell for $9,500.