Ono in the studio, Glassell Park. Ca.
Antonio Adriano Puleo
Born 1976, Boston, Massachusetts
Lives and works in Los Angeles Ca, and Watertown, Ma.
aapuleo@gmail.com
1 (323) 350-9069
antonioadrianopuleo.com
EDUCATION
2003- University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA. M.F.A. in Fine Arts
2002- Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy. Corso Superiore in Arte Contemporanea
2000- Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Post Baccalaureate in Painting
1998- Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. B.F.A. in Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Una Cosa É Una Cosa”, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Four Fours, a Subsequent Work, and Small Sculptures, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018
In and In-Between ( Dentro e in Mezzo), Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2016
Massimo Minimalismo, curated by Lauri Firstenberg and Catherine Taft LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA (monograph)
2013
Sculpted Paintings and Painted Sculptures, new work 2009- 2013, curated by Marco Rios, The Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Space Working, selections 2009-Present, curated by David Pagel, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2009
I am a bird now, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Birds and Beasts, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2005
To This World I Must Give In, Cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Marking Time: What Athenaeum Artists Create in the Quarantine, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Return of the Dragons: Chinatown 1998-2008, Blossom Market, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Recent Acquisitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2018
Los Angeles Notebook, Jacob’s West, Los Angeles, CA
All the Small Things, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Bright, Maing, Melchi, Puleo, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Summer Mixer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
6h to 8b, organized by Sydney Croskery, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
2014
Remix: Selections From the International Collage Center, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME (catalog)
2013
The New Now, Carter and Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
Remix: Selections From the International Collage Center, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY June- October 2013. Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
October- December 2013. (catalog)
2012
To Live and Paint in L.A., Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalog)
The HOLODECK, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
80 Days A Declaration of Customs, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA Remix: Selections From the International Collage Center, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MI (catalog)
Temperance, Butler House, Giverny, France
2011
Remix: Selections From the International Collage Center , Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, PA (catalog)
Biennale Giovanni Monza 2011, Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy (catalog)
California Dreamin', at Portugal Arte 10, curated by Fred Hoffman, Lisbon, Portugal
From My Universe: Objects of Desire, See Line Gallery at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009
R. Mutts: Mongrel Abstraction, curated by David Pagel, Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Lovable like orphaned kitties and bastard children, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, MI
1999 : 10 year anniversary show, China Art Objects, Los Angeles CA
LA Woman, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
2008
L.A. Law, Schmidt Dean, Philadelphia, PA
The Culture of Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2007
Family Garden, Elizabeth Paige Smith, Los Angeles, CA
Warhol and..., Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Time Machine, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
2006
The New Collage, Pavel Zoubak Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
LA, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
Collage: Signs and Surfaces, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Combatants & Correspondents: David X. Levine vs. Antonio Adriano Puleo, Dust, Las Vegas, NV
2004
Cornceptual Popstraction, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
summer group show, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA
PLA, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Drawings: Summer 2004, Lucas Schoorman Gallery, New York, NY
Boston High Tea Party, A. Ramona Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Where Nobody Knows Your Name, Overtones, Los Angeles, CA
From Italy, The Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy (catalog)
Materials; Process, Claremont College, Claremont, CA
Telling Stories, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
The Best Coast, curated by Jeff Jahn, Portland, OR (catalog)
2002
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy (catalog)
2001
Antonio Puleo and David Levine, Gallery Bershad, Boston, MA
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2008
Me and You, curated by Aram Moshayedi, LA>< Art, Los Angeles, CA
FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
2017
100W. Corsicana, Texas
2013
Terra Fellow of American Art, Giverny, France
2002
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Buckley, Annie: “Antonio Adriano Puleo The Harriet & James Luckman Fine Arts Complex”, California State University. ARTFORUM.com Critic’s Picks.
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Korek, Bettina and Nicole Lamotte. “Art World Expedition,” C , September 2007, p.104 - 105.
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