Pinto exhibits at the Van Der Plas gallery and Ilon Art Gallery among other fine art venues. In 2013 when the filmmaker and screenwriter
Ric Menello (1952 -2013) died, Pinto designed a mosaic mural in tribute to him at
Newkirk Plaza in Brooklyn, nearby his home in the
Ditmas Park neighborhood of the New York City borough. Pinto's work along with other categorizations such as
found object art is considered part of the
street art genre. His metro card mosaic pieces often celebrate
migration. Pinto is the recipient of several awards form the
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), including in 2025 for his "Brooklyn Recycle Project". Pinto has also done a series of mosaics and mosaic murals for
Two Boots Pizza at its various locations including a large work dedicated to the Puerto Rican and New York City writer and community activist
Bimbo Rivas (1939–1992). in 2014 and 2022 Pinto was featured on the
CUNY Emmy Award winning television program "I'm a Dreamer" focusing on his experience and then in turn on his and another artist's he mentored and their of being a Guatemalan immigrant in
New York City. In 2025 director
Chris Fiore made a documentary film about public reaction to Pinto's mosaic mural of the
Trumpeter Swan the first public mural commissioned by the
National Audubon Society and the public's reaction to it, titled
Broadway & Swan. ==References==