Artist Resume / Curriculum Vitae
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Education
2015 MFA in Visual Art, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Cambridge, MA
2012 BFA in Studio Art summa cum laude, printmaking, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1999 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. English, Modernism
1996 AA in English magna cum laude. Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
2012 BFA in Studio Art summa cum laude, printmaking, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1999 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. English, Modernism
1996 AA in English magna cum laude. Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Channeling – Televisual Memory and Media Séance. GRAFT Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (October)
Poppy Receding - The Weyirch Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (May)
2016 Whitespace-Bluespace - Televisual Memory and the Implied Catastrophe, Butte College Art Gallery, Oroville, CA
2015 Desert (Loss), New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Alchemy of Image – The Language of Information Space, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012 The Archaeology of Being (Artifacts of Emergence), BFA Honor's Thesis Exhibition, The Hydra Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Festival of Lanterns - A Chinese New Year Celebration, The Wooden Cow Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Ren Adams - New Works, Church of Beethoven Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Poppy Receding - The Weyirch Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (May)
2016 Whitespace-Bluespace - Televisual Memory and the Implied Catastrophe, Butte College Art Gallery, Oroville, CA
2015 Desert (Loss), New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Alchemy of Image – The Language of Information Space, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012 The Archaeology of Being (Artifacts of Emergence), BFA Honor's Thesis Exhibition, The Hydra Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Festival of Lanterns - A Chinese New Year Celebration, The Wooden Cow Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Ren Adams - New Works, Church of Beethoven Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Axis Mundi - The Crucial Role of the Artist in the Age of the Collapsing Global Organism, Biennial of the Americas, The Temple Art Space,
Denver, CO (September)(curated by Regan Rosburg)(catalogue)
3rd Global Print, Coa Museum, Douro, Portugal (catalogue)
Showcase of Contemporary Art, Hibbing Community College, Hibbing, MN
HereThere - the Poetics of Place, Ink Shop Gallery, Ithaca, NY (catalogue)
Group 6: WIP, University Hall Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Prints by Southwest, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Spring Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Inspiration 101 – Work by New Mexico Art Educators, Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM
New Year – New Work, Remarque Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Electron Salon (Jan. – Feb. Edition), LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, CA (juried invitation by Rex Bruce)
2016 The Art of Giving/The Gift of Art, Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 3, 2016 - March 1, 2017
SNAP to Grid! - the UN-Juried Exhibit, LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, CA
22nd Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Pressient – Abstract Contemporary Printmaking, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Trish Meyer) (catalogue)
Albuquerque Abstracts, The William Platz Gallery, Southwestern University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Jessica
Kennedy)
Automic – a Hand Magazine Exhibition, The Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (juried by Adam Finkleston and James Meara
(catalogue)
New – New Works by New Grounds Artists, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Regina Held)
2015 Gush! Exhibition, Unseen Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (juried by Sara Karola Wilcoxon)
21st Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Roberts and Raizes Gallery, Cambridge, MA (catalogue)
One of a Kind – Monotype/Monoprint, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Spring Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Spring Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2014 Exposed – Contemporary Gravure, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Emerge Boston, Menino Arts Center, Hyde Park, MA
Marked: 1st Drawing Annual Group Show, Unframed Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
2013-14 Printmaking Exhibition, Esther Bone Memorial Library, Rio Rancho, NM
2012 UNM Print Club Group Exhibition, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
18th Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Navigating Currents, SGCI Print Exhibition, Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Proclamation & Propaganda, The Littlest Print Exchange Traveling Exhibition, Bourbonnais, IL (juried by Christopher Clark)
2011 17th Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
48th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
Equilibrium/Disequilibrium, SGCI Print Exhibition, Sam Fox School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Never-Ending Patterns, University of New Mexico Fine Art Library, Albuquerque, NM (Nov. 2011 - March, 2012) (curated by Dr. Jonathan
Wolfe)
2010 16th Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
47th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM .
Aki Matsuri Exhibition, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Juried Undergraduate Drawing Group Exhibition, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
46th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
Back from the Dead - The Re-Animation Show, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Pridefest Exhibition, EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Black Market Goods Grand Opening Exhibition, Black Market Goods Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
The Tao of Tea, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008 What's in the Box, The Wooden Cow Gallery & Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
45th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition, The Wooden Cow Gallery & Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
Aki Matsuri Exhibition, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
April Fool-Around, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM.
