Angelina Bontempo
(b. Hamilton, Ontario | Lives and works in the Niagara Region, Canada)

Angelina Bontempo is a Canadian contemporary abstract artist whose emotionally charged paintings merge expressive spontaneity with refined visual energy. Known for her powerful use of colour, texture, and movement, Bontempo creates large-scale acrylic works rooted in the Automatism tradition. Collectors are drawn to the raw, intuitive quality of her practice—each piece offering a visceral connection between emotion and form. Based in the Niagara Region, Bontempo’s work continues to resonate with collectors seeking art that combines vulnerability, sophistication, and a deeply personal visual voice.

A self-taught artist, Bontempo began painting over a decade ago as a form of healing following personal loss and health challenges. What began as a therapeutic practice quickly grew into a full-time calling. Her paintings now reflect the dualities of life—light and shadow, stillness and turbulence, vulnerability and strength—creating visual spaces that feel emotionally alive and open to interpretation.

Collectors are particularly drawn to Bontempo’s use of colour (notably her signature blues), rich layered textures, and gestural forms. She builds dimensionality through palette knives, catalyst wedges, and mixed media, creating surfaces that seem to breathe with emotional life. Each work becomes a visual diary—deeply personal, yet universally felt.

Her work has been exhibited at the John Mann Gallery (St. Catharines), the Art Gallery of Burlington, and Objects to Desire in Grimsby, with increasing attention from collectors across Canada. With aspirations to expand her international reach—particularly in Europe—Bontempo’s career is gaining strong momentum.

For collectors seeking sophisticated abstraction grounded in authenticity and emotional power, Angelina Bontempo’s work offers a rare visual voice—raw, beautiful, and undeniably compelling.