Adon Valenziano

Born in Tucson Arizona in 1968. Adon grew up amidst the astonishing natural beauty of Mendocino County in Northern California. An enthusiastic admirer of the exquisite forms found in nature he considers the evolutionary process the most accomplished of all sculptors. While Adon's own sculptures are deeply rooted in the forms found in the natural world his work also references the synthetic or machine world as well as the work of other artists, both contemporary and historic. Adon is fascinated with symbiosis and hibridity and creating fictive organic/synthetic entities. He has coined the term "biometamorphic" to describe these hybrid creations, from "bio" meaning life or organism, "meta" meaning to transform or transcend and "morph" meaning form or shape. Adon currently lives and works in Santa Cruz California.

2011- MFA San Jose State University, San Jose CA, 3.95 G.P.A., Spatial Arts.

2008-BA San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 3.8 G.P.A., Spatial Emphasis.

2005-AA Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, 3.8 G.P.A., Fine Art Emphasis.

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Strange Beauty: works by Adon S. Valenziano. Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA

2011 Biometamorphosis. SJSU gallery 3 San Jose, CA.

2010 Symbiont: a new sculpture by Adon Valenziano. SJSU Gallery 5, San Jose, CA.

2008 Biometamorphic Zoo: Specimens from the Innerstellar Zoological Society. SJSU Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA.

2001 Interconnectivity: Sculpture by Adon Valenziano.
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.

2000 Biometamorph: Sculpture by Adon Valenziano. Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA.


Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA.

2013 California Sculpture Slam, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA.

2013 Crocker-Kingsley Award Winners, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA.

2012 The Crocker Kingsley Biennial Competition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA.

2012 Lift Off 2012, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.

2002 The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County's, 17th Annual Open Studios Art Tour. Santa Cruz, CA.

2001 Transcending Space. MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA.

2000 The Fourth Annual Arts on Fire Exhibition.
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.

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