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Pietro Adamo

The paintings of Pietro Adamo are abstract celebrations of the artist's admiration for the "unpredictable and inexhaustible record of life". Adamo abandons the monotony of conventional rendering of geometric forms through his textured surfaces and rough contours. In his passion to convey emotion, Adamo intimately works his canvases both applying and removing pigment to create a tactile quality. Layer upon layer of vibrant colors dynamically emerge and recede within the canvas. This juxtaposition of presence is what gives Adamo's work its mood and sensational quality.

Adamo clearly delights in the unbridled, intuitive nature of his forms that enable him to evoke sensations and emotions. Adamo emphasizes his art's liberating quality: "I have to paint.... to speak without words, to express myself without restrictions, never relenting." One can find optimism and strength in his work as he combines sophisticated geometric spatial relationships with raw, emotional use of colour.

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1955, Pietro Michele Adamo currently resides with his family in the town of Keinburg, Ontario. After graduation from the Fine Art and Art History programs at University of Toronto and Sheridan College in Oakville, Adamo went on to become an art professor at Chaminade College School in Toronto. There he established a strong Visual Arts department, and some of his students later became prominent architects, designers, illustrators and fine artists. Within two decades, not only did Adamo gain status as an effectual teacher, he also executed several private and public commissions of his work. By 1997, Adamo's work commanded his full time dedication. Today Pietro Adamo continuities to create original works from his home studio, continually exploring the potentionalitites of self-expression through his abstract work. His work can be found in private and public collections throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Selected Exhibitions:

  • 2000 ArtExpo New York, NY, NY, U.S.A
  • Envers Chapin Gallery , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 1999 ArtExpo, Las Vegas, Atlanta, New York
  • ABC Chicago
  • Envers Chapin Gallery, Toronto
  • 1998 ArtExpo New York
  • Art Miami
  • 1997 Magnotta Wines, Toronto
  • Rocfern International, Toronto
  • 1996 Gallery 133, Toronto
  • Art Gallery of Hamilton
  • 1995 Art Mode Gallery, Ottawa
  • Lerner Gallery, Los Angeles
  • 1994 Fonseca Gallery
  • 1993 Frankfurt International Art Show, Germany
  • 1992 Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Tornoto
  • 1991 Art Gallery, York University, Toronto
  • 1990 Free and Free Gallery, Boca Ration, Florida

Selected Corporate Collections:

  • Harrah's Atlantic City
  • Boeing Seattle
  • Ricoh Copies International
  • Reo-Can Corporation
  • Dunwoody and Co., Chartered Accountants
  • MicroSoft
  • Cambridge Suites Hotels
  • Magnotta Winery, Canada
  • Greenspan Humphrey Barristers, Toronto
  • Canadian Life Insurance
  • Bell Canada
  • CFMT Channel 47, Toronto
  • Bonwit Design, Richmond Hill
  • Government Policy Consultants
  • Coopers and Lybrand
  • Siements Nix-Dorf Information Systems
  • Color Your World Ltd., Canada
  • Sunfield Corporation
  • United Way International
  • Hospital for Sick Children
  • Vitanova
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
  • Parklane Investments
  • Maranello Motors
  • Ferrari of Ontario
  • Magna International
     

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