John Adelman

            


           Education

2006    Master of Fine Arts (Drawing/Painting) University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.  
                  Thesis Committee Chair:  Regents Professor Robert Erdle.
1992    Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing/Painting/Printmaking) BFA Exhibition, University Gallery,
                  The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.



         Representation

2006-08    Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2008          Judy Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

        

         Solo Exhibitions

2009     Up to...,  Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2008    John Adelman, Kinzelman Art, Genzel Architects, Penzoil Place, Houston, Texas.
             John Adelman,  Judy Youens Gallery,  Sante Fe, New Mexico.
             the Hard Drawings, Studios2315, Houston, Texas.

2007    Drawings, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
             the Big Drawings, innerspaCe, Houton, Texas.
             Washed Drawings, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.
             Selected Drawings, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, Texas.

2006    635331, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas.


         Art Fairs

2008     SWAB, Art Barcelona International Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain.
              2nd CADD Art Fair, Dallas, Texas.

2007     Inaugural CADD Art Fair, Dallas, Texas.

            

         Group Exhibitions

2008   The Drawing Room, The Galveston Art Center.
            the BIG Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
            Drawing  In  Space,  Lawndale  Art  Center,  Houston,  Texas.
            Opening Exhibition, Judy Youens Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico.
            The Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas.  
            22nd International Juried Art Show, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey.
            The Assistance League Celebrates of Houston, Texas Art Williams Tower, Houston, Texas.
            5x7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas.
            Art for Social Justice, Center for Progressives, Corpus Christi, Texas.
            Mail and Mounted, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, Michigan.

2007   Ulterior Motifs, Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, Texas.
            Pushing the Envelope, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas.
            Camp Marfa, 65 Texan Artists, Marfa, Texas.
            Drawing Conclusions, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
            the Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
            Edge of Excess, the Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri.
            New and Used, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
            Visual Art Alliance Juried Exhibition, One Allen Center, Houston, Texas.
            ArtCrawl Houston 2007, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Members Exhibition, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Assistance League of Houston, Celebrates Texas Art 2007, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas.
            Nameless Sound Benefit Auction, the ARTGUYS Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Courthouse Concierge Collection Group, Jacqueline Taylor, owner, Houston, Texas.
            Gallery HWY 90, Marfa, Texas.

2006   John Adelman, John Salvest, Les Christensen, David Ubias, Rudolph Projects, Houston, Texas.
            Gallery HWY 90, Marfa, Texas.
            Members Exhibition, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            ArtCrawl Houston 2006, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Blanche Ames Foundation Art Exhibition, Friends of the Borderland Pavilion,Sharon, Massachusetts.
            7th International Juried Exhibition, First Frontier Collage Society, Corridor Art, Austin, Texas.        
            2x2, Benefit for amfAR and Dallas Museum of Art, Howard Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas.
            PFAC Biennial 2006, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia.
            Houston Home and Interior Design Show, Design Pavilion, Reliant Park Expo Center, Houston, Texas.        
            Search Engine, Two-dimensional Representation of the Internet, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse Main Gallery, Houston, Texas.
            Works on Paper, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery,  St. James New York. 
            Driven to Abstraction, Long Beach Art Museum, Long Beach California.
            Pinned to the Wall, Organization of Independent Artists Gallery, New York, New York.
            Draw/Drawing 2, London Biennial, The Foundry, London, England.
            Fluid Geometry, Rudolph Projects/Artscan, Vine Street Studios, Houston, Texas.
            5X7, Arthouse, Austin, Texas, FineSilver Gallery, Houston, Texas, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
            Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
            MFA Group Exhibition, UNTartspaceFW,  Fort Worth, Texas.
            Artists Assistance League, Celebrates Texas Art 2006, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas.

2005    Out of Sight, Work Placed Throughout the Metroplex Region, Northeast Texas.
            Graduate Exchange Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
            Graduate Scholarship Exhibition, Slingshot Advertising Agency, Awalt Building, Dallas, Texas.
            Small Works Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
            Method 24, A Response to Urban Water Usage, Environmental Sciences Building, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            New Directions ’05, 21st National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center,Poughkeepsie, New York.         
                   Museum Purchase.
            Masters Mystery Art Show Invitational, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
            23rd Annual Art in the Metroplex, JM Moody Building, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. 
            Amarillo Biennial: 600 Drawing, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas.
            Expo 2005, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
            Paper and/or Plastic, New Drawing, Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas.
            Voertman Exhibition, School of Visual Art Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Murchison Art Partnership, New Works.  Murchison Auditorium, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            29th Annual Student Competition, University Union Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            South by Southwest Music Festival, Crooked Space Pavilion, Austin, Texas.

