Artist Profile: Adam Albini

Overview: Adam Albini is a mixed media artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, whose work explores memory, identity, and place through the use of recycled paper. By layering found materials from local neighborhoods onto wooden panels, Albini creates textured, archival surfaces that reflect the layered histories of people and places. His process—equal parts excavation and collage—reveals fragments of narrative embedded in overlooked ephemera. With a practice rooted in both community engagement and material experimentation, Albini transforms the everyday into visual reflections of change, presence, and continuity.