Shot through the Heart, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
Resolutions, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
2007 House of Lyndon Gallery October Exhibition, House of Lyndon Gallery, Gallup, NM
44th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Show, Albuquerque, NM
First Friday Art on the Edge Series at the Factory on 5th Art Space (each First Friday from June – December), Albuquerque, NM
Nob Hill Art (3812) Open Studio Exhibition Series (each First Friday from January – May), Albuquerque, NM
For pre-2007, or a full exhibition listing, please contact me. More exhibitions are also listed in the downloadable CV.
Denver, CO (September)(curated by Regan Rosburg)(catalogue)
3rd Global Print, Coa Museum, Douro, Portugal (catalogue)
Showcase of Contemporary Art, Hibbing Community College, Hibbing, MN
HereThere - the Poetics of Place, Ink Shop Gallery, Ithaca, NY (catalogue)
Group 6: WIP, University Hall Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Prints by Southwest, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Spring Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Inspiration 101 – Work by New Mexico Art Educators, Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM
New Year – New Work, Remarque Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Electron Salon (Jan. – Feb. Edition), LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, CA (juried invitation by Rex Bruce)
2016 The Art of Giving/The Gift of Art, Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 3, 2016 - March 1, 2017
SNAP to Grid! - the UN-Juried Exhibit, LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, CA
22nd Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Pressient – Abstract Contemporary Printmaking, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Trish Meyer) (catalogue)
Albuquerque Abstracts, The William Platz Gallery, Southwestern University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Jessica
Kennedy)
Automic – a Hand Magazine Exhibition, The Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (juried by Adam Finkleston and James Meara
(catalogue)
New – New Works by New Grounds Artists, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Regina Held)
2015 Gush! Exhibition, Unseen Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (juried by Sara Karola Wilcoxon)
21st Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Roberts and Raizes Gallery, Cambridge, MA (catalogue)
One of a Kind – Monotype/Monoprint, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Spring Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Spring Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2014 Exposed – Contemporary Gravure, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Emerge Boston, Menino Arts Center, Hyde Park, MA
Marked: 1st Drawing Annual Group Show, Unframed Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
2013-14 Printmaking Exhibition, Esther Bone Memorial Library, Rio Rancho, NM
2012 UNM Print Club Group Exhibition, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
18th Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Navigating Currents, SGCI Print Exhibition, Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Proclamation & Propaganda, The Littlest Print Exchange Traveling Exhibition, Bourbonnais, IL (juried by Christopher Clark)
2011 17th Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
48th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
Equilibrium/Disequilibrium, SGCI Print Exhibition, Sam Fox School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Never-Ending Patterns, University of New Mexico Fine Art Library, Albuquerque, NM (Nov. 2011 - March, 2012) (curated by Dr. Jonathan
Wolfe)
2010 16th Annual UNM Print Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
47th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM .
Aki Matsuri Exhibition, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Juried Undergraduate Drawing Group Exhibition, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
46th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
Back from the Dead - The Re-Animation Show, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Pridefest Exhibition, EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Black Market Goods Grand Opening Exhibition, Black Market Goods Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
The Tao of Tea, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008 What's in the Box, The Wooden Cow Gallery & Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
45th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition, The Wooden Cow Gallery & Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
Aki Matsuri Exhibition, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
April Fool-Around, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM.
Shot through the Heart, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
Resolutions, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
2007 House of Lyndon Gallery October Exhibition, House of Lyndon Gallery, Gallup, NM
44th Annual University of New Mexico Arts & Crafts Show, Albuquerque, NM
First Friday Art on the Edge Series at the Factory on 5th Art Space (each First Friday from June – December), Albuquerque, NM
Nob Hill Art (3812) Open Studio Exhibition Series (each First Friday from January – May), Albuquerque, NM
For pre-2007, or a full exhibition listing, please contact me. More exhibitions are also listed in the downloadable CV.