2004    22nd Annual Art in the Metroplex, JM Moody Building, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas.
             IAA Exhibition, Weaving and Weaving Inspired Art, Irving Art Association, Irving, Texas.
            Voertman Exhibition, School of Visual Art Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Repitext, Works by John and Amie Adelman, Uncommon Ground Café, Denton, Texas.
            VAST, Visual Art Society of Texas, Greenspace Arts Collective, Denton, Texas.
            Visual Arts Society of Texas Art Adventure, Studio Tour, Denton, Texas.    
            Lightwell Sculpture Show, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2003    Lightwell Sculpture Show, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            The Chair is Art, Artist Designed Chairs, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio.
            92nd Annual Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Acock Architects Building,  Columbus, Ohio.
            Riverfest’03 Franklin County Greenways Exhibition, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission Building, Columbus, Ohio.
            Manipulate the Museum, Kliener-Kornhaus Gallery, Kempten, Germany.
            Wabi-Sabi, Utility Art Show, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
            Coffee and Anything About Coffee, Corona, California.
            Elements of Art, S&S Middle School, Sadler, Texas.
            Secrets, University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
            Ready for War, Coinciding with the Start of the Iraqi War, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
            The Prestige, Voicing Reaction to the Prestige Oil Tanker Disaster, Insituto Aquis Celenis Gallery, Galiza, Spain.
            The Devil and Rock’n’Roll, Exhibition of Religion and Music, Pimprez, France.
            Postal Impressions, Hopkins Gallery, Hopkins, Minnesota.
            Human and Civil Rights Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia.
            Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix, Arizona.
            Department of Taxation, James A. Rhodes Statehouse Tower, Columbus, Ohio.
            The Ohio Bankers League, Columbus & Westerville, Ohio.

2002    Shoes: The Sole of Humanity, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
            The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio State Fine Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio.
            29th Annual Westerville Music and Arts Festival, Heritage Park, Westerville, Ohio.
            Riverfest’02 Franklin County Greenways Exhibition, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission Building, Columbus, Ohio.
            Fluxus Slang Art Show, Fluxus Art Center, Rockville, Maryland.
            The Chair is Art, Artist Designed Chairs, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio.
            5th Annual Photography Exhibition, Joan Kuyper Farver Gallery, Pella, Iowa.
            Department of Taxation, James A. Rhodes Statehouse Tower, Columbus, Ohio.
            3rd Biennial Postcards from All Over, Irving Art Association Center for the Arts, Irving, Texas, Southern Highlands, Tanzania, Mbeya, Tanzania.

2001    Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Outdoor Sculpture Park, Columbus,Ohio.
             New York After 9-11, Macy Teachers’ College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
             Artist’s Juried Exhibition, Paper-Rock-Scissors Gallery of Fine Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
             National Collage Society Small Works Juried Exhibition, Stocker Center Gallery,  Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio.
             90th Annual Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio.
              Small Works of Still Life Juried Exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College Gallery West, Cleveland, Ohio.
              Lake County Museum Invitational, Lake County Museum, Wauconda, Illinois.

2000    Snapshot Exhibition, 1000 Photographs, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.
             89th Annual Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Roy G. Biv Gallery, & Ohio Art League         Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
             The Third Annual National Collage Society Small Works Exhibition, Cuyahoga Valley Art         Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
             The Ohio Art League Member Curated Exhibition, The OAL Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
             Quarterly Juried Art Exhibition, Art Calendar Magazine.

1999   The Ohio Art League Fall Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
             Inland Valley Habitat for Humanity Art Exhibition and Auction, Hope Lutheran Church, Murrieta, California.
             88th Annual Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center,  Columbus, Ohio.
             PACE Exhibition, Curt Teich Archives, Lake County Museum, Wauconda, Illinois.
             Postcards For Peace, One Sun, One Earth, One Peace, Amarillo, Texas.
             Quarterly Juried Art Exhibition, Art Calendar Magazine.

1990    Special Projects Outdoor Exhibition, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio.


         
         Work Cited

2008     Radical Mixed Media/Alternative Processes, Leisa Rich, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta Georgia.
              Drawings in Space - Redsilly.blogspot..com
              Houston Press, Review, Drawing in Space, Houston Texas.
              We Recommend, Glasstire.com   
              Art, Artists and Galleries - http://camplinart.blogspot.com/

2007    Dallas Morning News, Review: Three Artists, Three Visions, Charles D Mitchell, Dallas, Texas.
             Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine, Dallas Texas.
             The Villager, Washed Drawings, Jason Munino, The Woodlands, Texas.    
             We Recommend, GlassTire, Texas’s Online Arts Visual Resource, Houston, Texas.
             Pegasus News, Dallas, Texas.
             TagMyCity Online, Dallas, Texas.
             Montgomery College Online, Conroe, Texas.
             Woodlands Online, The Woodlands, Texas.
             Experimental Drawing, Computer Graphics Seminar, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
             Drawing, Drawing Seminar, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
             Dallas Artcast, Online Podcasts, Dallas, Texas.
             Artbeat #3, Artist Interview, North Harris Community College, Houston, Texas.
             Artbeat #4, Exhibition Openings Commentary, NHCC, Houston, Texas.
             The John Adelman Project, Design I, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.

