Bruna Massadas was born in 1985, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2000, Massadas moved to United States where she completed her BA in Art History and BFA in Drawing and Painting. In 2010, Massadas began her two-years MFA program at California College of the Arts. Massadas was nominated in 2009 for Best Visual Artist for the Brazilian Press Award (Miami, FL), has exhibited at the Museum of Latin American Arts (Long Beach, CA) and Los Angeles Brazilian Consulate (Beverly Hills, CA).