Selected Collaborations
2017 Master Printer of antique relief plates by BJO Norfeldt, for the artist's estate; Remarque Print Studio
WIPzine, collaborative alumni magazine for Lesley University College of Art and Design, issue 1:1
2016-17 Shareability, collaborative exhibition and interactive installation (upcoming), with Susan D. Hopp
2015 Master Printer of relief edition for artist Ruben Urrea Moreno, Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, Karl Whitaker collaborator.
2014 2014, collaborative group installation project, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2012 Printer's Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, 2-color lithograph: Qutub Minar - (The Lost Museum)
Artist Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, production of 35 hybrid printmaking frescoes for Googlepaedic Narratives exhibition
Print Exchange, West-Southwest, University of New Mexico and University of San Francisco
Print Exchange, SGCI
Print exchange, Proclamation & Propaganda, The Littlest Print Exchange,
2011 Printer's Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, Bouquet and other lithographs by visiting artist Sara Schleicher
Printer's Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, 5-color lithograph: Boccioni Umberto, Charge of the Lancers, 1915 - (The Lost Museum)
Printer’s Assistant and collaborator with Shaurya Kumar, 4-color lithograph: The West Pediment of the Parthenon from a Drawing by
Jacques Carrey
Print exchange. Printing without a Press, international
Print exchange, University of New Mexico and West Virginia University
Print Exchange, SGCI Equilibrium
WIPzine, collaborative alumni magazine for Lesley University College of Art and Design, issue 1:1
2016-17 Shareability, collaborative exhibition and interactive installation (upcoming), with Susan D. Hopp
2015 Master Printer of relief edition for artist Ruben Urrea Moreno, Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, Karl Whitaker collaborator.
2014 2014, collaborative group installation project, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2012 Printer's Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, 2-color lithograph: Qutub Minar - (The Lost Museum)
Artist Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, production of 35 hybrid printmaking frescoes for Googlepaedic Narratives exhibition
Print Exchange, West-Southwest, University of New Mexico and University of San Francisco
Print Exchange, SGCI
Print exchange, Proclamation & Propaganda, The Littlest Print Exchange,
2011 Printer's Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, Bouquet and other lithographs by visiting artist Sara Schleicher
Printer's Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, 5-color lithograph: Boccioni Umberto, Charge of the Lancers, 1915 - (The Lost Museum)
Printer’s Assistant and collaborator with Shaurya Kumar, 4-color lithograph: The West Pediment of the Parthenon from a Drawing by
Jacques Carrey
Print exchange. Printing without a Press, international
Print exchange, University of New Mexico and West Virginia University
Print Exchange, SGCI Equilibrium
Professional Experience
Teaching
2017 Professor (Adjunct), Southwest University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2016 Guest Lecturer, Juror, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Guest Lecturer/Visiting Artist, Butte College, Oroville, CA (new media, printmaking)
2015 Resident Critic, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA (graduating and MFA student critiques)
2013-Present Instructor, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (relief printmaking, digital printmaking, serigraphy, hybrid
printmaking, monotype, art concepts)
2013-14 Graduate Assistant, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
(research, printmaking, video)
Guest Lecturer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (art history, printmaking)
Guest Lecturer, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM (printmaking, digital)
2013-15 Guest Lecturer, New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
(printmaking, digital, experimental photography, art concepts)
2014 Guest Lecturer, Rio Rancho Art Association, Rio Rancho, NM (printmaking)
2012 Internship, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM (lithography)
2011-12 Studio Assistant, Printmaking University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (assisted students with techniques, maintained print
shop and equipment, safety)
2011-12 Printer’s Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, Albuquerque, NM
2011-12 Research Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, Albuquerque, NM
2007-12 Instructor, University of New Mexico Continuing Education, Albuquerque, NM (philosophy, art foundations, collage, small format art)
2007-Present Instructor, Ren Adams Art Studio, Albuquerque, NM (drawing, painting, digital, installation, relief printmaking, monotype, art concepts, critiques, foundations)
2016 Guest Lecturer, Juror, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Guest Lecturer/Visiting Artist, Butte College, Oroville, CA (new media, printmaking)
2015 Resident Critic, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA (graduating and MFA student critiques)
2013-Present Instructor, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (relief printmaking, digital printmaking, serigraphy, hybrid
printmaking, monotype, art concepts)
2013-14 Graduate Assistant, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
(research, printmaking, video)
Guest Lecturer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (art history, printmaking)
Guest Lecturer, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM (printmaking, digital)
2013-15 Guest Lecturer, New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
(printmaking, digital, experimental photography, art concepts)
2014 Guest Lecturer, Rio Rancho Art Association, Rio Rancho, NM (printmaking)
2012 Internship, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM (lithography)
2011-12 Studio Assistant, Printmaking University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (assisted students with techniques, maintained print
shop and equipment, safety)
2011-12 Printer’s Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, Albuquerque, NM
2011-12 Research Assistant for Shaurya Kumar, Albuquerque, NM
2007-12 Instructor, University of New Mexico Continuing Education, Albuquerque, NM (philosophy, art foundations, collage, small format art)
2007-Present Instructor, Ren Adams Art Studio, Albuquerque, NM (drawing, painting, digital, installation, relief printmaking, monotype, art concepts, critiques, foundations)
Other Related Experience
2015-16 Gallery Assistant, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2015-16 Master Printer in Relief Printmaking, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2013 Gallery Assistant, Concetta D. Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Publicist, The Hydra Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Treasurer. University of New Mexico Print Club. Albuquerque, NM.
