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Garden 4, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 ins (60 x 60 cm)
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Mary Adam, painter and printmaker
Mary Adam was born and grew up in Ireland. She studied Medicine at UCC and worked two years in England before marrying and moving to the Caribbean. As a student she became captivated by the anatomy of the human body, the forms and parts and how everything fits together. Later this interest extended to the forms of all living things and has become the driving force behind many of her images.
Despite turning to painting relatively late in life Mary has been actively exhibiting her work for several decades. Her first solo show took place at Horizons Gallery in Trinidad in 2004, since then she has had several solo shows and participated in a number of group exhibitions.
In 2011, she completed the BA (Hons) Painting at the Open College of the Arts and currently is working from her London-based studio. In her work, she often explores anatomical forms and motifs from nature and combines them to create multifaceted compositions. Painting and drawing are her core areas of interest, as she continues to examine the properties of light and colour through figuration and abstraction.
Her recent works are based on differences, individuality, and choice. Inspired by a Robert Rauschenberg show in 2017 she is investigating this idea further in the language of line, colour and tone. Contemplating the ways in which living things sense their environment, or the intricacies of a flower, often serve as starting points upon which her images are developed, and are an endless source of wonder and awe.
Despite turning to painting relatively late in life Mary has been actively exhibiting her work for several decades. Her first solo show took place at Horizons Gallery in Trinidad in 2004, since then she has had several solo shows and participated in a number of group exhibitions.
In 2011, she completed the BA (Hons) Painting at the Open College of the Arts and currently is working from her London-based studio. In her work, she often explores anatomical forms and motifs from nature and combines them to create multifaceted compositions. Painting and drawing are her core areas of interest, as she continues to examine the properties of light and colour through figuration and abstraction.
Her recent works are based on differences, individuality, and choice. Inspired by a Robert Rauschenberg show in 2017 she is investigating this idea further in the language of line, colour and tone. Contemplating the ways in which living things sense their environment, or the intricacies of a flower, often serve as starting points upon which her images are developed, and are an endless source of wonder and awe.
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Education:
2011: BA (Hons) Painting, Open College of the Arts, UK/Bucks New University.
1965: MB, BCh, BAO, National University of Ireland.
EXHIBITIONS
2021: Upcoming: Landmark Arts Centre, Autumn Art Fair, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9NN, October 15-17, 2021
2021: Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 6x6x2021, Annual Group Fundraising Show, Rochester, New York (#1353, 1354, 1355). More info about the show here.
2020: Society of Women Artists (SWA) 159th Open Exhibition (Online Only) — Opening 22 September 2020, runs until 31st December 2020 https://onlinegalleryswa.oess. 1.uk/ — (All Selected Art / View by thumbnails / page 12)
2020: The ESOP Online Exhibition, 14th August to 14th November 2020 at Kunstmatrix — https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1983362/the-contemporary-fine-art-course-adelaide-doble-mary-adam-vaughan-melzer
and https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1983362/catalog
2020: Rochester Contemporary Art Centre, Rochester, New York, 6x6x2020, an annual group fundraising show, #1381, 1382 and 1383 at roco6x6.org
2017: Kingston Artists Open Studios, June 2017.
2017: Parallax Art Fair, London, February 2017.
2016: Kingston Artists Open Studios, London, June 11-12 and 18-19, 2016. Hawks Rd Artists Studios, 47-51 Hawks Road, Kingston KT1 3DS (catalogue)
2015: Open Studio, Port of Spain, Trinidad, September 1 -- 30, 2015.
2015: Solo exhibition, March 2-7, Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Federation Park, Port of Spain.
2014: Light, Space, Time, Annual Open Online Exhibition, Special Recognition award in the Painting category.
2014: November Group Exhibition, Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Nov 7--22, 2014. "Sno-Cone Cart" awarded Best In Show
2014: Carnival 2014 group show, 101 Art Gallery, Woodford St., Port of Spain;
February 20 to March 13, 2014
2013: Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago,
70th Anniversary Exhibition, 15-30 November 2013.
