Valério Adami

(Italian, born 1935)

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Valério Adami

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Valério Adami

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Biography

Timeline

1935
Valerio Adami was born on the 17th March in Italy. His first drawings in Milan were of ruins; the bombing raids and skies lit up by incendiary flares had left an enduring impression in his early years.
1946 - 1955
Attends the Leo XIII Jesuit College in Milan. Begins painting at the studio of Felice Carena in Venice. Meets Ezra Pound and Oscar Kokoschka. Academy of Brera in Milan for 5 years.
1952
Makes his first trip to Paris where he meets Matta and Wilfredo Lam who become life-long friends.
1956
Makes his first trip to London, where he meets Francis Bacon and William Scott.
1961
Participates at the Italian Artists Exhibition at the Jewish Museum of New York.
1962
Roland Penrose invites him to exhibit at the ICA in London. Marries Camilla. Meets regularly with Jim Dine and Richard Hamilton.
1964
Invited to show his work at the Documenta III in Kassel.
1966
Spends his winter in New York, taking up residence at the Chelsea Hotel. Hosted by Cuba, spends 3 months in Havana.
1968
The Venice Biennale dedicates a room to his work. The catalogue includes a text by his friend Carlos Fuentes, Líneas para Adami. Features in Dada Surrealism and their Heritage at the MOMA in New York.
1969
Stays in Caracas for a major one-man show at the Museo de Bellas Artes. Befriends Octavio Paz in Mexico City.

Exhibitions

2022
Immagine e Pensiero, Dep Art Gallery, Milano, Italy (solo)
Galerie Templon, Paris, France (solo)
2020
Galerie Haas, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2019
Camilla et Valerio Adami, Espace Jacques Villeglé, Saint Gratien France (solo)
Les Années ‘80, Galerie Templon, Paris, France (solo)
2018
Valerio Adami, Galleria d’Arte l’incontro, Chiari, Italy (solo)
Valerio Adami Enchanteur, enchanté, Centre Cristel Editeur d’Art, Saint-Malo, France (solo)
Adami Ligne(s) de vie, Musée Jean Cocteau, Menton, France (solo)
Valerio Adami, The Narrative Line, The Mayor Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome, Italy (solo)

Public Collections

Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo (Spain)
Musée de Strasbourg (France)
Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence (France)
Musée Cantini d’Art Moderne de Marseille (France)
Musée d’Art Moderne de Grenoble (France)
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (France)
Collection de l’État Français
Musée National d’art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
Rotterdam Museum, Rotterdam (Holland)
Museum van Heedendaagse Kunst, Gand (Belgium)

Literature

2004
Valerio Adami : preludes et apres lude, Edouard Glissant, Editions Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Valerio Adami : Stanze Museo Villa de Cedri, Bellinzona
2000
Adami : les couleurs et les mors, Editions du Cherche-Midi, Paris