2008-09 President/Co-Founder, The Wooden Cow Gallery & Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
2007-09 Publicist and Assistant Show Coordinator, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
2007-09 President, Duke City Renegades Art Guild. New Mexico.
2007-Present Independent Show Coordinator and Curator
2015-16 Master Printer in Relief Printmaking, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2013 Gallery Assistant, Concetta D. Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Publicist, The Hydra Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Treasurer. University of New Mexico Print Club. Albuquerque, NM.
2008-09 President/Co-Founder, The Wooden Cow Gallery & Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
2007-09 Publicist and Assistant Show Coordinator, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
2007-09 President, Duke City Renegades Art Guild. New Mexico.
2007-Present Independent Show Coordinator and Curator
Curatorial Projects
2017-18 Flatline - 2D and the New Depthiness, exhibition featuring 25 artists and their conceptual response to "depthiness." Exhibition
forthcoming at Remarque Gallery, October 2018.
forthcoming at Remarque Gallery, October 2018.
Awards and Honors
2013 Merit Award, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2012 University and Departmental Honors (summa cum laude), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
UNM Academic Achievement Scholarship, Albuquerque, NM
1996-97 UC Berkeley Alumni Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1996 University Honors (magna cum laude), Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
2012 University and Departmental Honors (summa cum laude), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
UNM Academic Achievement Scholarship, Albuquerque, NM
1996-97 UC Berkeley Alumni Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1996 University Honors (magna cum laude), Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
Selected Bibliography
“Art Patronage and Master Printing at New Grounds - Desert Triangle Print Carpeta: Ruben
Urrea Moreno (Ren Adams Master Printer),” New Grounds Blog (blog). Sept. 30, 2015.
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2015/09/art-patronage-and-master-printing-at.html
Ren Adams, "10 Minutes Before," WIPzine 1:1 (June, 2017): 17 - 22.
Ren Adams, “405 South (Last Days),” The Write Place at the Write Time (Winter-Spring, 2017):
Fiction, Art sections. http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/home.html
Ren Adams, “Alchemy of Image – The Language of Information Space Exhibition,” New
Grounds Blog (blog). Oct. 12, 2014.
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2014/10/ren-adams-alchemy-of-image-language-of.html
Ren Adams, “All Roads Lead to the City, “Words Dance 11 (March, 2007): 16 – 17.
Ren Adams, “Assemblage,” The Adirondack Review, Spring, 2013.
http://www.theadirondackreview.com/spring2013.html
Ren Adams “Desert (Loss) - Mixed Media Prints by Ren Adams, Exhibition Opening”
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2015/11/desert-loss-mixed-
media-prints-by-ren.html
Ren Adams, “Dronagiri Mountain,” Fickle Muses, June 21, 2015.
http://ficklemuses.com/2015/06/21/dronagiri-mountain/
Ren Adams, “How Johnny Discovered the Secret Air Base,” The Hand Magazine
6 (Oct. 2014): 42.
