Lives and works in Berlin
Education 1992–5 Goldsmiths College, London
Selected Group Exhibitions 1995 Goldsmiths ’95, degree show, Goldsmiths College, London. (6 works; catalogue, 1 illustration) 1995 National Open Print Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Whiteleys, London. (1 work) 1996–7 Cabinet Paintings III, Blue Gallery, London. (4 works) 1997 Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. (12 works; courtesy of Raw Gallery, London; catalogue, no illus.) 1997–8 Cabinet Paintings IV, Blue Gallery, London. (5 works) 1997–8 Christmas Bazaar, Paton Gallery, London. (11 works) 1998 What Gives, Contact Gallery, Norwich. (8 works) 1998–9 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London; touring to Williamson Art Gallery, Liverpool. (4 works; catalogue, 1 illus.) 2000 Group exhibition, Bloxham Galleries, London. (10 works) 2001 What Next From London?, Orion Art Gallery, Ostend, Belgium. (10 works; catalogue, 1 illus.) 2001 Group exhibition, British Embassy, Moscow; touring to House of Artists, Moscow. (2 works) 2001–2 Group exhibition, View Two Gallery, Liverpool. (2 works) 2004 The Proper Study of Mankind, MoMA Wales, Machynlleth, Wales. (5 works) 2007 Group exhibition, Biblio Gallery, Moscow. (1 work; catalogue, 1 illus.) 2007 Close at Hand, Contemporary Art Projects, London. (1 work) 2007 Start Your Collection!, Contemporary Art Projects, London. (9 works) 2008 Start Your Collection!, Contemporary Art Projects, London. (6 works) 2009 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (2 works )2011 grioup show, BergmanBerlind, Luxembourg Selected Solo Exhibitions 1998 Alexander Adams: Works on Paper, 1995–1997, Denbigh Gallery & Museum, Wales; touring to Genesis Gallery, Holt, Norfolk. (32 works) 2002 Alexander Adams: Recent Paintings, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wales. (28 works; catalogue, 4 illus.) 2003–4 Alexander Adams: Large Paintings, Oriel Gallery Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales. (31 works; catalogue, 2 illus.) 2004–6 Alexander Adams: Works on Paper, touring exhibition: Arts Centre, Rhyl, Wales; Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, West Yorkshire; University of Wales, Aberystwyth; King’s Lynn Arts Centre; University of Liverpool; Northampton Museum & Art Gallery. (61 works; two catalogues, first 41 illus., second 11 illus.) 2005 Alexander Adams: Tree Paintings, Gwynedd Museum, Bangor, Wales. (22 works) 2008 Alexander Adams: Ruins and Landscapes, Oriel Ceri Richards, University of Wales, Swansea; touring to Contemporary Art Projects, London. (35 works; catalogue, 36 illus.) 2008 Alexander Adams: Paintings on Paper/Алекзандър Адамс: Рисунки, City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria. (20 works; catalogue, 7 illus.) 2009 Alexander Adams, Kunstpause, Berlin. (7 works) 2010 Alexander ADams: New Paintings, Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle (35 works)
Selected Monographs 2004 Alexander Adams: Works on Paper, E. Lucie-Smith/A. Adams, Golconda Fine Art Books, UK. ISBN 1-900941-767 (41 illus.) 2005 Noctes, Golconda Fine Art Books, UK. ISBN 0-955084-318 (65 illus.) 2005 Icarus: Works on Paper and Canvas, M.H. Clough/A. Adams, University of Liverpool/Golconda Fine Art Books, UK. ISBN 0-955084-30X (11 illus.) 2007 Alexander Adams: Ruins and Landscapes/Ruinen und Landschaften, S. Prideaux/A. Adams, Golconda Fine Art Books, UK. ISBN 978-0-9550843-3-1 (36 illus.) 2008 Alexander Adams: Paintings on Paper/Алекзандър Адамс: Рисунки, A. Adams/O.Varney, Golconda Fine Art Books, UK. ISBN 978-0-9550843-2-4 (7 illus.)
Collections State Darwin Museum, Moscow; City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria; Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Great Britain; School of Art Museum, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; University of Liverpool Art Gallery; Wrexham Museum, Great Britain; Goldsmiths College print archive, London; Direct Data Services, Liverpool; Emmanuel Cooper, London; John Calder, London/Paris; Paul O’Grady, UK; and other private and corporate collections |