L I N D S A Y A D A M S
BIOGRAPHY
Lives and Works in Chicago, IL
1990 Born in Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION
2025 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
MFA, Painting and Drawing (Expected Graduation May 2025)
New Artist Society Merit Scholar
2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Painting and Drawing
2012 University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
B.A., International Studies: World Politics and Diplomacy
B.A., Spanish/LAIS (Latin and Iberian Studies)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Two Things Can Be True, Lindsay Adams, Eaton DC, Washington, D.C.
“…And Ain’t I A Woman.”, Riverhill Art Residency, Upstate Art Weekend, Ulster Park, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
(Forthcoming) It Never Entered My Mind, Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In The Know, Show, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023
How Do We Know the World?, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Note to Self, Christie’s London, London, England
Tupelo Honey, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
A Color Story, Cierra Britton Gallery, New York, NY
Botany of Desire, Swivel Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Grow in Haiti,Alpha Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
All Together, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.
The Sanctuary, West Chelsea Contemporary, New York, NY
2021
Operation Varsity Blues, Allouche Gallery, New York, NY
Truth About Me, Urban Zen, New York, NY
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
2023
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, New Artist Society Merit Scholar
2022
River Hill Art Residency, Ulster Park, NY
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Presidential Merit Scholar
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Baltimore Museum of Art
Northwestern University Law School
PUBLIC TALKS
2022
Alpha Artist Alliance Exhibition Panel
2021
Art Haus, Operation Varsity Blues Group Show Discussion
The Artist’s Perspective: Navigating the Art World, Truth About Me Group Exhibition
Women’s History Month: Artist Spotlight, Komuna Foundation
Interbrand, Black Creativity Panel
NPR, Life Kit Podcast
SELECTED PRESS & BIBLIOGRAPHY
Romanticizing What It Means to Be a Painter: with Lindsay Adams, Visionary Projects, 2024
Lindsay Adams’ Intimate Paintings Explore Place, Self, and Memory, National Gallery of Art, 2023
Painting at Peace, OG Magazine, Edition 07: Artistic Activism, 2022
Lindsay Adams is Reframing Black Identity, Soho House, 2022
Painter Lindsay Adams Has More Than ‘Two Things’ to Say, DCist, 2022
Amplifying Black Voices: Lindsay Adams, Facebook, 2021
Lindsay Adams, Featured Alumni, Doorways, Holton Arms School Alumni Magazine, 2021
Lindsay Adams, Featured Alumni, Doorways, Holton Arms School Alumni Magazine, 2020
Voices of Disability: I’m Young, Black, and Disabled – & This is What I Want You to Know, Refinery29, 2020