Ren Adams, “In the Eroded, Lost,” “The Language of Memory,” and “Pearblossom Highway.”
The Write Place at the Write Time (Summer, 2017): Fiction, Art sections.
Ren Adams, “Joshua Tree, Burning,” and “LAPD – Soledad Canyon Warp,” The Hand Magazine
10 (Oct. 2015): 36.
Ren Adams, “The Language of Memory,” “In the Eroded, Lost,” and “Pearblossom Highway,”
The Write Place at the Write Time (Summer, 2017): Fiction, Art sections.
Ren Adams, “Mojave (always),” The Hand Magazine 11 and Automic Exhibition
Catalog (January, 2016): 9.
Ren Adams, “Mojave Subsequence,” Bombay Gin Literary Journal 22 (June 2016): Front and
Back Cover; 152.
Ren Adams, “Mutations in the Digital Desert: Mojave Subsequence,” Cactus Heart 10 (Winter,
2014): 6.
Ren Adams, “Non Image,” e-ratio 22, Jan. 2016.
http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com/issue22_Adams.html
Ren Adams, “Palmdale, 1984,” “The Sacred,” “Mountain in my Dream, 1994,” Breakwater
Review 9, June 7, 2013. http://www.breakwaterreview.com/category/9/
Ren Adams, “Pond Reflection,” University of New Mexico Department of Art & Art History,
Spring 2012 Course Offerings Catalog (June, 2012): Cover.
Ren Adams, “Ren Adams Multi-Layer Serigraphy Printmaking Demo Video,” New Grounds
Blog (blog). Dec. 1, 2015.
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2015/12/ren-adams-multi-layer-serigraphy.html
Ren Adams, “Sparrow,” “Creation and Unity,” “Meandering,” and “Winter
Wonderland,” Derafsh-e Mehr - A Literary Journal in English 4 (Winter-Spring Issue,
June 1, 2014). 7, 21, 41, 55.
Ren Adams, "Time Slowing Down,” and "Suspension," BROAD! (Winter, 2015): 18, 42.
Ren Adams, “This Uneven Tread,” First Class Lit., Dec. 28, 2015.
https://firstclasslit.com/2015/12/28/this-uneven-tread-by-ren-adams/
Ren Adams, “Various Images,” Monsoon Magazine 3:1, College of Asia and Pacific, Australian
National University.
Ren Adams, “Various Paintings,” Thumbing Through Thoreau, ed. Kenny Luck, with illustrations
by Ren Adams and Jay Luke (Archbald: Tribute Books, 2010): various.
Ren Adams, “Various Paintings,” White Horse – The Oly Mountain Boys, Sept. 25, 2014. 7, 26,
34,48-49, 60.
Ren Adams, “The Void and the Becoming,” “Pompeii in Situ,” and “Herculaneum in Situ,” Box
of Jars 4, Spring, 2013. http://www.boxofjars.com/vol4/VolumeFour.html
Drix, Pamela. Here-There - Poetics of Place, exhibition catalog. 2017. Cover, 3-4.
Jessica Dyer, “Artists with Attitude,” Westside Journal, Nov. 30, 2007. Cover, 3.
Liesl Marelli, “American Artist Ren Adams – Printmaking, Hybrid, Digital,” Women in Art 278
(March, 2014): 41-42
Laura Marrich, "Review: Alchemy of Image: The Language of Information
Space,” Local-IQ, September 30, 2014. Link defunct.
Trish Meyer, “Pressient – A Printmaking Showcase,” The HAND Magazine, no. 14 (Oct. 2016).
Jennifer Moreland, “The Archaeology of Being,” Local-IQ 7, no. 23 (Nov. 15-28, 2012): 29.
Christie Scheele, “A Review of the Affordable Art Fair, NY,” Scheele Blog (blog).
April 12, 2015. https://scheeleart.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/a-review-of-the-affordable-art-fair-in-nyc/
Karl Whitaker, “Ruben Urrea Moreno,” Desert Triangle Print Carpeta (blog). Sept. 15, 2015.
http://deserttriangle.blogspot.com/2015/09/ruben-urrea-moreno.html?spref=bl
Urrea Moreno (Ren Adams Master Printer),” New Grounds Blog (blog). Sept. 30, 2015.
