Vito Piacente is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in psychological rupture, ancestral memory, and the silent codes that govern family, masculinity, and power. With decades of lived experience behind him, Piacente’s paintings are not catharsis—they’re documentation.

Trained as a visual observer long before he ever picked up a brush, his work now reflects the shift from silence to structure, from pressure to symbol. Whether working in acrylic, digital media, or photography, he constructs images that feel less like portraits and more like verdicts—ritual spaces where personal mythology and generational residue collide.

Based in Toronto and raised on tension, Piacente doesn’t paint to be seen. He paints to seal, reclaim, and disturb what no longer serves. His work stands as a witness: not soft, not loud—exact.

Artist Statement

I don’t make art to soothe. I make it to uncover.

My work is rooted in tension—between control and chaos, inheritance and identity, surface and shadow. Every image is a response to pressure: psychic, cultural, generational.

I work across painting, digital media, and photography, but the medium is secondary. What matters is the ritual—the act of turning memory into symbol, silence into structure. These aren’t just visuals; they’re records. Codes. Altars.

Some pieces disturb. Some reveal. But none of them ask permission.

Because I’m not painting to be understood—

I’m painting to make sure what needed to be felt is finally seen.