Bio Adam lives and works in
Winnipeg. He grew up drawing superheroes, cats and comic books until he
discovered
oil paint and the work of Philip Guston, Francis Bacon and Van Gogh. In
2002 he graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts Honours degree in Painting. He has since exhibited in
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, <SITE> Gallery, The Royal Art Lodge and
various film festivals. In February of 2007 Adam wrote and recorded the
popular internet song "Britney Spears shaved
her head Tonight."
Curriculum VitaeEducation
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, University of Manitoba Solo Exhibitions 2005 Rejected & Unknown, <SITE> Gallery, Winnipeg, MB Group Exhibitions 2008 What Fall'ows, The Spot, Winnipeg, MB 2006 Supernovas, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 1998 Royal Art Lodge Doll Show, Royal Art Lodge, Winnipeg, MB Film Festivals 2010 Faux Film Festival, Portland, OR, USA 2009 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Gas Station Theatre, Winnipeg, MB 2009 Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, MB 2008 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Gas Station Theatre, Winnipeg, MB 2007 Possible Worlds Film Festival, Sydney, Australia 2007 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB 2007 Terror Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2007 Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto, ON 2007 A Night of Horror Short Film Festival, Sydney, Australia 2006 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB 2005 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB 2004 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB Awards 2009 First Prize - Best Film, Winnipeg Short Film Massacre 2008 Marketing Fund, Winnipeg Film Group 2007 2nd Place, Power of the Portrait Competition, Artrom.com 2006 Visual Arts C Grant, Manitoba Arts Council 2006 Individual Artist Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council Catalogues 2008 Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 — Painting, Magenta Foundation, Canada 2008 Paper Wait 8 & 9, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2006 Supernovas, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB Artist's Statement
I paint images of cultural alienation in a society where cars are
designed to be private meditation chambers, personal Zen living rooms;
where isolation is encouraged (as long is there is an internet
connection or television nearby); where the only human interaction is
through imagery. We have relationships with pop icons like Christopher
Reeve and Tom Cruise that stream 24 hours a day across our TV sets and
computers for a few weeks before they are replaced by the next flavor.
My existence as an artist, as a painter, is to consume the imagery
around me and produce something more beautiful, more apt.
Most important to me is that the work have a painterly quality: that each stroke is a color, shape, gesture and subject all at once. In this way the paint and the color can infuse the subject matter with a beauty that it was previously lacking. Elevating the artistic beauty of pop images and forensic photography lets the viewer reconsider the imagery and possibly meditate on their own isolation and the beauty and sadness of living in a compartmentalized society. Press2007 The
Uniter, A Bloody Horror Picture Show
2006 CBC.ca, The New Breed 2006 Galleries West, Supernovas 2006 Free Press, Rising Stars 2006 CARNET, Supernovas 2006 Ultrasonic Film, UMFM 2005 Free Press, Art has powerful sense of space, emptiness Contact |
