About
(b 1985, High Wycombe, UK) lives and works in Bristol.
Adam’s amorphic and free-form compositions operate in the space between nature, figuration and abstraction. Building up colour washes and dry brushed layers, influenced by modernist and colour field methodologies, Adam works with traces of an image, grappling with interior and exterior space, recognisable forms, and a pushing and pulling between one place and time and another. His paintings’ textured and blurry surfaces suggest a slow methodical approach and conjure up a spiritual and meditative practice engaged with reality, fragments of history, memory, ancient practices and reimagined spaces.
Notable exhibitions include: Unfamiliar Windows at Galleri Urbane, Dallas, US (2022); London Art Fair, presented by Blue Shop Cottage, (2022); Dallas Art Fair, presented by Galleri Urbane(2022); 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 – a joint presentation with Ben Risk, Stokes Croft Gallery, Bristol (2021); A Goose Summer, an outdoor exhibition curated by Hannah Murgatroyd and Martyn Cross, Bristol (2020).
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Current Exhibition
Salon in Sabina, a group exhibition at Demoni Danzanti, Torri in Sabina curated by Shaun MacDowell, 22nd October – 20th November
Group Exhibitions
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
2014 – Footprint, Camden Image Gallery
2014 – Fusion, Camden Image Gallery, London
2013 – Matter1010, The Exchange Tower, London
2011 – Smaller Than A Lemon, Curated by Danny Rolph, Angelika, High Wycombe
Solo Exhibitions
2022 – Unfamiliar Windows, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, USA
2017 – Solo, Trade Gallery, Nottingham
2016 – Whale Sailing, Junkyard Dogs, Brighton
2015 – In the Waiting Room, Free Space Gallery, Kentish Town Health Centre, London
2015 – Walking Stories, Two Doors Down, London
2014 – Up Allington Hill, The Birdcage, Norwich
2013 – Go Figure, The Birdcage, Norwich
2013 – Dog and Pony Show, Power Lunches, London
2013 – Bring on The Dancing Horses, London
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
Adam is represented (Statewide) by Galleri Urbane, Dallas, USA
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