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]
Phoebe Adams | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Philadelphia College of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, University at Albany, SUNY |
| Known for | Painter, sculptor, educator |
Early life and education
editPhoebe 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
editAdams' 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,[15] the Walker Art Center,[16] the Brooklyn Museum,[13][17] and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[18]
References
edit- ↑ "Phoebe Adams 1953 – present". Clara: Database of Women Artists. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Yau, John (30 October 2022). "Phoebe Adams Memorializes the Ephemeral". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ Kurtz, Bruce D. (1992). Contemporary Art, 1965-1990. Prentice Hall. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-13-173022-9. OCLC 25186980. Retrieved 26 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Weinberg, Kathy (23 March 2021). "Phoebe Adams – Memory and Exploration". The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly. Archived from the original on 4 December 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- 1 2 Boswell, Peter W. (1988). "Profiles of the Artists". Sculpture Inside Outside. Walker Art Center. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8478-1004-8. OCLC 18417469. Retrieved 26 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Courtney, Julie (1991). Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists. Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-88454-075-5. OCLC 24668309.
- ↑ Karmel, Pepe (3 February 1995). "Art in Review: Phoebe Adams Curt Marcus Gallery 578 Broadway". The New York Times. pp. C.27. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 430049323. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ Berkovitch, Ellen (24 June 1999). "Adams Sculptures Blur Lines Between Mass, Space". Albuquerque Journal. p. 50. ProQuest 323920975. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Brenson, Michael (20 September 1985). "Art: 'new Horizons,' At The Guggenheim". The New York Times. pp. C.21. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 425513410. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Kutztown University Honors Faculty Members". The Morning Call. 4 October 2021 [3 January 2000]. pp. B06. ProQuest 392893924. Archived from the original on 27 May 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Phoebe Adams". AskArt. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "Full List of Pew Fellows - 1998". Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 March 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- 1 2 "Artists: Phoebe Adams". MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts. Archived from the original on 13 March 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Phoebe Adams: Pointed Trap". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ "Artists: Adams, Phoebe". Woodmere Art Museum. Archived from the original on 27 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "Artist - Phoebe Adams". Walker Art Center. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ "Artists and Makers - Phoebe Adams". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Collection Artist - Phoebe Adams". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2026.