About
(b 1985, High Wycombe, UK) lives and works in Bristol.
Adam’s fluid, amorphous compositions unfold in the space between nature, figuration, and abstraction—where memory and time quietly overlap. His surfaces, built through layered washes of colour and dry-brushed textures, feel weathered and impermanent, echoing the slow erosion of time and the shifting nature of perception.
Rather than capturing a fixed image, his paintings emerge gradually, tracing what’s left behind—faded impressions, fleeting forms, and partial memories. They grow out of moments of disintegration and intuitive excavation, revealing reimagined psycho-geographical spaces where inner and outer worlds blur.
Adam’s work moves between presence and absence, between what is remembered and what is lost. Figures, shapes, and landscapes surface, only to dissolve again, reflecting the way memory and place are continually reshaped. In this tension, his paintings act as a kind of spiritual archaeology—layering personal and collective histories with imagined possibilities.
These works don’t just hold space; they stretch across time. They are not merely remnants of the past, but speculative forms that also reach forward—toward what is still forming, still unknown.
Group Exhibitions
2025 – Tear Drop or a Tidal Wave, a group exhibition curated by Jordy Kerwick at Piermarq, Sydney, Australia
2025 – Big Nature is Watching You, a group exhibition curated by Alexia Bagno at Tobogan, Reset Atelier, Brussels
2025 – Joining Doggerland, a group exhibition curated by Shannon Best at APT Gallery, London
2024 – Blurry Pastures, a group exhibition at Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2024 – Lido Open, The 4th Annual Lido Stores Open, Margate
2023 – To The Birds/Man Digging, a group exhibition at Exeter Phoenix, curated by Dan Howard–Birt, featuring Leigh Curtis, Laura Wormell, Geraldine Swayne, Kiera Bennett, Phil King, Neal Tait, Giles Round, Kofi Boamah, Jeffrey Dennis, Lorna Robertson and Huhtamaki Wab
2023 – Bite, a group exhibition showcasing four artists from Bristol, hosted at SVA, Stroud featuring work by Mahali O'Hare, Vera Boele–Keimer and Karolina Ptaszkowska
2022 – Salon in Sabina, a group exhibition at Demoni Danzanti, Torri in Sabina curated by Shaun MacDowell
2022 – Diverse Pleasures, The ARB, Cambridge, with Martyn Cross, Andi Magenheimer, Karolina Ptaszkowska, Ben Risk, Phil Root and Avis Underwood
2022 – Time, Being, Irving Contemporary, Oxford with David Abbott and Jon Ridge
2021 – Incandescent, Irving Contemporary, Oxford
2021 – Flirting with the border guards, Terrace Gallery, London, curated by Jon Ridge
2021 – YOUR FOOT IN MY FACE and other tectonic strategies, Kingsgate Project Space, London, curated by Dan Howard-Birt
2021 – Wagtails on Moon Street & Over The Garden Wall, Stokes Croft Gallery, Bristol. Joint exhibition with Ben Risk
2020 – Goose Summer, an outdoor exhibition curated by Hannah Murgatroyd and Martyn Cross
2019 – The Wagon, Standpoint Gallery, London with Caraboo Projects
2019 – Another Time, Another Place, Bocabar, Bristol curated and featured with Phil Root, Ben Risk, Karolina Ptaszkowka and Joe Warrior-Walker
2019 – Studio Show, Caraboo Projects, Bristol
2018 – Crossovers, Fairfax Gallery, Bristol, co-curated with Tom Williams, Phil Root and Ben Risk
2017 – Turns on the Tarmac, Sid Motion Gallery, London
2016 – Sampler, Curated by Kristian Day, Hosted at Arcade Fine Arts, London
Solo Exhibitions
2022 – Unfamiliar Windows, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, USA
2017 – Solo, Trade Gallery, Nottingham
Fairs
2022 – Intersect Aspen with Galleri Urbane, featuring work by Jozsef Csató, Jason Willaford, Anna Kunz, Jessica Drenk, Sam Mack, Samantha McCurdy and Stephen D’Onofrio
2022 – Dallas Art Fair with Galleri Urbane, featuring work by Jessica Drenk, Anna Kunz, Stephen D’Onofrio, József Csató, Joseph Montgomery, Iren Tete, Rachel Hellmann, Samantha McCurdy, and Jason Willaford
2022 – London Art Fair with Blue Shop Cottage, featuring work by Alice Hartley and Jess Allen
2022 – Intersect Palm Springs with Galleri Urbane, featuring work by Gail Peter Borden, József Csató, Anna Kunz, Samantha McCurdy, Benjamin Terry, and Jason Willaford.
Residencies
2022 – Green Cathedral, The Garage, Bristol
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