Phoebe Adams

Phoebe Adams
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
EducationPhiladelphia College of Art,
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
University at Albany, SUNY
Known forPainter, sculptor, educator

Phoebe Adams (born 1953) is an American painter, sculptor, and educator.[1][2][3] She is known for her biomorphic artwork. Adams was active in New York City for a decade from 1985 to 1995, and has lived in Maine and New Mexico.[2][4]

Early life and education

Phoebe Adams was born in 1953 in Greenwich, Connecticut.[5][6] She studied art at Philadelphia College of Art (BFA 1976; now the University of the Arts), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (in 1977), and University at Albany, SUNY (MFA 1978).[5]

Career

Adams' sculptures and paintings are biomorphic.[7][8] A lot of her sculpture work is made in bronze, with colors expressed through the patina.[9] Adams' abstract paintings are inspired on her walks in nature.[2] From 1985 until 1995, her paintings and sculptures were regularly exhibited in New York City.[2]

From 1989 until 1990, Adams was the 3-D department chair and an assistant professor at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia. From 1991 until 2013, she was an associate professor of sculpture at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.[10][11]

In 1998, Adams was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts grant by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.[12] In 2020 and 2021, Adams was a MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts at the artists' residency program.[13]

Her work is part of museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[14] the Woodmere Art Museum, the Walker Art Center,[15] the Brooklyn Museum,[16][13] and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

References

  1. ^ "Phoebe Adams 1953 – present". Clara: Database of Women Artists. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Yau, John (2022-10-30). "Phoebe Adams Memorializes the Ephemeral". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ^ Kurtz, Bruce D. (1992). Contemporary Art, 1965-1990. Prentice Hall. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-13-173022-9.
  4. ^ Weinberg, Kathy (2021-03-23). "Phoebe Adams – Memory and Exploration". The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  5. ^ a b Dreishpoon, Douglas (1988). Sculpture Inside Outside. Walker Art Center. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8478-1004-8.
  6. ^ Courtney, Julie (1991). Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists. Institute of Contemporary Art. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-88454-075-5.
  7. ^ Karmel, Pepe (1995-02-03). "Art in Review: Phoebe Adams Curt Marcus Gallery 578 Broadway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  8. ^ "Adams Sculptures Blur Lines Between Mass, Space". Albuquerque Journal. 1999-06-24. p. 50. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  9. ^ Brenson, Michael (1985-09-20). "Art: 'new Horizons,' At The Guggenheim". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  10. ^ "Kutztown University Honors Faculty Members". The Morning Call. 2000-01-03. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  11. ^ "Phoebe Adams". AskArt.
  12. ^ "1998 Grants". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  13. ^ a b "Phoebe Adams". MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  14. ^ "Phoebe Adams: Pointed Trap". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  15. ^ "Phoebe Adams". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  16. ^ "Phoebe Adams – American, born 1953". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 2023-06-08.