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2015/09/art-patronage-and-master-printing-at.html
Ren Adams, "10 Minutes Before," WIPzine 1:1 (June, 2017): 17 - 22.
Ren Adams, “405 South (Last Days),” The Write Place at the Write Time (Winter-Spring, 2017):
Fiction, Art sections. http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/home.html
Ren Adams, “Alchemy of Image – The Language of Information Space Exhibition,” New
Grounds Blog (blog). Oct. 12, 2014.
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2014/10/ren-adams-alchemy-of-image-language-of.html
Ren Adams, “All Roads Lead to the City, “Words Dance 11 (March, 2007): 16 – 17.
Ren Adams, “Assemblage,” The Adirondack Review, Spring, 2013.
http://www.theadirondackreview.com/spring2013.html
Ren Adams “Desert (Loss) - Mixed Media Prints by Ren Adams, Exhibition Opening”
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2015/11/desert-loss-mixed-
media-prints-by-ren.html
Ren Adams, “Dronagiri Mountain,” Fickle Muses, June 21, 2015.
http://ficklemuses.com/2015/06/21/dronagiri-mountain/
Ren Adams, “How Johnny Discovered the Secret Air Base,” The Hand Magazine
6 (Oct. 2014): 42.
Ren Adams, “In the Eroded, Lost,” “The Language of Memory,” and “Pearblossom Highway.”
The Write Place at the Write Time (Summer, 2017): Fiction, Art sections.
Ren Adams, “Joshua Tree, Burning,” and “LAPD – Soledad Canyon Warp,” The Hand Magazine
10 (Oct. 2015): 36.
Ren Adams, “The Language of Memory,” “In the Eroded, Lost,” and “Pearblossom Highway,”
The Write Place at the Write Time (Summer, 2017): Fiction, Art sections.
Ren Adams, “Mojave (always),” The Hand Magazine 11 and Automic Exhibition
Catalog (January, 2016): 9.
Ren Adams, “Mojave Subsequence,” Bombay Gin Literary Journal 22 (June 2016): Front and
Back Cover; 152.
Ren Adams, “Mutations in the Digital Desert: Mojave Subsequence,” Cactus Heart 10 (Winter,
2014): 6.
Ren Adams, “Non Image,” e-ratio 22, Jan. 2016.
http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com/issue22_Adams.html
Ren Adams, “Palmdale, 1984,” “The Sacred,” “Mountain in my Dream, 1994,” Breakwater
Review 9, June 7, 2013. http://www.breakwaterreview.com/category/9/
Ren Adams, “Pond Reflection,” University of New Mexico Department of Art & Art History,
Spring 2012 Course Offerings Catalog (June, 2012): Cover.
Ren Adams, “Ren Adams Multi-Layer Serigraphy Printmaking Demo Video,” New Grounds
Blog (blog). Dec. 1, 2015.
http://newgroundsprintworkshopandgallery.blogspot.com/2015/12/ren-adams-multi-layer-serigraphy.html
Ren Adams, “Sparrow,” “Creation and Unity,” “Meandering,” and “Winter
Wonderland,” Derafsh-e Mehr - A Literary Journal in English 4 (Winter-Spring Issue,
June 1, 2014). 7, 21, 41, 55.
Ren Adams, "Time Slowing Down,” and "Suspension," BROAD! (Winter, 2015): 18, 42.
Ren Adams, “This Uneven Tread,” First Class Lit., Dec. 28, 2015.
https://firstclasslit.com/2015/12/28/this-uneven-tread-by-ren-adams/
Ren Adams, “Various Images,” Monsoon Magazine 3:1, College of Asia and Pacific, Australian
National University.
Ren Adams, “Various Paintings,” Thumbing Through Thoreau, ed. Kenny Luck, with illustrations
by Ren Adams and Jay Luke (Archbald: Tribute Books, 2010): various.
Ren Adams, “Various Paintings,” White Horse – The Oly Mountain Boys, Sept. 25, 2014. 7, 26,
34,48-49, 60.
