Adamo Macri

Adamo Macri’s practice is best understood as an ongoing experiment in transformation—of materials, of the body, and of the very idea of what an artwork is supposed to be. He works fluently across sculpture, photography, painting, video, and drawing, but medium for him is secondary to concept. A piece might begin as a sculpture, pass through performance or bodily intervention, and finally exist as a photograph or video still. The boundaries between disciplines dissolve; what matters is the occurrence the work describes rather than any fixed, final form. Many of his projects feel less like objects and more like episodes in a narrative—chapters within a larger, evolving anthology of identity and metamorphosis. Macri has been awarded The International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci and The Phoenix International Prize for The Arts. His work has been featured in the volumes of Contemporary Celebrity Masters publications. Notably, his artwork ‘Nevermore’ was selected for inclusion in the prestigious Atlante dell’Arte Contemporanea Patron of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Medium and Methodology

Adamo Macri’s practice is grounded in a deliberate methodological process and a concept he calls over‑processing. He treats artistic mediums as an inte...

Dawson College - 1984

Works by Adamo Macri have been exhibited in the following countries:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.