Phoebe Adams
{{Short description|American visual artist (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Phoebe Adams
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
| education = Philadelphia College of Art,
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
University at Albany, SUNY
| known_for = Painter, sculptor, educator
}}
Phoebe Adams (born 1953) is an American painter, sculptor, and educator.{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Adams 1953 – present |url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=10306 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114153835/http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=10306 |archive-date=November 14, 2018 |website=Clara: Database of Women Artists}}{{Cite web |last=Yau |first=John |date=2022-10-30 |title=Phoebe Adams Memorializes the Ephemeral |url=http://hyperallergic.com/773868/phoebe-adams-memorializes-the-ephemeral/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Kurtz |first=Bruce D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56dPAAAAMAAJ |title=Contemporary Art, 1965-1990 |date=1992 |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=978-0-13-173022-9 |language=en|page=222}} She is known for her biomorphic artwork. Adams was active in New York City for a decade from 1985 to 1995, and has lived in Maine and New Mexico.{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Kathy |date=2021-03-23 |title=Phoebe Adams – Memory and Exploration |url=https://maineartsjournal.com/phoebe-adams-memory-and-exploration/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Phoebe Adams was born in 1953 in Greenwich, Connecticut.{{Cite book |last=Dreishpoon |first=Douglas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hlQAAAAMAAJ |title=Sculpture Inside Outside |date=1988 |publisher=Walker Art Center |isbn=978-0-8478-1004-8 |pages=86 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Courtney |first=Julie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zl0bOBKjGA4C |title=Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists |date=1991 |publisher=Institute of Contemporary Art |isbn=978-0-88454-075-5 |pages=105 |language=en}} She studied art at Philadelphia College of Art (BFA 1976; now the University of the Arts), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (in 1977), and University at Albany, SUNY (MFA 1978).
Career
Adams' sculptures and paintings are biomorphic.{{Cite news |last=Karmel |first=Pepe |date=1995-02-03 |title=Art in Review: Phoebe Adams Curt Marcus Gallery 578 Broadway |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/03/arts/art-in-review-860195.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=1999-06-24 |title=Adams Sculptures Blur Lines Between Mass, Space |pages=50 |work=Albuquerque Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-adams-sculptures-blu/126143117/ |access-date=2023-06-10}} A lot of her sculpture work is made in bronze, with colors expressed through the patina.{{Cite news |last=Brenson |first=Michael |date=1985-09-20 |title=Art: 'new Horizons,' At The Guggenheim |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/20/arts/art-new-horizons-at-the-guggenheim.html |access-date=2023-06-08 |issn=0362-4331}} Adams' abstract paintings are inspired on her walks in nature. From 1985 until 1995, her paintings and sculptures were regularly exhibited in New York City.
From 1989 until 1990, Adams was the 3-D department chair and an assistant professor at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia. From 1991 until 2013, she was an associate professor of sculpture at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |date=2000-01-03 |title=Kutztown University Honors Faculty Members |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2000-01-03-3300835-story.html/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Adams |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Phoebe_Adams/106626/Phoebe_Adams.aspx |website=AskArt}}
In 1998, Adams was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts grant by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.{{Cite web |title=1998 Grants |url=https://www.pewcenterarts.org/grant/1998-grants |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage |language=en}} In 2020 and 2021, Adams was a MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts at the artists' residency program.{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Adams |url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/phoebe-adams |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts |language=en}}
Her work is part of museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Adams: Pointed Trap |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483913 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |language=en}} the Woodmere Art Museum, the Walker Art Center,{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Adams |url=https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/phoebe-adams |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Walker Art Center |language=en-US}} the Brooklyn Museum,{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Adams – American, born 1953 |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/8584/objects |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Brooklyn Museum}} and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.phoebeadams.com/}}
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Category:20th-century American women artists
Category:21st-century American women artists
Category:Artists from Greenwich, Connecticut
Category:Artists from New Mexico
Category:Artists from New York City
Category:Kutztown University of Pennsylvania faculty
Category:Moore College of Art and Design faculty
Category:Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni
Category:University at Albany, SUNY alumni