SHANE McADAMS / WORKS / CV
EDUCATION
MFA Fine-Arts Pratt Institute
BA Art History University of Kansas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
Greener Pastures LLC, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI (solo)
Synthetic Landscapes, Winston Wachter Fine Art, NY, NY (solo)
Chroma, Tory Foliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
2021
Chromatographs, OS Projects, Racine, WI (solo)
Where in the World, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2020
Group Show, ZieherSmith, Nashville, TN
CHROMA, Tory Foliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Summer Group Show, Ric Michel Fine Art, East Hampton, NY
2019
ESCHATON, (Curated by Ian Breidenbach,) 1612 Space, Peoria, IL
Milwaukee Influencers, VAR Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Signs of Light, Institutue for Human Creativity, Lake Tahoe, NV
2018
CONVEYOR, YNC SPC, (Curated by Kate Mothes), Brooklyn, NY
Incidental Contact, The Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI (solo)
From the Studios, PenArt, Fish Creek, WI
Some Thin and Precious Membranes, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
2017
Translucent, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Group Portrait, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, NY
A Tiny Rivulet in a Distant Forest, (Curated by Michael Velliquette), ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
Legacy: Highlights from the Roanoke College’s Permanent Collection, Roanoke College, VA
Life, Space, and Hallucination, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
The Accidental Landscape, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI (solo)
Mary Nohl Suitcase Show, Milwaukee College of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Manicured Nature, VAR Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Fault Lines, Gerald Peters Fine Art, New York, NY
Super Natural, (Curated by Karen Patterson), Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Beat a Path, Make it Fast, James Watrous Gallery, Overture Center For the Arts, Madison, WI (solo)
Exploring Reality, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
Marian University Faculty Exhibition, Thelma Sadoff Art Center, Fond du Lac, WI
Thomas Riley Studio, Naples, FL
Ballpoint, Sugarlift, Brooklyn, NY
2015
The Devil Within, the Devil Wihout, (Curated by Colette Robbins and Keri Oldham), Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Group Show, Mehta Bell Projects, London, UK
Paintings in Trees, (Curated by Ben LaRocco), The People’s Garden, Brooklyn, NY
45 North, Squared, The Thelma Sadoff Art Center, Fond du Lac, WI
HIGH/LOW/MIDDLE, Museum of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee, WI
Current Tendencies IV: Topography Transformed, the Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Earth Day, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Before the Weight can Leave the Air, Thelma Sadoff Art Center, Fond du Lac, WI (solo)
Monster Drawing, Present Works, Milwaukee, WI
Light, Usable Space, (Curated by Nina Bednarski), Milwaukee, WI
Paperazzi 4, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Overwhelming Fornication, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Odeon Art Fair, with Jon J. McGurk, Bogota Columbia
Scorched Earth, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
Lost Worlds, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
New Paintings, Scream Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Process, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Pratt Institute Alumni Exhibition, Steuben Galleries, Brooklyn, NY
Forward 2014, Allis Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Paperazzi III, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Re-Motivated, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
2013
Terra Ingocnita, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Landscape: 2 Views, Iona College, Chapman Gallery, New Rochelle, NY (two-person)
Hand to Earth, Scream Gallery, London, UK
Unhinged, Pierogi, Brooklyn NY
Contemporary Landscapes, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
The Lonely Sea and Sky, Allegra LaViola, New York, NY
In Between Lines, Laundry Lung, Brooklyn, NY
Let’s Talk About Love, Baby, Printed Matter, New York, NY
Paperazzi II, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
The Space Between the Stars, Scream Gallery, London, UK
Inside Out, Laundry Lung, Brooklyn, NY
Single Fare, RH Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Bad at Sports, A + D Gallery, Chicago, IL
Summer Snacks, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Down and Out the Rabbit Hole, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Radiance, (curated by Alvin Goh), ARTISTree, Hong Kong, China
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
The Fair And Open Face Of Heaven, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY (two-person)
2011
