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Over the past 35 years Tony Calzetta has developed a distinctive visual language of bold, simplified forms where colour, texture and lines jump into a third dimension and dance to life to create works that challenge the imagination. Calzetta says his work is about drawing, composed of shapes and forms, that can be viewed as  “abstract funnies” or “surreal cartoons,” which fit somewhere between high art and popular culture.  He leaves it up to the viewer to interpret his art. Tony Calzetta received his B.F.A. from the University of Windsor and his M.F.A. from York University. He works mainly on canvas and paper and at times in sculpture and printmaking. In 2011, his paintings exhibited at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto were part of the Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Venice Biennale. He was elected as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in 2004.