Tony Abboreno is a Chicago area artist and retired Chicago Public High School studio-painting instructor, residing in Oak Park Illinois. Keith Haring’s bold graffiti, Stuart Davis’ “American Cubism” and Andy Warhol’s pop imagery are major influences in his work. Tony works mainly in acrylic on canvas. He uses contemporary iconic imagery to awaken the viewers’ interest in beauty in all aspects of the visual scene and the persistence of memories unique to American life.

Recently Tony has been in Juried Exhibitions at the: Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park Art League,Oak Park Illinois, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri; Elmhurst Art Museum, “Sense of Place”; Sulfur Studios, Savannah Georgia, “Celebrities”; Peabody Estate, Oak Brook Illinois, Awarded Best of Show for 2017 “Best of the Best of the Western Suburbs”; Bridgeport Art Center 2016 and 2018; Oak Park Library “Literary Explorations”; and St Louis Artists’ Guild “Ann Metzger Exhibition” 2014. He has had solo shows at the: Oak Park Library 2015 “Disruption”; School of Rock, The Gallery, Oak Park Illinois 2015 “Rock On”; Oak Park Library, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” 2017.

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Tony regularly exhibits at the Oak Park Art League and the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild galleries.

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