Selected (Recent) Past Exhibitions
Desert (Loss)
Solo Exhibition
Project Statement - Desert (Loss)
Desert (Loss) investigates the suspension between loss and distance, through the language of a fractured desert. These remixed landscapes imply the weirdness of the West; vastness and density become memories of memory, mutations of a white-hot encounter. Historian Simon Schama says “landscape is a work of the mind. Its scenery is built up as much from strata of memory as from layers of rock,” just as our own stories and memories are constructed of layered moments.
My strata are flattened, graphic layers, which suggest the way recollection develops a fictional sheen, with pinpoints of lucid detail; certain moments burn and remain. The play between flatness and depth asks what it means to inhabit the space between memory and experience, where fleeting exchanges flare and dissolve. My compressed imagery is remixed, just as we shuffle memories like tracks on a playlist—moments fade and recur. Some details get replayed.
In processing a personal sense of dislocation and loss, I am drawn to the landscape of media and television—complex spaces I’ve inhabited in life and through fiction. Like memory, TV offers a dual sense of place, a spark of the ‘here’ and ‘elsewhere.’ Imagery in Desert (Loss) remixes my own media-infused artwork, drawing on television, personal photographs and even Google Street View to form a composite desert; a California-New Mexico-Hollywood of past and present.
Where:
New Grounds Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
When:
Exhibition runs through November 30, 2015.
Artist / opening reception: Friday, Nov. 6, 6-8 pm.
Printmaking Demo (of my serigraphy techniques), Friday, Nov. 6 (6:30 pm).
Sneak Preview: Tuesday, Nov. 3 - Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015.
Project Statement - Desert (Loss)
Desert (Loss) investigates the suspension between loss and distance, through the language of a fractured desert. These remixed landscapes imply the weirdness of the West; vastness and density become memories of memory, mutations of a white-hot encounter. Historian Simon Schama says “landscape is a work of the mind. Its scenery is built up as much from strata of memory as from layers of rock,” just as our own stories and memories are constructed of layered moments.
My strata are flattened, graphic layers, which suggest the way recollection develops a fictional sheen, with pinpoints of lucid detail; certain moments burn and remain. The play between flatness and depth asks what it means to inhabit the space between memory and experience, where fleeting exchanges flare and dissolve. My compressed imagery is remixed, just as we shuffle memories like tracks on a playlist—moments fade and recur. Some details get replayed.
In processing a personal sense of dislocation and loss, I am drawn to the landscape of media and television—complex spaces I’ve inhabited in life and through fiction. Like memory, TV offers a dual sense of place, a spark of the ‘here’ and ‘elsewhere.’ Imagery in Desert (Loss) remixes my own media-infused artwork, drawing on television, personal photographs and even Google Street View to form a composite desert; a California-New Mexico-Hollywood of past and present.
Where:
New Grounds Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
When:
Exhibition runs through November 30, 2015.
Artist / opening reception: Friday, Nov. 6, 6-8 pm.
Printmaking Demo (of my serigraphy techniques), Friday, Nov. 6 (6:30 pm).
Sneak Preview: Tuesday, Nov. 3 - Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015.
Pornotopia! Gush!
Themed exhibition.
Where:
Unseen Gallery
3107 Eubank NE, Ste 31
Albuquerque, NM
When:
Exhibition runs Nov. 6 - 21, 2015.
Opening reception - Nov. 6, 6-8 pm.
Where:
Unseen Gallery
3107 Eubank NE, Ste 31
Albuquerque, NM
When:
Exhibition runs Nov. 6 - 21, 2015.
Opening reception - Nov. 6, 6-8 pm.
MFA Thesis Exhibition
The Cascade - Moments in the Televisual Desert
Where:
Roberts & Raizes Gallery
Lunder Art Center
Cambridge, MA
1801 Massachusetts Avenue
Porter Square
Cambridge, MA
When:
Exhibition runs Monday, June 22 – Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Artist reception: Saturday, June 27, 6-8 pm.
More information
Download the exhibition catalog
Where:
Roberts & Raizes Gallery
Lunder Art Center
Cambridge, MA
1801 Massachusetts Avenue
Porter Square
Cambridge, MA
When:
Exhibition runs Monday, June 22 – Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Artist reception: Saturday, June 27, 6-8 pm.
More information
Download the exhibition catalog
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One of a Kind - Monotype/Monoprint
New Grounds Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
When:
Exhibition runs June , June 3 - 27, 2015.
Artist reception: Friday, June 5, 6-8 pm.
More information
3812 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
When:
Exhibition runs June , June 3 - 27, 2015.
Artist reception: Friday, June 5, 6-8 pm.
