Pietro Adamo was born in Toronto, Canada in 1955. He enrolled in the Fine Art and Art History program at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College. After graduation he took a position teaching art at the Chaminade College School in Toronto. While there he helped establish a strong visual arts department, one which saw many of his students go on to become prominent architects, designers, illustrators and fine artists. During his two decades of teaching Adamo continued to paint, and in that time executed several private and public commissions of his work.

The paintings of Adamo are a celebration of the artists’ admiration for the “unpredictable and inexhaustible record of life”. He abandons the conventional renderings of geometric forms through his textured surfaces and rough contours.

Pietro Adamo is an abstract modern artist who draws influence from artists of all periods and from the world around him. Travel is an important source of inspiration, especially trips to Italy, his ancestral homeland. During these extended stays Adamo is able to explore monumental art and architecture as well as the small details of the rural landscape.

Pietro Adamo’s career as an artist has been a journey of continuous exploration and growth. His paintings on paper and canvas have a constant audience. He has also released a highly successful series of hand pulled prints and posters. Today his works can be found in galleries throughout Canada, Europe and the USA.

Artist’s Statement

The enduring relevance of painting in the face of ever-changing technology is indeed a phenomenon.  It draws an audience, and has a following even as the threat of A.I. looms large.  Do not bet against it.  Painting has been declared “dead” as a medium for so many and so often that one might consider it a futile pursuit. Perhaps the directness of painting with all of its flawed primitive nature and simplicity makes humans yearn for more of it.  It is a very human act.  A mark on canvas is akin to a primal scream.  It beckons to be heeded and aches for a response. 

I don’ t recall a time in my life when I didn’t paint.  Art is in my family’s DNA.  Art is in the Adamo signature.

I have spent the better part of more than half a century exploring, developing, analyzing, refining, and destroying everything I have learned just to start the process over again  The relentless pursuit of imperfection. For it is in the flaws and the unresolved that one finds interest, intrigue and mystery.  A piece is never truly finished.

A hanging piece is simply a current state of affairs.

   

 

Selected Public/Private/Corporate Commissions

Black and McDonald (Ottawa ON Canada)

American Express Corporate Office

Bell Canada

Merrill Lynch (Chicago Il, USA)

Biovail Pharmaceutical Inc. (Toronto,ON, Canada)

Magna International (Toronto,ON Canada)

Harvard Club (Boston, MA , USA)

Xerox International(Dallas TX, USA)

Ohio State University

Fairmont Hotel (Montreal, QU, Canada)

Toronto Star( Toronto,ON, Canada)

Sorock Technologies

Lombard Canada Insurance

Thomson Rogers Law Firm

Glaxco Pharmaceutical

Hunter Kietty, Muntz and Bratty International Insurance

Growth Works Capital

Taurus Business Systems

Senator Homes Inc

Equivest Investments Inc.

Mandalay Bay Hotel (Las Vegas NV, USA)

Dow Chemicals (Michigan, USA)

Siemens Nix Dorf

Legal Zoom (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

ABI Insurance (San Diego , CA, USA)

Independant Financial Group ( San Diego, CA, USA)

Centex Homes (Inland Empire, CA, USA)

California Coast Credit Union (San Diego, CA USA)

Richard Bagdasarian (Mecca, CA USA)

Dowling and Yahnke (San Diego, CA, USA)

Glencrest Investments ( Palm Desert, CA, USA)

Oak Grove Equities (Murrietta, CA, USA)

IBM (Dallas TX, USA

Quebecor (Calgary AB, Canada)

University of Kentucky

Maple Ridge Capital ( Toronto ON, Canada)

Widex Canada Ltd. (Burlington ON, Canada)

Source Medical (Toronto ON, Canada)

Franklin Templeton Strategies Management ( Toronto ON, Canada)

Johnson & Johnson Ltd.

Phoenix International Airport

BCI

G.T.E Dallas

Winners Head Office (Toronto ON, Canada)

Ivy School of Business

Texas Instruments Corp.

