curriculum vitae
Formal Education
2018–Advanced Teacher Training, Tejas Yoga Chicago (500-hour)
2013–Teacher’s Intensive with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor (250-hour)
2009–University of Illinois at Chicago (MFA, 2009)
2003–Carnegie Mellon University (BFA, 2003)
2001–Ox-Bow Academy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2001)
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2021–Bound Path, The Art Base, Basalt, CO
2016–I Can See It Both Ways, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2015–Wind Through Quiet Tensions, Universidad Nacional de Mexico, Chicago, IL
2013–The Sun, The Moon, & Other Nonsense, Hodson Gallery, Frederick, MD
2012–Householder, Sofa King, Chicago, IL
2011–A Variety of Fits, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
2007–Dimensions for Vanishing Points, Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2006–The Suburban Excavation Project, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
2004–The Only Morality They Recognize Is What Will Further Their Cause,
ModernFormations Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003–The Suburban Excavation Project, UC Gallery, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
c: denotes curator
2016. Wonder Twin Powers!, The West Wall, Chicago, IL, c: James Jankowiak
2015. Variety Show, Law of Ice, Chicago, IL, c: Maren Celest
2014. Stories, Be2 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, c: Vicky Clark
2012. Spectral Landscape, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, c: Pamela Fraser and John Neff
2012. This House Is Not A Home, Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2012. Paratext Books at VersionFest, Chicago, IL, curated by Marian Frost
2012. Short Court: Tropical Aesthletics, Antena Project Space, c: Christopher Smith and Jake Myers
2011. Tween, Octagon Gallery, Chicago, IL, c: Christopher Smith
2010. Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, c: Dawoud Bey
2009. In That Gold Land, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, c: Thad Kellstadt
2009. Unconvential Collage, 360SEE Gallery, Chicago, IL, c: Jordan Witkov
2008. Bridge of Hope, Outlooks Gallery, DE Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE c: Rosemary Lane
2008. Against Nature, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ, c: Ken Weathersby
2008. Making Hope Happen, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, c: Leslie Golomb
2007. You’re Not As Green..., Transformer Gallery, DC, c: Fereshteh Toosi
2007. Distillate, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA
2006. Gestures, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, c: Graham Shearing
2006. Pittsburgh’s Best, Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, c: Katherine Talcott
2006. Everything Is Possible, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA, c: Drew Pavelchak
2005. 8-Hour Drawings XIII, Bowman Gallery, Meadville, PA, c: Robert Raczka
2004. (SUB)URBAN, Urban Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, c: Ayanah Moor
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2024. Chop Wood Carry Water Residency, Monroe, WI
2016. Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Residency, Schwandorf, Germany
2010. ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
2009. Provost Award, University of Illinois at Chicago
2008. University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago
2007. Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2007. Golden Quill (Arts Criticism), Press Club of Western PA
2006. Artist Opportunity Grant, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
2006. Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2005. First Works Grant, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
2004. Heinz Fellow Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
Bibliography
Interview with Julie Sokolow, Healthy Artists, 2013
Interview with Zach Clark, Composite Arts, 2012
Ruthie Kott, “What? L.L. Bean Suburban Mentality in Wicker Park?,” Red Eye Chicago, April 2011.
Mary Thomas, “Emerging Artist Puts Personal Stroke On Larger Issues,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 2007.
Savannah Guz, “The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts' Artist and Emerging Artist of the Year shows enliven two-dimensionality,” Pittsburgh City Paper, October 2007.
Janet Rems, “Solo Focus' travels through suburbia with Warren Craghead and Adam Grossi,” Reston Times, October 2006.
Kurt Shaw, “Quality of ‘Inter/National’ Exhibit Illustrates Gallery’s Momentum,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 2006.
Noel Hefele, “The Anatomy of My Creative Brain,” The Front Weekly, July 2005.
Mary Thomas, “Annual Exhibition Continues To Establish Itself As Festival Tradition,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 2005.
Whitney Hess, “Planned Parenthood,” Pittsburgh City Paper, September 2004.
Carrie Schneider, “Drawing Closer,” Pittsburgh City Paper, July 2004.
Carrie Schneider, “Extreme Collaboration,” Pittsburgh City Paper, October 2004.
Janera Solomon, “Living for the City,” Pittsburgh City Paper, October 2004.
Publications
2015 Wind Through Quiet Tensions, 2nd edition, published by Candor Arts
2014 Wind Through Quiet Tensions, published by the Chicago Perch
2012 Requited Journal, Issue 6
2011 Word Choice, BOMBLOG (blog), with Dorothea Lasky
2009 “Nature Will Be There To Deliver,” Arthur Magazine
2007 “Adam Grossi: 2007 Emerging Artist,” Pittsburgh Center for the Arts