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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.
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 |