Since the second half of the 2000s, Bruno Baptistelli has been developing his artistic practice through several media, especially assemblage and site specific works, installations, objects, paintings, photographs, videos, and conceptual projects. The main thread of his production in psychoanalysis and some of its concepts. Initially working mainly in public spaces and in the observation of the urban environment, recently the artist has also tried to think about the relationship between this same environment and the spaces and objetcs of private and singular use.
His main solo shows include: 4.000 DC, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, 2023; Memento, 55SP, São Paulo, 2022; Outro, GDA, São Paulo, 2021; Blues - umtrabalhoumtexto, São Paulo, 2019; Acúmulo, Galeria Pilar, São Paulo, 2018; For A While, Artkartell Projectspace, Budapest, Hungary, 2017; Narrativas cotidianas, Galeria Fayga Ostrower, Complexo Cultural Funarte Brasília, Brasília, DF, 2015. His main group shows include: Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA, 2024; El Dorado: Myths of Gold, Americas Society, NY, USA; The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, The Baltimore Museum of Art and several institutions, 2023; Histórias brasileiras, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), São Paulo, 2022; Memórias do Futuro: cidadania negra, antirracismo e resistência, Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2022; Enciclopédia negra, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2021; IMS Convida, Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS), 2020; Histórias afro-atlânticas, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2018. He has works in important public collections or private collections of public interest, such as: coleção moraes-barbosa (cmb), São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz (IFF), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.