Bio

Bill Adams was born in New York City. He divides his time between Orient, NY and NYC. His work has been written about and reviewed in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Art Forum amongst others. He has published two zines with Nievesbooks. He has shown with Kerry Schuss Gallery, Gorey Bravin Lee, Fredericks Fraser, and many others.

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EDUCATION

1986

MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Homegrown, Jupiter, Miami, FL

Insurrections, SHRINE, New York, NY

2016

Blue Madness, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY

Sunup, Jeff Baily Gallery, Hudson, NY

2015

Bill Adams, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

2012

Finalist, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

2006

Bill Adams: New Work, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

2004

Bill Adams, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

2002

Gorney Bravin Lee Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY

1999

New Paintings, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY

1996

Works by Bill Adams, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Animal People, Paola Gallio Tapeto, Brooklyn, NY

Cat Show, MRS. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Art Market San Francisco, VSOP Projects, San Francisco, CA

2022

Bill Adams and Daniel Mandelbaum, Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, NY

For the Birds, Curated by Eddie Martinez, Harper’s Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Judith Linhares: The Artist as Curator, Sarasota Art Museum, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL

2021

Figure 9, Presented by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

2019 Peanuts, Organized by Eddie Martinez, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

Other Worlds: Glenn Goldberg, Bill Adams, Jennifer Sullivan, Annie Pearlman & Peter Schenck, Serial Artist, New York, NY

The Notebook Show, Curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry Gallery, New York, NY

Twenty Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition, Galerie Hammelehle Und Ahrens, Cologne, DE

2018

The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Sieben, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT

Monomania, Curated by Shaun Ellison and Paul Whiting, George Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Pageant of Inconceivables, Curated by Portia Munson and Katharine Umsted, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

Jolly Crown, Able Baker Gallery, Portland, ME

Actually Weird, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017

Four Person Drawing Show, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne, DE

The World Without Us, Curated by Nick Irsyk, Brennan Griffin Gallery, New York, NY

Put Me in the Zoo, curated by Suzanne McClelland, Lucien Terras Gallery, New York, NY

NADA Art Fair, Kerry Schuss, Miami, FL

NADA Art Fair, Sculpture presentation with Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, NY

2016

Bill & Ted, Freddy Gallery, Harris, NY

Milk of the Poppy, Group Show, Capital Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Drawings, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

I’ve Been Meaning to Sue for Something, Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, NY

Open Source Indicators, Sgorbati Projects, New York, NY

Drawing, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

2015

New Narratives, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Teeth Gnash Tennessee, Invisible Exports, New York, NY

Group Exhibition, Leslie Heller Workspace, New York, NY

2014

Bad Fog, Curated by Eddie Martinez, Martos Gallery, New York, NY

2013

Lat.41 Degrees 7N. Long72 Degrees 19 W., Curated by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY

The Cat Show, Organized by Rhonda Lieberman, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY

Ballpoint Drawing Since 1950, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgfield, CT

2010

Drawing the Slight Uneasy, Curated by MK Guth, Worksound Gallery, Portland, OR

2008

Psychotic Reaction, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

Disarming Matter, Larissa Goldstein Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Horizon, Curated by David Humphrey, EFA Gallery, New York, NY

Mr. President, Curated by JoAnne Carson and Corrina Ripps Schaming, University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany, NY

2006

Light In August, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

2005

NADA Art Fair, Kerry Schuss, Miami, FL

2004

Bill Adams, Wayne Gonzales, Cameron Martin, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

She’s Come Undone, Curated by Augusto Arbizo, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY

Colored Pencil, Curated by Geoffrey Young, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY NADA Art Fair, Kerry Schuss, Miami, FL

2003

Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

Inklings, Curated by Geoffrey Young and Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

Cats, Curated by Ross Mclain, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Visibility, Fair, Curated by Patrick Callery, Murray Guy Gallery, New York, NY

Fhuh…, curated by David Humphrey, Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000

Articles of Space, Curated by Leon Johnson, Western Oregon University Gallery, Monmouth, OR

1999

Three Painters, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY

1997

Young Americans, University Gallery, Capetown, ZA

1995

Landscapes, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, NY