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Pratt Alumni Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Fresh Green Beast, Central Park Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Big Group/Small Works, In Rivers, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Micro Chasm, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
Phantasmorganica, (curated by Danielle Mund), Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Love, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Natural Renditions, (curated by Eric Gleason and Diana Campbell), Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
A Separate Peace, McNeil Project Space, New York, NY
Single Fare, (curated by J.P. Roy), 224 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
Midnite Snacks II (curated by Brian Hubble), Chicago, IL
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Home Schooled (curated by Dana Greenidge), Pace University, New York, NY
Sunny Side Up, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Year Five, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Suck and Blow, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn New York (solo)
Midnite Snacks (curated by Brian Hubble), Ghost Print Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2008
The Brand New Deal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer in Chelsea, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
Brief Encounters, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
The Clay Projects, New York, NY
Untitled Number Something, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Albright Knox Collector’s Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2006
Unmoved Mover, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
Northbound, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, MA
Please Do Not Touch, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
We Don’t Need No Mind Control, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY
Friends, 163 Carlton, Brooklyn, NY
Project One, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ (solo)
Head over Hand: Pushing the Limits of Paint (Catalog), Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Jozwik, Catherine, “Oh so Many Colors”, Urban Milwaukee, January, 2020
2019
“Shane McAdams: Artist Profile” Milwaukee Magazine, February, 2019
2017
Hauer, Sara, “Artist Milks Pens to Create Lansdscapes”, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 2017
Moriarty, Judith, “Journeys, Landscapes, and Bob Dylan at MOWA,” Shepherd Express, Janurary 2017
2016
“Tom Berenz + Shane McAdams,” Isthmus Magazine, March 2016
Muckian, Michael, “Tom Berens and Shane McAdams Complement and Contrast at Watrous Gallery”, Wisconsin Gazzette, March 24, 2016
Interview on WORT, Madison, Morning Buzz, April, 2016
Heuston, Laurie, “Exploring Reality at the Schneider Museum of Art,”Medford Mail Tribune”, January 2016
2015
Minerath, Kat, “Current Tendencies at the Haggerty Museum,” Shepherd Express, July 2015
“Art City Contributors on Current Tendencies”, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 2015
Sutton, Benjamin, “In a Bushwick Park, Paintings are Growing on Trees,” Hyperallergic, June 2015
Schumacher, Mary Louise, “Artists on Road Trip to Find Lost Avant-Garde”, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 19, 2015
“Shane McAdams’ Spilled Ink”, Farenheit Magazine, June 6, 2015
2014
Bell, Ronald, The Ballpointer, December 2014
Voeller, Megan, “Dunedin Fine Arts World and Living Matters”, Creative Loafing, November 2014
Speer, Richard, Willimette Week, April 2014
Shemmerer, Richard, “Scorched Earth”, PDX Art Now Magazine, April 2014
2013
Vogue, Brazil, September 2013
Hand to Earth, Aesthetica Magazine, August 2013
Dirty Laundry Magazine, Issue 2, June 2013
Voynovskaya, Nastia, Hi Fructose, February 2013
2012
Menkes, Susie, “Prints that tell a Story”, The New York Times, September 2012
Nnadi, Chioma, Vogue Magazine, September 2012
Newhall, Edie, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2012
Maszilewski, Lynn, “Creative Spaces”, Milk Made, June 2012
Psychology Tomorrow, Vol. 3, 2012
Art and Science Journal, March 2012
Scheifele, Kris, White Hot Magazine, February 2012
Beautiful Decay, February 2012
“Streaking Ink Paintings”, My Modern Metropolis, February 2012
“Shane McAdams Gets Straight to the (ball) Point”, Phaidon, January 2012
2011
LaBarre, Suzanne, Fast Company, December 2011
Kim, Erica, Design Boom, November 2011
Upchurch, Michael, The Seattle Times, July 2011
2010
D.K. Row, The Oregonian, December 2010
Richard Speer, Visual Art Source, The Huffington Post, December 2010
Matt Stangel, “Faking Real”, Portland Mercury, November 2010
2008
R.C. Baker, Village Voice, July 16, 2008
2006
James Kalm, Wagmag, December 2006
Mario Naves, The New York Observer, September 2006
ArtInfo.com featured artist, August 2006
Ken Johnson, “Head Over Hand”, The New York Times, January 2006