Orlando Corporation

Anatolia Tile and Stone Corporate office (Vaughan ON, Canada)

EMC Engineering Inc.( Vaughan ON , Canada)

Jade Acoustic Engineering Inc. (Toronto ON, Canada)

City of Vaughan Art Collection

Security Financial (Toronto ON, Canada)

Manulife Financial( Vaughan ON, Canada)

Brutto Consulting Inc.( Vaughan ON,Canada)

Phase 5 Consulting Group (Toronto ON,Canada)

Baldassarra Architects Inc.( Vaughan ON,Canada)

Grignano & Racco Chartered Accountants (Vaughan ON, Canada)

Commercial Focus Realty Inc. (Toronto ON, Canada)

Thompson Gabriele LLP. (Toronto & New York)

Trow and Associates Inc. ( Toronto ON, Canada)

Canadian Children's Opera Company (Toronto ON,Canada)

Reach for the Rainbow Foundation( Toronto ON, Canada)

Fuze Logistics ( Montreal QC, Canada)

Fuze HR Solutions (Montreal QC, Canada)

 

 

Exhibitions

2023 Mac Fine Art International artists group show ( Florida, USA)

2023 Gallery Double T Solo Exhibition ( Waterloo, ON, Canada)

2023 ADM Design Solo Exhibition ( Friday harbour, Barrie ON, Canada)

2023 Crescent Hill Gallery group exhibition (Mississauga ON, Canada)

2022 ADM Design Solo Exhibition ( Friday harbour, Barrie ON, Canada)

2022 Art Expo New York

2022 Crescent Hill Gallery group exhibition (Mississauga ON, Canada)

2022 Hazelton Gallery : Dali Tribute Show (St. Regis Hotel, Toronto ON, Canada)

2020 Hampton Gallery Montreal (Group Exhibition)

2019 ADM Design Solo Exhibition ( Friday harbour, Barrie ON, Canada)

2019 Crescent Hill Gallery group exhibition (Mississauga ON, Canada)

2019 SCOPE Miami

2019 Hampton Gallery Montreal (Solo exhibition)

2019 London Art Fair

2018 Art Expo New York

2018 Art Miami Context

2018 Art Miami New York

2018 Brights Gallery Solo exhibition ( Blue Mountain ON, Canada)

2018 Hanstone Soiree Solo exhibition (Toronto ON, Canada)

2018 Hazelton Gallery Lautrec theme show

2017 Art Expo NewYork

2017 Art Expo Miami

2017 Art Wynwood Miami

2017 Gallery 133 (Group Show , Toronto)

2017 Hazelton Gallery (Group Show , Toronto)

2017 Hazelton Gallery Solo Tribute to Salvador Dali

2017 Kipling Gallery (Solo Show , Toronto)

2016 Art Palm Beach Miami

2016 Art Context Miami

2016 Hazelton Fine Art Gallery  Toronto

2015  Hazelton Fine Art Gallery  Toronto

2014 Toronto International Art Fair

2013 Toronto International Art Fair

2012  Frame of Mind Gallery Toronto (Solo)

2011  Richmond hill Centre for the Performing Arts (Solo)

2009 Select Art Gallery Newmarket (Solo)

2008 Double-T Gallery Waterloo ON

2008 Art Gallery of Hamilton Hamilton ON

2008 Mercedes Benz of Canada  Maple, ON

2007 Artworks Gallery Vancouver, BC

2004 Lennox Gallery Toronto , ON

2003 Demontfort Fine Art Birmingham, England

2002 Envers Chapin Gallery Toronto, ON

2000-2007 Art Expo Las Vegas NV

1998-2008 Art Expo Atlanta, GA

1998-2007 International Design Expo Toronto, ON

1998 Art Miami  Miami, FL

1998 Art Frankfurt  Frankfurt, Germany

1997 Carrier Gallery Toronto, ON