2013: The Shelter & The Crossroads Organization Silent Auction, Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, 29 October 2013.
2013: Light Space & Time Annual Open Online Exhibition November 2013, Special Recognition Award,
2012: Group Christmas show at 101 Art Gallery, Woodford Street, Port of Spain.
2012: September -- October, group show, annual Women in Art exhibition, Fine Art Ltd, Roberts St., Woodbrook.
2012: June. Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Federation Park, Port of Spain -- Nostalgia, group show. Touring Trinidad and Tobago September-December 2012.
2011: November, Trinidad and Tobago Art Society annual exhibition, Federation Park, Port of Spain (group show).
2011: October, Group show, annual Women in Art exhibition, at Fine Art Ltd, Roberts St, Woodbrook.
2011: May-June. National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago, "Women and Art".
2006: Solo show, 101 Art Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2005: Spence Gallery, Toronto, with Shastri Maharaj and Rosslyn Berot-Burns
2004: Solo show, Horizons Art Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2002: Joint show, Horizons Art Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Education:
2011: BA (Hons) Painting, Open College of the Arts, UK/Bucks New University.
1965: MB, BCh, BAO, National University of Ireland.
EXHIBITIONS
2021: Upcoming: Landmark Arts Centre, Autumn Art Fair, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9NN, October 15-17, 2021
2021: Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 6x6x2021, Annual Group Fundraising Show, Rochester, New York (#1353, 1354, 1355). More info about the show here.
2020: Society of Women Artists (SWA) 159th Open Exhibition (Online Only) — Opening 22 September 2020, runs until 31st December 2020 https://onlinegalleryswa.oess. 1.uk/ — (All Selected Art / View by thumbnails / page 12)
2020: The ESOP Online Exhibition, 14th August to 14th November 2020 at Kunstmatrix — https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1983362/the-contemporary-fine-art-course-adelaide-doble-mary-adam-vaughan-melzer
and https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1983362/catalog
2020: Rochester Contemporary Art Centre, Rochester, New York, 6x6x2020, an annual group fundraising show, #1381, 1382 and 1383 at roco6x6.org
2017: Kingston Artists Open Studios, June 2017.
2017: Parallax Art Fair, London, February 2017.
2016: Kingston Artists Open Studios, London, June 11-12 and 18-19, 2016. Hawks Rd Artists Studios, 47-51 Hawks Road, Kingston KT1 3DS (catalogue)
2015: Open Studio, Port of Spain, Trinidad, September 1 -- 30, 2015.
2015: Solo exhibition, March 2-7, Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Federation Park, Port of Spain.
2014: Light, Space, Time, Annual Open Online Exhibition, Special Recognition award in the Painting category.
2014: November Group Exhibition, Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Nov 7--22, 2014. "Sno-Cone Cart" awarded Best In Show
2014: Carnival 2014 group show, 101 Art Gallery, Woodford St., Port of Spain;
February 20 to March 13, 2014
2013: Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago,
70th Anniversary Exhibition, 15-30 November 2013.
2013: The Shelter & The Crossroads Organization Silent Auction, Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, 29 October 2013.
2013: Light Space & Time Annual Open Online Exhibition November 2013, Special Recognition Award,
2012: Group Christmas show at 101 Art Gallery, Woodford Street, Port of Spain.
2012: September -- October, group show, annual Women in Art exhibition, Fine Art Ltd, Roberts St., Woodbrook.
2012: June. Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Federation Park, Port of Spain -- Nostalgia, group show. Touring Trinidad and Tobago September-December 2012.
2011: November, Trinidad and Tobago Art Society annual exhibition, Federation Park, Port of Spain (group show).
2011: October, Group show, annual Women in Art exhibition, at Fine Art Ltd, Roberts St, Woodbrook.
2011: May-June. National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago, "Women and Art".
2006: Solo show, 101 Art Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2005: Spence Gallery, Toronto, with Shastri Maharaj and Rosslyn Berot-Burns
2004: Solo show, Horizons Art Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2002: Joint show, Horizons Art Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad