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Michael Adamson(born 1971) is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. He is known primarily for his abstract oil paintings, but also works with and occasionally exhibits digital media and photography. [1,2].

Contents 1	Early life and education 2	Career 3	Selected exhibits 3.1	Group 3.2	Solo 4	Public collections 5	Selected publications 6	References 7	External links

Early life and education Adamson was born in Ontario. He attended Kassel Hochschule,Kassel Germany[] in 1996 and graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1997[].

Career

In a 2001 Globe and Mail Review, art critic, educator and historian, Gary Michael Dault called Adamson "a wundrkind" and in another review in the same year"an artist worth watching". A series of local[], national[] and international[]exhibitions have followed in the decade since Road Nasgaard noted a "meteroric rise".

Selected exhibits 2018	Inscapes, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON, Canada 2017	Out of the Bush Garden, Benetton Foundation, Venice, Italy 2016	London Art Fair,Thompson's Gallery, London, UK 2015	12 Trees, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada Passions of the Eye, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON, Canada Concrete Contemporary Art Auction (Spring), Waddington's, Canada ArtLondon 2015,Thompson Contemporary London, UK Exhange: PAMA Artist Select, Peel Art Gallery and Museum, ON, Canada 2014	944 Queen St, Toronto, ON, Canada ArtToronto, Thompson's Gallery, London, UK Two Person, Thompson's Gallery, London, UK ArtLondon 2014, Thompson's Gallery, London, UK Canadian Contemporary Auction (Spring), Waddingtons, Toronto, ON, Canada 2013	Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Peel, Museum Peel, Brampton, ON, Canada Excavations, Varley Gallery, Museum Markham, Markham, ON, Canada Canadian Contemporary Auction (Autumn), Waddingtons, Toronto, ON, Canada Canadian Contemporary Auction (Spring), Waddingtons, Toronto, ON, Canada 2012	Goop, Guck, and Globs: The Materiality of Paint, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, NB TIAF 2012, Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2011	TIAF 2011, Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2010	TIAF 2010, Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2008	Important Canadian Art, Sothebys, Canada 2004	NYAAF, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada The Private Eye, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Canada Michael Snow and Michael Adamson, Moore Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2003	Auction Preview, Art with Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada Mixed Media, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto, ON, Canada Made in Toronto, Art-Mur, Montreal, Canada Michael Snow and Michael Adamson, Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2002	New Artists, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. 1999	Material Concern, ArtCore, Toronto, ON, Canada 1998   Old School. ArtCore, Toronto, ON, Canada Selected Reviews, Texts and Media

2018	“Windsor on the Atlantic.” Objekt Magazine “Tracking North.” Jason Stopa, Open Road “Standing Before and Within.” Sky Goodden, Open Road “Eye of the Beholder.” Russell Smith, Open Road 2017	“Windsor on the Atlantic.” Objekt Magazine 2016	“New Works: Michael Adamson.” Canadian Art Online 2015	“Gardiner Museum Rethinks the Christmas Tree.” Martin Knelman, Toronto Star 2014	“Music and Art: War Child.” Phaidon.com “War Child at Bonhams.” Rolling Stone Magazine 2013	“Pop Up.” Deirdre Kelly, Globe and Mail 2012	“Art Toronto 13.” Jason Stopa, White Hot Magazine “Toronto Now.” Jason Stopa, NY ARTS “Canadian Art in London UK.” Rex Murphy, CBC Radio One 2009	“Adamson and Broadworth.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail 2006	“Gallery Going.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, November “Best of Toronto.” Angela Murphy, National Post, November “Featured Artist.” Betty Anne Jordan, Canadian House and Home, November 2005	“Modern Art.” Canadian House and Home, October “Fort Sunshine.” Julia Dault, National Post, June 2004	“Sunrise Life.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, November “Blocks and Counterblocks.” Canadian Art Magazine, March 2003	“Counterblocks.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, December “Chance.” Julia Dault, National Post, December “Adamson.” Pauline Thompson, Lola Magazine, Final Edition 2002	“Michael Adamson.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, July “Art Walk.” Betty Ann Jordan, Where Toronto, May 2001	“Thundering.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, December “Three to Watch.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, December “Big Wheels.” Deirdre Hanna, NOW Magazine, October “Border Views.” Robert Enright, BorderCrossings Magazine, #78 2000	“Platform.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, March “Clarence Sq.” Lulu de L’Amour, Lola Magazine, 12 1999	“Paintings.” Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, August