*Summer 2012 Exhibitions*
"____scape" at VisArts, Rockville, MD
June 1- August 10, 2012
Artist Talk: 7pm, June 21, 2012
On May 19, 2012 I installed "Confluence" at VisArts one 15 hour stretch. The drawing challenges the viewers sense of space by juxtaposing conflicting imagery with the structure of the wall. The drawing will exist for the duration of the exhibit before it is destroyed. See snapshots of the install on my blog. A time-lapse video/animation is under construction to document the drawing and will be posted on my website upon completion. "Determining Area Number 3", a painting from 2012 is also included in the exhibition.
"Magically Suspicious" at School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
June 8-August 18, 2012
Public Reception: 3-6pm, July 7, 2012
I have installed another site specific drawing at the School 33 Art Center in Baltimore , MD for Magically Suspicious (Curated by Adam Lister). "Determining Area 1", a painting from 2012,is also included in the exhibition. Please join me for the on July 7, 3-6pm for the public reception
June 1- August 10, 2012
Artist Talk: 7pm, June 21, 2012
On May 19, 2012 I installed "Confluence" at VisArts one 15 hour stretch. The drawing challenges the viewers sense of space by juxtaposing conflicting imagery with the structure of the wall. The drawing will exist for the duration of the exhibit before it is destroyed. See snapshots of the install on my blog. A time-lapse video/animation is under construction to document the drawing and will be posted on my website upon completion. "Determining Area Number 3", a painting from 2012 is also included in the exhibition.
"Magically Suspicious" at School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
June 8-August 18, 2012
Public Reception: 3-6pm, July 7, 2012
I have installed another site specific drawing at the School 33 Art Center in Baltimore , MD for Magically Suspicious (Curated by Adam Lister). "Determining Area 1", a painting from 2012,is also included in the exhibition. Please join me for the on July 7, 3-6pm for the public reception
"Little Big Things"
Adams has several drawings from 2011 in the "Little Big Things" exhibition at the Adam Lister Gallery in Fairfax, VA. On view November 16 - December 5, 2011. Public Reception Wednesday, November 16, 7-9pm. Details here.
Artist/Teacher Exhibition
Adams has three drawings from 2011 in the "Artist/Teacher Exhibition" at Northern Virginia Community College, through December 3, 2011.Public Reception, 6-7:30 pm, Thursday November 10. Details here.
"...in a couple of days..." / "Excessive Perspective Exhibition
Adams' new site-specific drawing "...in a couple of days.. " and smaller framed studies for the work are part of the "Excessive Perspective" Exhibition at the Adam Lister Gallery in Fairfax, VA. Get directions and gallery info here. The drawing is currently on view and will be up for several weeks before its impending destruction
"Excessive Perspective" highlights new definitions and approaches by artists using and depicting volumes and spatial relationships within their work. Going beyond the basic concept of pictorial logic, these artists address the notion of something or somewhere, while referencing a disconnection to that same thing. A language of space and time, visually divided and multiplied within itself, expresses a mysterious rationality behind the act of production and simplification. The work in this exhibit explores alternative viewpoints to understanding the world around us and the infinite web of parallel realities.
John M. Adams
Remmi Brant
Bobby Coleman
JAMIN
Jacobe Noonan
Stephanie Rivers
Gallery Director- Adam Lister
email: adamlistergallery@gmail.com
T#: 646.263.7305
Old Town Fairfax Village Plaza
3950 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030
"Excessive Perspective" highlights new definitions and approaches by artists using and depicting volumes and spatial relationships within their work. Going beyond the basic concept of pictorial logic, these artists address the notion of something or somewhere, while referencing a disconnection to that same thing. A language of space and time, visually divided and multiplied within itself, expresses a mysterious rationality behind the act of production and simplification. The work in this exhibit explores alternative viewpoints to understanding the world around us and the infinite web of parallel realities.
John M. Adams
Remmi Brant
Bobby Coleman
JAMIN
Jacobe Noonan
Stephanie Rivers
Gallery Director- Adam Lister
email: adamlistergallery@gmail.com
T#: 646.263.7305
Old Town Fairfax Village Plaza
3950 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030
"Ghost Music" - Collaborative Performance
Saturday April 23, 8 pm at the Neighborhood Music School, 100 Audubon St. Hartford, CT. This will be the first public performance of all aspects of Ghost Music, my collaboration with composer Matt Sargent and Percussionist Bill Solomon. You can read a great article about Matt's vision for the piece and our collaboration in the Hartford Advocate.
"...in a couple of days..." - Site Specific Drawing at the Adam Lister Gallery
* I created "..in a couple of days.." on Saturday April 2, 2011 at the Adam Lister Gallery as part of the Paint the City: Fairfax, VA Event. Get directions and gallery info here. The drawing is currently on view and will be up for several months before its impending destruction*
Like Nowhere I've Been
Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueño
March 5, 2011 – April 23, 2011
The Evolve Urban Arts Project is pleased to announce Like Nowhere I’ve Been: Landscapes de un Sueño featuring photographer Mark Parascandola and visual artist John M. Adams. The exhibition examines how these two DC-based artists create and document artificial, man-made landscapes conceived from elements of modern day visual and cultural reality.