More information
Alchemy of Image - The Language of Information Space
Solo Exhibition
Ren Adams multi-media prints investigate the nature of emergence in the digital age. Synthesizing ideas found in physics, information theory, Eastern philosophy, archaeology, digital culture, mass media and linguistics, Adams embraces the interdisciplinary nature of mixed media, layering printmaking techniques with drawing, painting and digital processing.
Exhibition dates: October 3-31, 2014
Sneak peek: October 1-3.
Opening Reception: First Friday, October 3, 2014. 5 – 8 pm
Cost of event: Free
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm, closed Mondays.
New Grounds Gallery
Gallery location: East Central Ave, between Solano and Aliso and the south side of the street. Ample parking in rear.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 87108.
Exhibition dates: October 3-31, 2014
Sneak peek: October 1-3.
Opening Reception: First Friday, October 3, 2014. 5 – 8 pm
Cost of event: Free
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm, closed Mondays.
New Grounds Gallery
Gallery location: East Central Ave, between Solano and Aliso and the south side of the street. Ample parking in rear.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 87108.
Exposed - Contemporary Gravure -
July 5 - 26, 2014 (Opening July 5, 5-8 pm) - Albuquerque, NM
This group showcases the extreme diversity of the gravure medium. The process requires a photographic or drawn image to be exposed by ultraviolet light to transfer the image to the plate. New Grounds printmakers will show works that represent being exposed in a literal sense.
From drawn images - which could be mistaken for lithographs - to abstract multi-plate landscapes, poignant figurative images and dreamlike mixed-media pieces this show might inspire photographers, painters and even non-artists to try their hand at this versatile medium. Collectors will find new work by their favorite artists, Diane Alire, Jessica Weybright, Mary Sundstrom, Kathe Noe and Jorge Tristani, and work by our new members such as Jessica Krichels, Ren Adams and Elaine Soto.
Exhibition dates: July 5 – 26, 2014
Sneak Preview: July 1 - 3
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 5, 5 – 8 pm
Demonstration: Gravure will be demonstrated from 6:30 to 7 pm during the reception.
Cost of event: Free
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm, closed Mondays.
New Grounds Gallery
Gallery location: East Central Ave, between Solano and Aliso and the south side of the street. Ample parking in rear.
From drawn images - which could be mistaken for lithographs - to abstract multi-plate landscapes, poignant figurative images and dreamlike mixed-media pieces this show might inspire photographers, painters and even non-artists to try their hand at this versatile medium. Collectors will find new work by their favorite artists, Diane Alire, Jessica Weybright, Mary Sundstrom, Kathe Noe and Jorge Tristani, and work by our new members such as Jessica Krichels, Ren Adams and Elaine Soto.
Exhibition dates: July 5 – 26, 2014
Sneak Preview: July 1 - 3
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 5, 5 – 8 pm
Demonstration: Gravure will be demonstrated from 6:30 to 7 pm during the reception.
Cost of event: Free
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm, closed Mondays.
New Grounds Gallery
Gallery location: East Central Ave, between Solano and Aliso and the south side of the street. Ample parking in rear.
Emerge Boston - May 2 - 30, 2014, Hyde Park, MA
I am part of this juried group exhibition in May:
EMERGE BOSTON
May 2 - 20, 2014
Opening reception: Friday, May 2, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Exhibition runs through the 30th.
MAC - Menino Arts Center
26 Central Avenue
Hyde Park, MA 02136
http://www.hpaa-mac.org/
EMERGE BOSTON
May 2 - 20, 2014
Opening reception: Friday, May 2, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Exhibition runs through the 30th.
MAC - Menino Arts Center
26 Central Avenue
Hyde Park, MA 02136
http://www.hpaa-mac.org/
Marked: 1st Drawing Annual Exhibition -
Unframed Gallery, March, 2014, Las Cruces, NM
http://www.unframed.us/portfolio/marked/
Esther Bone Memorial Library Printmaking Exhibition Nov. 8, 2013 - January 8, 2014
Several pieces will be part of a printmaking exhibition at the Esther Bone Library in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Show runs Nov. 11 - Jan. 8.
I will also be giving a free public lecture on Printmaking techniques at 10:00 am, as well as a Watercolor Monotype Printmaking Demo offered as part of the exhibition, Saturday, November 9 at 11:00 am.
Esther Bone Memorial Library
950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
I will also be giving a free public lecture on Printmaking techniques at 10:00 am, as well as a Watercolor Monotype Printmaking Demo offered as part of the exhibition, Saturday, November 9 at 11:00 am.
Esther Bone Memorial Library
950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124