Having worked as a graphic designer, educator, and consultant since the 1990s, Bruno Porto (Rio de Janeiro, 1971) is currently a PhD researcher on visual communication aspects in the comics medium with the School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Department of Culture Studies, at Tilburg University. Curator of three editions of the Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial as well as a dozen other graphic arts exhibitions presented in Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam, his work has been featured in over 50 international publications and exhibited in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe. 

He consistently participates in design juries for international awards, such as the iF Design Awards and the CLAP Awards in Graphic Design, Branding and Communication, as well as national project competitions held in Brazil. He has authored and organized several books on design and communication, and has contributed to numerous publications in Brazil and China.

Having sat on the boards of diverse Latin American and Brazilian design organizations, he was appointed Ambassador of Latin Design by the Latin Design Committee in Argentina in 2015, and was the recipient of the Design Promotion Award – Professional of the Year at the Brasil Design Award 2017 “for the contribution that his work gives to Brazilian design, being a reference and spokesperson of the industry”.

From 2012-2017, he was the program director of the Graphic Design course at Centro Universitário IESB, in Brasília, having also been a faculty member at the Raffles Design Institute (2006-2010) in Shanghai, and at Centro Universitário da Cidade (1996-2006) in Rio de Janeiro. He holds a Master's Degree in Communication (Universidade de Brasília), a Postgraduate degree in Marketing and Enterprise Management (Universidade Candido Mendes), and a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design (Faculdade da Cidade). He currently lives in Toronto.