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Updated Spring 2023
adam.daley.wilson@gmail.com / 207-699-9957
Adam Daley Wilson (US 1971) (he/him)
Lives and works in Portland Maine. Self-taught; work first manifested eight years ago at age 42 after a medicine change for his bipolar 1 mental illness. Found by a prominent Los Angeles / New York collector in 2018; introduced to and represented by ENGAGE Projects Gallery, Chicago, since 2020.
EDUCATION
Self-taught. JD, Stanford Law School, 1999; BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1994
REPRESENTATION
ENGAGE Projects Gallery, Chicago, 2020-present
SOLO SHOWS
This is Text Based Art, ENGAGE Projects, Chicago, Apr 14 - May 27 2023. Listed “Must See” by Artforum
Already Gone, Aspect/Ratio Projects, Chicago, Feb 6 - Mar 13 2021. Also listed “Must See” by Artforum
GROUP SHOWS
Fever Dream, Aspect/Ratio Projects, Chicago, Dec 5 2020 - Jan 16 2021
Visual Arts Alliance 37th Juried Exhibition, Houston, Jurist Harry Cooper PhD, Senior Curator and Head of Modern Art, Nat’l Gallery of Art, Washington, Aug 25 - Sept 25 2021, Honorable Mention
Arts and Conversations, Arts & Conversations Gallery, Palm Beach, Feb 9-28 2022
Portland Debuts, Cove Street Arts, Portland, Sept 29-Nov 19 2022, first of conceptual photography
JURIED ART FAIRS
The Other Art Fair (TOAF), New York City, inaugural US edition, June 2017
TOAF, London, October 2017
TOAF, New York City (Brooklyn), November 2017
GROUP PRINTED CATALOGUES “You Only Live Once In American Violence” Saatchi Art Spring 2017 Catalog, New Media ink on paper, 37” x 32”
ART TALKS
Joint program with Aspect / Ratio Projects Gallery artists and members of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Jan 2021
Joint program with ENGAGE Projects and Arts & Conversations Gallery, Palm Beach, Feb 8, 2022
PERFORMANCE ART AND HAPPENINGS
Please contact ENGAGE Projects for list and documentation
COLLECTIONS
In private and corporate collections in New York City (multiple), Los Angeles (multiple), Chicago (multiple), London, Paris, Miami, more
PRESS / REVIEWS
New Art Examiner review of solo show Already Gone, Apr 2021
Artforum “Must See” listing of solo show This Is Text Based Art, Apr 2023
Artforum "Must See" listing of solo show Already Gone, Feb 2021
"Critics Deem Portland Artist’s Chicago Exhibit a 'Must See,'" NBC News Maine, Feb 16, 2021
"In The 'Carmichael Show,' Jerrod Carmichael Takes On Today’s Issues," Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2016 (image of one of three works acquired by 20th Century Fox and Mr. Carmichael)
ADDITIONAL ART RELATED
Unsolicited Guest Artist, The Other Art Fair, Nov 2018, New York City. Invitation afforded creation of two oversized site-specific installations with conceptual video and performance art
Anonymous nomination, Spannocchia Artist Residency, Sienna Italy, 2019
SERVICE
Board of Trustees, Institute For Doctoral Studies In The Visual Arts, 2019-2020; consultant to the president, 2020-present; second term as Trustee pending 2023
Chair of the Board and Advisory Board, The Yellow Tulip Project, a Portland youth-driven 501(c)(3) ending mental illness stigma in schools and communities, 2020-2021 (Board Member), 2021-2022 (Board Chair), 2022-present (Advisory Board).
As a lawyer I provide pro bono guidance to young artists with respect to basic law-related questions.
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