Lot 537 - Adam Linn - Minutes
Coloured Pencil on Paper
2022
A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
Adam Linn (b. 1995, Pittsburgh, PA) is an artist from Pittsburgh, PA currently residing in Mt. Vernon, NY. Linn works in drawing, painting and printmaking. He holds a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has completed residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO, and the Distillery Program at the Brewhouse Association in Pittsburgh, PA. Linn has exhibited at Below Grand, 5-50 Gallery, Trestle Art Space, Nonfinito Gallery, Shin Gallery and Ortega y Gasset Projects in NYC, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, PA, Bunker Projects and the Brewhouse Association in Pittsburgh, PA and Martha's Contemporary in Austin, TX. In July, Linn opened his first international solo exhibition with JPS Gallery Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. Forthcoming, his debut solo exhibition with Steve Turner will open in Los Angeles, CA on January 9th 2023. Adam is currently enrolled in the MFA program for studio art at SUNY Purchase.
Linn's work explores queer self discovery, masculinity and the uncanny through the lens of anthropomorphism. He primarily works in a drawing based practice using colored pencils, pastels and watercolor.
Education
BFA Printmaking Rhode Island School of Design 2017
MFA SUNY Purchase College 2024 (expected)
Select Exhibitions/Awards
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2022
Crystal Topcoat, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, Texas Touch Wood, Prior Art Space, Berlin, Germany
Curtain Call Solo Exhibition, JPS Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Honey in the Hive, Shin Haus of Shin Gallery, New York, NY Art Central Hong Kong, JPS Gallery, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Himerica, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
Ortega Y Gasset Flat>ile Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Art for Change, PERSAD BeneTit Auction, Pittsburgh, PA
Not Just Another Anthropocentric Love Story, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY FlatTile September 2021, Paperview Auction
FlatTile July 2021, Paperview Auction
Borough Baroque, 5-50 Gallery, Queens, NY
2020
Sit...Play Dead, Super Duchess Gallery, New York, NY
Seeking Truth, Distillery Group X Exhibition, Brewhouse Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2019
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 107th Annual Group Exhibition, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
Witness, Group Exhibition with Pittsburgh Print Group, G1CW Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Soak Rinse Repeat, Dual Exhibition with Bridget Quirk, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Print Group 2019 New Members Exhibit, PullProof Studio, Pittsburgh, PA Sugar In The Tank—A Solo Exhibition by Adam Linn, Imagebox Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2018
The End—AAP Curated Group Exhibition, Framehouse and Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Fragmented Realities, NonTinito Gallery, NY, NY
Sight Lines-2018 AAP New Member Exhibition, Butler St. Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
Publications
2022 LVL3 Artist of the Week, September 2022 It’s Nice That, April 2022
Shin Gallery Blog, March 2022
2021 Ultra Contemporaries, December 2021
The Coastal Post: Remote Visits Part VII
2020 ArtMaze Magazine Anniversary Edition 20: curated by Zoe Fisher of Fisher Parrish Gallery
Residencies
2020 Distillery Residency at the Brewhouse Association-Artist in Residence, Pittsburgh, PA 2017 Anderson Ranch Arts Center-Artist in Residence, Snowmass Village, CO
Vermont Studio Center-Artist in Residence, Johnson, VT
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