The Project space is located in the Pierce School Lofts at 1375 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC in the H Street Arts and Entertainment District.
March 5, 2011 – April 23, 2011
The Evolve Urban Arts Project is pleased to announce Like Nowhere I’ve Been: Landscapes de un Sueño featuring photographer Mark Parascandola and visual artist John M. Adams. The exhibition examines how these two DC-based artists create and document artificial, man-made landscapes conceived from elements of modern day visual and cultural reality.
The Project space is located in the Pierce School Lofts at 1375 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC in the H Street Arts and Entertainment District.
Recent Exhibitions
Solo Drawing Installation: Efflux at the Joan Hisoaka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center.
This drawing installation will be on view 24 hours a day for several weeks and will be destroyed at the conclusion of the exhibition.
1632 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.483.8600
Exhibition Dates: January 14-February 15, 2011
*EFFLUX WILL BE DESTROYED AT 6PM, FEBRUARY 15 2011
FROM 6:00 pm- 6:20 PM: A RECEPTION WILL BE HELD FROM 6PM-7PM*
Read my latest Studio update here.
Solo Exhibition: Finding Zero at the Athenaeum
Opening Reception: 4-6pm Sunday January 9, 2011
201 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.548.0035
Exhibition Dates: January 6-February 27, 2011
Two Person Exhibition: Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueno at the Evolve Urban Arts Project
Drawings By John M. Adams and Photographs by Mark Parascandola, Curated by Eric Hope
1375 Maryland Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002
202.489.8160
Exhibition Dates:March 5 - April 23, 2011
Paintings from the Artist Residency posted on the Instance Series, Element Series, Drawings and Sitting Still Series pages. Many more paintings will be posted shortly, check back soon.
This drawing installation will be on view 24 hours a day for several weeks and will be destroyed at the conclusion of the exhibition.
1632 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.483.8600
Exhibition Dates: January 14-February 15, 2011
*EFFLUX WILL BE DESTROYED AT 6PM, FEBRUARY 15 2011
FROM 6:00 pm- 6:20 PM: A RECEPTION WILL BE HELD FROM 6PM-7PM*
Read my latest Studio update here.
Solo Exhibition: Finding Zero at the Athenaeum
Opening Reception: 4-6pm Sunday January 9, 2011
201 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.548.0035
Exhibition Dates: January 6-February 27, 2011
Two Person Exhibition: Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueno at the Evolve Urban Arts Project
Drawings By John M. Adams and Photographs by Mark Parascandola, Curated by Eric Hope
1375 Maryland Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002
202.489.8160
Exhibition Dates:March 5 - April 23, 2011
Paintings from the Artist Residency posted on the Instance Series, Element Series, Drawings and Sitting Still Series pages. Many more paintings will be posted shortly, check back soon.
Artist Bio
John M Adams is a Washington, DC Area artist who received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA from James Madison University. He has received numerous honors including a Graduate Fellowship for Painting from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a Cummings Money for Artists’ Grant. Recently Adams received first place in the Arts Council @GRACE exhibition from juror Ragan Cole-Cunnigham, Director of Exhibitions and Education at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. In the past Adams has won Juror Awards from Jack Rasmussen (AU Katzen Art Center), Claudia Gould (Former Director of ICA) and artist Andrew Forge (Artist/Professor at Yale). Adams work has been reviewed in several publications, and his exhibitions have been praised multiple times by Washington Post Art/Film critic Michael O’Sullivan. His artwork can be found in private and corporate collections from Richmond to Manhattan. Six of his paintings can be found in the John A. Wilson building (DC City Hall) Collection in addition to two more in the DCCAH Art Bank Collection and one in the Arlington County Small Works Collection. Adams Just returned from a three week Artist Residency at "the Church, one of the studios which is part of Soaring Gardens Artist Residency in Pennsylvania. New artwork created in the the 108 year old chapel that was converted to and Artist Studio around 1960 by painters Jules and Cornelis Kirschenbaum.
Adams currently maintains a studio in Arlington, VA and lives in Reston, VA in addition to being an art educator.
John M Adams is a Washington, DC Area artist who received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA from James Madison University. He has received numerous honors including a Graduate Fellowship for Painting from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a Cummings Money for Artists’ Grant. Recently Adams received first place in the Arts Council @GRACE exhibition from juror Ragan Cole-Cunnigham, Director of Exhibitions and Education at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. In the past Adams has won Juror Awards from Jack Rasmussen (AU Katzen Art Center), Claudia Gould (Former Director of ICA) and artist Andrew Forge (Artist/Professor at Yale). Adams work has been reviewed in several publications, and his exhibitions have been praised multiple times by Washington Post Art/Film critic Michael O’Sullivan. His artwork can be found in private and corporate collections from Richmond to Manhattan. Six of his paintings can be found in the John A. Wilson building (DC City Hall) Collection in addition to two more in the DCCAH Art Bank Collection and one in the Arlington County Small Works Collection. Adams Just returned from a three week Artist Residency at "the Church, one of the studios which is part of Soaring Gardens Artist Residency in Pennsylvania. New artwork created in the the 108 year old chapel that was converted to and Artist Studio around 1960 by painters Jules and Cornelis Kirschenbaum.
Adams currently maintains a studio in Arlington, VA and lives in Reston, VA in addition to being an art educator.
