Since the second half of the 2000s, Bruno Baptistelli has developed his artistic practice across various media, particularly through assemblage works, site-specific contexts, installations, objects, paintings, photographs, videos, and conceptual projects. The unifying thread of his production is psychoanalysis and its conceptual framework. Initially focused on public spaces and urban environments, the artist has more recently turned his attention to examining the relationship between these external spaces and the private, singular objects and environments of personal use.
Key solo exhibitions in his career include 4.000 DC at Galeria Luisa Strina in São Paulo (2023), Memento at 55SP in São Paulo (2022), Outro at GDA in São Paulo (2021), Blues - umtrabalhoumtexto in São Paulo (2019), For A While at Artkartell Projectspace in Budapest (2017), and Narrativas cotidianas at Galeria Fayga Ostrower in Brasília (2015).
Key group shows include Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, Art Institute of Chicago, USA (December 2024 – March 2025); MACBA, Barcelona, Spain (November 2025 – April 2026); Barbican, London, UK (November 2025 – April 2026); Kanal – Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium (November 2026 – March 2027); El Dorado: Myths of Gold, Americas Society, New York, USA (2024); The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, The Baltimore Museum of Art, USA (April – July 2023), Saint Louis Art Museum, USA (August 2023 – January 2024); Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany (February–May 2024); Cincinnati Art Museum, USA (June – September 2024); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (January–April 2025); Brasil Futuro: As Formas da Democracia [Future Brazil: The Shapes of Democracy], Museu Nacional da República, Brasília (2023); Histórias Brasileiras [Brazilian Stories], Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), São Paulo (2022); Memórias do Futuro: Cidadania Negra, Antirracismo e Resistência [Memories of the Future: Black Citizenship, Anti-Racism, and Resistance], Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo (2022); Enciclopédia Negra [Black Encyclopedia], Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2021); IMS Convida [IMS Invites], Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) (2020); Histórias Afro-Atlânticas [Afro-Atlantic Histories], Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2018).
Baptistelli's works are held in important public and private collections of public interest, including the coleção moraes-barbosa (cmb) in São Paulo, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz (IFF) in Ribeirão Preto, Instituto Moreira Salles in São Paulo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.