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Michael Adamson (born 1971, Toronto,ON) studied at Carleton University Ottawa,ON (1989-1990), Ryerson University Toronto, ON (1992) , The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC (1993-1997) and at the University of Kassel, Hesse, Germany (1996). His work has been widely exhibited, with inclusions in exhibitions at McMichael Collection, Kleinberg, ON; Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Benetton Foundation, Venice; OCAD Gallery, Toronto, ON; McMaster Museum, Hamilton, ON; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, Valley Gallery, Markham, ON; McIntosh Gallery, London, ON; TIAF, Toronto; FFS, Satthci Gallery London; London Art Fair, London; UK; He was founder and curator of Revolver Contemporary (2000-2002) and co-founder of Track And Field Galley (2014) and has self published two studio monographs  (Open Country, 2008 and Open Road, 2018) He has been invited to make numerous commissioned works in Canada, the USA and in the UK, noteworthy projects include Kent Council UK: Holt Renfrew, Toronto: Bennet Jones, Toronto.  Adamson’s work can be found in numerous private, public and corporate collections in Canada well as the USA and UK.  Adamson lives and works in Toronto, Canada and is represented by Thompson’s Galleries, London, UK.

  • "Adamson is a terrific colourist and knows extraordinarily well how to get paint onto a canvas" 

    Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail

  • "Adamson traces a gorgeous line between abstraction and landscape” 

    Robert Enright, Border Crossings

  • "These paintings are satisfying traces of effort, his oil wake an attestation of devotion to the study of vast colour and epic form, the very building blocks of all that we see." 

    Julia Dault, National Post

  • "Adamson's paintings are playful, joyous antidotes to contemporary urban grayness, eliciting involuntary smiles from casual onlookers and giving much pleasure to the people who buy them."

    Betty Anne Jordan, Canadian House and Home Magazine

  • "Adamson's paintings convey a forceful intelligence and a blissed out beauty." 

    Kate Regan, Toronto Life

  • "Adamson creates a balance between conceptualism and expressionism, abstraction, and landscape, making each painting difficult to categorize."

    - Art Gallery Northumberland

  • "Adamson has integrated the study of art history into his work, not as a cerebral academic exercise, but as something authentically animated, determined to elaborate a completely visual language." 

    - Joan Murray