John M. Adams

EDUCATION

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

2009                        Artist Residency, Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Laceyville, PA

2008                        1st Place, Arts Council @GRACE,(R. Cole-Cunningham)Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA

2006                        Recipient: Cummings Money for Artists Grant

2006                        Artwork purchased by Arlington County, VA Public Artworks collection

2006                        8 Artworks purchased by Washington DC Commission on the Arts for two public collections

2006                        Semi-finalist: Bethesda Painting Awards, DC Metro Area

2006                        Honorable Mention, Juror: Jack Rasmussen (Director, Katzen Arts Center, AU), A. C. @GRACE

2002                        Jurors Award, Honorable Mention, Arlington Art Center All Media Exhibition

                                Juror: Claudia Gould, Executive Director, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.

1999                        Juror’s Award, International Contemporary Painting 1999 Juror: Andrew Forge, Painter, Author, and Professor at Yale.

1999-2000               Recipient: Graduate Fellowship for Painting, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo and Curated Small Group

2010        ●              Unforgettable,  Adam Lister Gallery, Fairfax, VA

2009        ●              Sitting Still (Solo), Greater Reston Arts Center, VA

2009        ●              Stimulus,  Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC

2009        ●              WPA Hickok Cole Architects Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC

2009        ●              Recent Works (5 person show) Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, Fairfax, VA

2008        ●              Fall Group Show 2008 PASS Gallery, Washington, DC

2007        ●              WPA/C Hickok Cole Architects Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC

2007        ●              Here and There (Solo) Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

2006        ●              WPA/C Hickok Cole Architects Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC

2005        ●              Surface Tension Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia

2005        ●              Resonance: Paintings by John M. Adams and Sculptures by Frances Sniffen

Anne C. Fisher Gallery, Washington, DC

2004        ·              Contemplation and Gesture: John M. Adams and Brad McLemore College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

2004        ·              Contemplation: In the Abstract (John M. Adams, Susanne Carmack, and Elizabeth Mackie)

InterLimbic Gallery, Middleburg, VA

2003        ·              John M. Adams, New Paintings (solo) Muleh (sponsored by Art on Location) Washington DC

2003        ·              Incorporating Process (John M. Adams, Traudis Kennedy, and Matthew Mouras)

(Sponsored by WPA/Corcoran), Twist Restaurant, Washington, DC

•        ·              some things: MFA Thesis Exhibition (solo) Sawhill Gallery: Harrisonburg, VA                          

                Large Group and Juried

2010        ●              Postcards from the Edge, ZieherSmith , New York, NY

2010        ●              Exposed, Mayer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA

2009        ●              Icebox, Washington Project for the Arts Headquarters, Washington, DC

2009        ●              Small Works, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL

2009        ●              FarAway Nearby, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA

2009        ●              Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2009        ●              2nd Annual Artist/Teacher Exhibition, Ernst Cultural Center, NVCC, Annandale, VA

2009        ●              LottoHEART, Camp Rehoboth, Rehoboth, DE

2009        ·              Artomatic 2009, “Space Between” Collaboration, Washington, DC

2008        ●              20x20  ART17, Washington, DC

2008        ●              Arts Council at GRACE Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA

2008        ●             Artist/Teacher Exhibition, Ernst Cultural Center, NVCC, Annandale, VA

2008        ●              Artomatic 2008, Washington, DC

2008        ●              Art Anonymous, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC

2007        ●              Art on the Small Side Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2007        ●              Artomatic 2007, Crystal City, VA

2006        ●              Arts Council at GRACE Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA

2006        ●              Remix: East West Currents in Contemporary Art Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

2006        ●              Deja Vu Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

2005        ●              All Mixed Up Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia

2005        ●              Art from Arlington Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

2005        ●              10 Most Wanted: Art-o-matic Invitational Exhibit Anne C. Fisher Gallery, Washington DC

2004        ●              Global International CompetitionGallery International, Baltimore, Maryland

2004        ●              Artomatic 2004, Washington, DC

2003        ●              War and Sentiment: Artistic Responses to a World in Turmoil, Artery Gallery, Washington, DC

2002        ●              Artomatic 2002, Washington, DC

1999        ●             International Contemporary Painting 1999 Erector Square Gallery: New Haven, Connecticut