Ren Adams, “The Void and the Becoming,” “Pompeii in Situ,” and “Herculaneum in Situ,” Box
of Jars 4, Spring, 2013. http://www.boxofjars.com/vol4/VolumeFour.html
Drix, Pamela. Here-There - Poetics of Place, exhibition catalog. 2017. Cover, 3-4.
Jessica Dyer, “Artists with Attitude,” Westside Journal, Nov. 30, 2007. Cover, 3.
Liesl Marelli, “American Artist Ren Adams – Printmaking, Hybrid, Digital,” Women in Art 278
(March, 2014): 41-42
Laura Marrich, "Review: Alchemy of Image: The Language of Information
Space,” Local-IQ, September 30, 2014. Link defunct.
Trish Meyer, “Pressient – A Printmaking Showcase,” The HAND Magazine, no. 14 (Oct. 2016).
Jennifer Moreland, “The Archaeology of Being,” Local-IQ 7, no. 23 (Nov. 15-28, 2012): 29.
Christie Scheele, “A Review of the Affordable Art Fair, NY,” Scheele Blog (blog).
April 12, 2015. https://scheeleart.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/a-review-of-the-affordable-art-fair-in-nyc/
Karl Whitaker, “Ruben Urrea Moreno,” Desert Triangle Print Carpeta (blog). Sept. 15, 2015.
http://deserttriangle.blogspot.com/2015/09/ruben-urrea-moreno.html?spref=bl
Radio/Television (art related)
2015 Ren Adams – Desert (Loss) Exhibition, interview by David Romero, KRQE News, Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 19. Live video.
2015 Ren Adams, interview by David Romero, KRQE News, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 15. Live video.
2015 Ren Adams, interview by David Romero, KRQE News, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 15. Live video.
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2017 Artist Talk, Poppy Transitory, The Ink Shop Printmaking Workshop and Olive Branch Press, Ithaca, NY, July 14.
Lecture, Artist Talk, Video and Poetry Performance, Poppy Receding, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, May 6.
Lecture, Artist Talk, Poppy Transitory, Walk n’ Talk Short Artist Talk Series, Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center,
Albuquerque, NM, Jan. 11.
2016 Lecture - Contemporary Printmaking and the Philosophy of the Trace, 4th International Juried Print Exhibition, New Grounds Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 1, 2016.
Lecture, Artist Talk – Whitespace Bluespace – Televisual Memory and the Implied Catastrophe, Butte College Art Gallery, Oct. 5, 2016.
Presentation/Technical Demonstration, Butte College, Oroville, CA. Oct. 4, 2016.
Lecture, Artist Talk – “Poppy Transitory” series, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Aug. 13 ,2016.
2015 Lecture/Presentation/Technical Demonstration, Artist Talk - “Desert (Loss),” New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 6,
2015.
Lecture – Artist Talk, “The Cascade – Moments in the Televisual Desert, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA, June 19, 2015.
Resident Critic, Graduate Critiques, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA. June 19 – 27, 2015.
2014 Presentation/Technical Demonstration, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Nov. 21, 2014.
Presentation/Technical Demonstration, Artist Talk, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, Feb. 22, 2014.
Lecture/Technical Demonstration, Rio Rancho Chamber of Commerce, Rio Rancho, NM, Feb 12, 2014.
2013 Lecture, Artist Talk – “The Archaeology of Being,” University of New Mexico, Art History Department, Albuquerque, NM. March 24, 2013,
2012 Technical Demonstration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 12, 2012
Lecture, Artist Talk – “The Archaeology of Being,” University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Dec. 6, 2012.
Technical Demonstration, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, Feb. 2012.
2011 Technical Demonstration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 2011
Technical Demonstration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 2011.
2009 Lecture/Presentation, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Jan. 2, 2009.
2007-16 Numerous Lectures/Presentations/Technical Demonstrations given as part of employment as an instructor.
Lecture, Artist Talk, Video and Poetry Performance, Poppy Receding, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, May 6.
Lecture, Artist Talk, Poppy Transitory, Walk n’ Talk Short Artist Talk Series, Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center,
Albuquerque, NM, Jan. 11.
2016 Lecture - Contemporary Printmaking and the Philosophy of the Trace, 4th International Juried Print Exhibition, New Grounds Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 1, 2016.
