Inspired by the visually saturated designs of American culture, American artist Thomas Colletta represents the innumerable varieties of vernacular objects and architectural facades in his meticulous portrayals of the cultural fabric surrounding us. Colletta is a discriminating observer of the world, transforming his visual recordings in to a sensitive constellation of meaning and emotion. Confidently constructed compositions, stark tonal distinctions and lustrous textures expose an amazing stylistic accuracy, which Colletta achieves in a focused realism.

By introducing unique objects with particular historical distance, as demonstrated in his American Icon series, Colletta recycles time and resurrects these familiar objects from the background, reminding us of the panorama of inventions and beauty in our everyday landscape. With their nostalgic and poetic savoring of American life, Thomas Colletta's emblematic canvases exalt the object and the spirit of a time past and present.

One Man Shows
2006 - Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA
2005 - Trajan Gallery, Carmel, CA
2005 – Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, New York
2004 – Recent Works and Lecture – Trajan Gallery, Carmel, CA
2003 – “Its About Time” Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 – “American Icons” Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, New York
1998 - “American Icon” – Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco CA
1995 - “Romantic Realist” - Colleen Yoho Gallery, San Francisco CA
1994 – “Angels in San Francisco” – Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco CA
1991 - Peel Gallery – Danby, VT
1989 – “Boston Remembered” – Haley & Steele, Boston MA
1986 - Hartford Arts Council Award Exhibition, Jubilee 350 – Hartford CT
1985 - “Visions of Yesteryear” – Fairfield University, CT
1983 - The Meeting House – Hartford, CT
1980 - The Different Drummer Gallery – Hartford, CT
1980 - Widner Gallery, Trinity College – Hartford, CT
1979 - The Different Drummer Gallery – Hartford, CT

Group Shows
2005 - San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2004 - San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2003 - Art Chicago – Chicago, IL
1993 - “Three For The Third”, Peel Gallery – Danby, VT
1991 - Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual (CAFA)
1991 - Copley Society Portrait Show – Boston MA
1991 - Carriage House Gallery Portrait Show, Guilford, CT
1990 - CAFA Annual
1989 - The Connecticut Vision – Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
1989 - CAFA Annual
1988 Glastonbury Art Exhibit – 2nd Prize – Glastonbury, CT
1988 CAFA Annual
1987 CAFA Annual
1986 Mystic Maritime Gallery Invitational – Mystic, CT
1986 85th Annual New Haven Paint and Clay Exhibition, New Haven, CT
1985 Greene Art gallery – Guilford, CT
1985 - CAFA Annual
1984 - Americana Show – Greenwich Workshop Gallery – Greenwich, CT
1984 - 83rd Annual New Haven Paint and Clay Exhibition, New Haven, CT
1982 National Juried Exhibition – Terrence Gallery- Palenville, NY
1982 Green Art gallery, Hartford, CT
1982 Hartford Show – Artworks Gallery – Hartford CT
1979 Connecticut Painters and Sculptors Annual – Stamford, CT