CONTACT
samueltadams(at)gmail.com
b. 1980 Cincinnati, OH
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 By Night With Torch and Spear, Dutton, New York, NY
2015 Agapē Agape, Dutton, New York, NY
2010 Delphic Affairs, Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 New Mid-Century Modernism, ZieherSmith, Nashville, TN
2020 Night Swim, Good Naked, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Summerzcool, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
XYX, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
If You Build It, The Willows, New York, NY
SIX, Regina Rex, New York, NY
Shelflife, Ace Hotel, New York, NY; curated by Jay Davis
2015 Double Nickels on the Dime, D&F Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Benjamin Edmiston
News From Home, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
Stirring Still, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York; curated by Maria Stabio and Ioana Manolache
2014 Samuel T. Adams, Patrick Brennan, Nicole Cherubini & Cassandra MacLeod, Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
Evidence of Absence, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Shall I Tell You the Secret of the World?, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Two Two One, Regina Rex (harbor), New York, NY
Dark Map, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY; curated by Devin Powers
By Invitation Only, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Andrew Gori & Ambre Kelly
2013 Collide, Harbor Gallery, Ridgewood, Queens
The Fourth Wall, The Willows, Brooklyn, NY
2012 The New Brutalists, Parallel Art Space, Ridgewood, Queens
Black Foliage, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD & 48 Bowery New York, NY; curated by Matthew Craven
Spindles, Ballast Projects, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Adam G. Mignanelli
2011 Paper Chasers, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
BNA: Brooklyn to Nashville, ZieherSmith pop-up in Nashville, TN
Draw the Line, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Plaats Delict, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; curated by Daniela Schwabe
The Incipient Image, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY; curated by Stephen Maine
Directional Float, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
2009 A New Currency, 55 Delancey Street, New York, NY; organized by Dan Cameron
2008 Salad Days, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Brand New Deal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
FAIRS
2022 UNTITLED, with ZieherSmith, Miami Beach
NADA, with Dutton, New York
2019 Texas Contemporary, with ZieherSmith, Houston
2017 Spring 1883, with Dutton, Sydney, Australia
NADA, with Dutton, New York
2016 Four Sided Triangle, Spring/Break, New York, NY; curated by Emily Kiacz
2015 UNTITLED, with Dutton, Miami Beach
Spring 1883, with Dutton, Sydney, Australia
2013 Bushwick Bohemia @ ArtHamptons c/o Andrew Gori & Ambre Kelly
Wish Meme, Spring/Break, New York, NY; curated by Adam G. Mignanelli
2012 Co/Lab @ Art Platform, Los Angeles with Interstate Projects, Brooklyn
VIP Art Fair with James Fuentes
CURATORIAL and FILM SCREENINGS
Ongoing: Tenant 416
2018 Lost Tangos, Triple 16mm film projection of found tutorial dance films, c.1961, Landscape @Elsewhere, Brooklyn
2016 Mono X: Five Films of Gordon Matta-Clark, with Mono No Aware, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2016 Smile in the Dark, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2016 T416@516: Lost Tangos, Triple 16mm film projection of found tutorial dance films, c.1961, ZieherSmith, NY, NY
2010 Parlour No. 14, Diamonds in the Crow's Nest, Queens, NY
EDUCATION
2009 MFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2002 BFA Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
DISTINCTIONS
2011 Kunstenaarsinitiatief Residency, Paraplufabriek, The Netherlands
2009 The Alumni Society Award from School of Visual Arts
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Award Nominee
2008 The Presidential Award from School of Visual Arts
2007 The Milton and Sally Avery Foundation Fellow, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2005 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2004 Fellowship, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
2002 Studio Internship, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PRESS
2017 Scott Indrisek, Artsy, 17 Artists Share the Films That Influenced Them, Augst 24.
2017 Max Kyburz, Bedford and Bowery, It’s Not Too Late to Get In On Bushwick’s Secret DIY Cinema, January 12.
2016 Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, It's an Art Gallery. No, a Living Room. Ok, Both., July 3.
2016 Emily Colucci, Frontrunner Magazine, Samuel T. Adams: The Language and Performance of Painting, March 14.
2015 Kate Messinger, Papermag, Art Basel Artist of the Day: Samuel T. Adams, December 2.
Brian Boucher, Artnet News, Whitney-Adjacent Pop-Up Show Offers Hudson Views in Meatpacking..., May 21.
Scott Indrisek, Artinfo, 5 Must-See Gallery Shows: Maayan Strauss, Samuel T. Adams, and More, May 20.
2014 Thomas Micchelli, Hyperallergic, Four Artists, Breezing through Materials and Ideas, October 4.
2013 Benjamin Sutton, Artinfo, New Frieze Week Fair Wish Meme Explores the Many Facets of Nostalgia, May 9.
H.P. Egan, Art Observed, “School Nite” Opens “WISH MEME,” Curated By Ambre Kelly & Andrew Gori, May 7.
Stephen Truax, Hyperallergic, New Art Spaces in the Bushwick Area, Part 1, January 9.
2012 Paul D'Agostino, The L Magazine, The The 12 Best Brooklyn Art Shows of 2012, December 17.
Paul D'Agostino, The L Magazine, The New Brutalists: Not So Brutal, November 7.
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Kunst + Unterricht, edition number 451/452, Collagieren im Gestaltungsprozess, pg. 70-71.
2013 The Age of Collage, Gestalten Press. Editors: D. Busch, R. Klanten, H. Hellige. ISBN: 978-3-8955-483-0.
2011 New American Paintings Issue 92, Juror: Laura Hoptman.
2009 KNOCK Issue 12, published by Antioch University Seattle.
The Brooklyn Review Issue 26, published by Brooklyn College, cover image.
2008 Rebecca Boswell. Salad Days 3 Exhibition Catalog, published by Artists Space, Summer.
2007 Hayden's Ferry Review Issue 40, published by Arizona State University.
WRITING
2015-2018 Contributor at Brooklyn Magazine