Lecture, Artist Talk – Whitespace Bluespace – Televisual Memory and the Implied Catastrophe, Butte College Art Gallery, Oct. 5, 2016.
Presentation/Technical Demonstration, Butte College, Oroville, CA. Oct. 4, 2016.
Lecture, Artist Talk – “Poppy Transitory” series, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Aug. 13 ,2016.
2015 Lecture/Presentation/Technical Demonstration, Artist Talk - “Desert (Loss),” New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 6,
2015.
Lecture – Artist Talk, “The Cascade – Moments in the Televisual Desert, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA, June 19, 2015.
Resident Critic, Graduate Critiques, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA. June 19 – 27, 2015.
2014 Presentation/Technical Demonstration, New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Nov. 21, 2014.
Presentation/Technical Demonstration, Artist Talk, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, Feb. 22, 2014.
Lecture/Technical Demonstration, Rio Rancho Chamber of Commerce, Rio Rancho, NM, Feb 12, 2014.
2013 Lecture, Artist Talk – “The Archaeology of Being,” University of New Mexico, Art History Department, Albuquerque, NM. March 24, 2013,
2012 Technical Demonstration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 12, 2012
Lecture, Artist Talk – “The Archaeology of Being,” University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Dec. 6, 2012.
Technical Demonstration, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, Feb. 2012.
2011 Technical Demonstration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 2011
Technical Demonstration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 2011.
2009 Lecture/Presentation, The Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Jan. 2, 2009.
2007-16 Numerous Lectures/Presentations/Technical Demonstrations given as part of employment as an instructor.
Professional Service
2016 Juror, 4th International Juried Printmaking Exhibition, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2015 4th Arts for Hope and Recovery, Las Puertas, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Juror, 2014 Rio Grande Youth Art Exhibition, Rio Rancho Chamber of Commerce, Rio Rancho, NM
2011 Treasurer, University of New Mexico Print Club, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Hearts for Haiti, online art auction fundraising benefit
2009 Art Now for Autism, exhibition and reverse auction, Annapolis, MD
2008 Fiesta de Frida, Carrie Tingley Hospital Benefit Exhibition, Robinson Park, Albuquerque, NM
2007-09 President, Duke City Renegades Art Guild, Statewide, New Mexico
2007 Arty Party & Ronald McDonald House Charity Show, Marriott, Albuquerque, NM
2015 4th Arts for Hope and Recovery, Las Puertas, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Juror, 2014 Rio Grande Youth Art Exhibition, Rio Rancho Chamber of Commerce, Rio Rancho, NM
2011 Treasurer, University of New Mexico Print Club, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Hearts for Haiti, online art auction fundraising benefit
2009 Art Now for Autism, exhibition and reverse auction, Annapolis, MD
2008 Fiesta de Frida, Carrie Tingley Hospital Benefit Exhibition, Robinson Park, Albuquerque, NM
2007-09 President, Duke City Renegades Art Guild, Statewide, New Mexico
2007 Arty Party & Ronald McDonald House Charity Show, Marriott, Albuquerque, NM
Professional Memberships
2017 Remarque Print Workshop
2015-Present College Art Association
2015-Present New Media Caucus
2015-Present Monotype Guild of New England
Lifetime Golden Key International Honor’s Society
2013-16 New Grounds Print Workshop
2011-15 Southern Graphics Council (SGCI International, Printmaking)
2010-12 International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painting Society
2007-8 New Mexico Watercolor Society
2007-8 Pastel Society of New Mexico
2007-9 Duke City Renegades Art Guild
2015-Present College Art Association
2015-Present New Media Caucus
2015-Present Monotype Guild of New England
Lifetime Golden Key International Honor’s Society
2013-16 New Grounds Print Workshop
2011-15 Southern Graphics Council (SGCI International, Printmaking)
2010-12 International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painting Society
2007-8 New Mexico Watercolor Society
2007-8 Pastel Society of New Mexico
2007-9 Duke City Renegades Art Guild
Public and Museum Collections
SGCI International, University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
My work appears in hundreds of private and corporate collections
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
My work appears in hundreds of private and corporate collections
