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Happy Monday! We hope you all had a great weekend! This week our next featured artist is Tony Calzetta, co-owner of Art is Hell on East Main St in Welland!
Over the last several decades, since receiving his B.F.A. from the University of Windsor and his M.F.A. from York University in Toronto, Tony Calzetta has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. He works mainly on canvas and paper and also sometimes in sculpture and printmaking.
He has published three major livres d’artiste; Acts of Kindness and of Love in collaboration with writer John Metcalf, and the more recent How God Talks in His Sleep and Other Fabulous Fictions and Peculiar Practices, both with writer Leon Rooke.
Tony Calzetta was elected as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.) in 2004. In addition to commissioned works he is represented in numerous public, corporate and private collections in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. In 2011, his paintings were exhibited as part of the Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Venice Biennale.
He now lives in Welland, Ontario with artist Gabrielle de Montmollin who is the other half of their art collaboration known as ART IS HELL.
You can see more of his work here: https://artishell.com/ayntk-
Niagara Artists Centre (NAC) Curated by the Covert Collective Art is Hell
About the Welland Creatives Network:
We are a like-minded group of cultural workers and artists looking to support and facilitate events and activities that highlight creative activities and endeavours in the City of Welland as well as being advocates for the local arts sector.
You can follow the Welland Creatives Network here on Facebook.