2006    The Big Bend Sentinel, Marfa, Texas.
             Grunion Gazette,  Eye on Art, Driven to Abstraction, Long Beach, California, review.
             Drawing CORE lecture series, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2005    Drawing CORE lecture series, UNT, Denton, Texas.
             Foundation in Art and Theory, Conference and Panel Presentation, Columbus, Ohio.
             Foundation Curriculum Presentation, CORE Program Lecture, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2004    Drawing CORE lecture series, UNT, Denton, Texas.
             Getting Wired! Faculty Adapting to a Changing Foundations Curriculum, Mid-American College Art Association, Madison, Wisconsin.
             The Power of Eleven, Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, Texas.

2002    Riverfest ’02, Central Ohio Pride Week Brochure.

2001    Columbus Alive, Review: Ohio Art League Sculpture Show, Author: Melissa Starker.
             Columbus Dispatch, Review: Ohio Art League Spring Show.

2000    Akron Beacon Journal, Review: National Collage Society Exhibition.
             Art Calendar Magazine, Quarterly National Juried Competition.

1999     Art Calendar Magazine, Quarterly National Juried Competition.
              The Middle East and South East Asia Folklore Bulletin, Book Review: The Bible and the
              Ancient Near East, Authors: Cyrus Gordon and Gary Rendsburg.

       

         Lectures

2008     Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas.
              the Drawing Room, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas.
              the BIG Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.     

2007    Washed Drawings, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.
             Washed Drawings, Art Appreciation, Instructor:  Mary Ann Castagna, Conroe, Texas.
             the Big Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
             Personal Work/Contemporary Art, Lecture, Fibers Department, UNT, Denton, Texas.
             Montgomery College Art Appreciation, Instructor: Mary Ann Castagna, Conroe, Texas.
             Angleton High School Studio Tour, CSAW, Houston, Texas.
             Professional Practices, Glassell School of Art Studio Tour, CSAW, Houston, Texas.

2006    Personal Artwork and Studio Visit, Art Appreciation, North Harris Community College, Houston, Texas.
             Art Professionalism, Scholar Hall, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
             The Screen Prints of Helen Frankenthaler.  Scholar Hall, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2005    Murchison Art Partnership, Murchison Auditorium, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2004    Studio Practice and the Sketchbook, ESSC Building, UNT, Denton, Texas.
             Value and Optical Gray Tones, ESSC Building, UNT, Denton, Texas.

         

         Academic Appointments

2008   Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Fall Semester, Lonestar College-Montgomery, Conroe, Texas.     
            Adjunct Professor, Drawing II, Fall Semester, Lonestar College-Montgomery, Conroe, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Spring Semester, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Art Appreciation, Lone Star College-Cy-Fair, Cypress, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Art Appreciation, Lone Star College-Cy-Fair, Cypress, Texas

2007   Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Fall Semester, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Art Appreciation, Fall Semester, Cy-Fair College-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Art Appreciation, Summer, Cy-Fair College-Fairbanks, Houston, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Art Appreciation, Spring Semester, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.
            Adjunct Professor, Art Appreciation, Spring, Cy-Fair College-Fairbanks, Houston, Texas.
    
2006   Research & Departmental Assistant, Screen Printing, Fibers Department, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Fellow, Intermediate Figure Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Assistant, Intermediate & Advanced Watercolor, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2005   Teaching Fellow, Beginning Figure Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Fellow, Intermediate Figure Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Assistant, Intermediate & Advanced Watercolor, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2004   Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2003   Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, UNT, Denton, Texas.

         

         Service

2008   Gallery Prep, Structural Installation, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
            Building Maintenance and Conservation, Commerce Street Artist’s Warehouse, Houston Texas.    
            Studio Maintenance, Cleaning, Repair, CSAW, Houston, Texas.
            Substitute Instruction, Lonestar College-Montgomery, Conroe, Texas.
            Adviser and Guest Critique Professional, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

2007   the Big Show, Volunteer, Receiving & Distributing Submissions & Artwork, Lawndale Art         Center, Houston, Texas.
            Angleton High School Studio Tour Liaison, CSAW, Houston, Texas.
            Substitute Instruction, Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas.
            Executive Committee,  Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas.

2006   Executive Committee,  Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Bylaws Revision Subcommittee, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Documents Committee, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
            Substitute Instruction, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Substitute Coordinator, Organizational Meeting, Teaching Assistants, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2005    Substitute Instruction, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2004    Substitute Instruction, UNT, Denton, Texas.


        

         Experience, Professional

2008   Critique Student Work, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas.

2007   Art Chatter Group Guest Critique Instructor, Houston, Texas.
            Critique & Formal Analysis, Fibers Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

2006   High School Repeat Visit, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
            Critique Analysis, Fibers Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
            Moderator, Critique Nights at Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas.
            Lab Technician, Fibers Department, UNT, Denton, Texas.


    

         Experience, Technical

2008    Exhibition Installation, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, Texas.
                                                          Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.

2007    Exhibition Installation, SOS, work of Emily Sloan, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
                                                          innerspaCe, exhibition space, Houston, Texas.
                                                         CSAW, Houston, Texas.
            Art Preparatory/Conservation/Handling, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
            Art Handling, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.

2006   Art Preparatory/Conservation/Handling, Watercolor Retrospective of Robert Erdle atThe Baton Rouge Art Museum.
            Exhibition Installation, Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas.
                                  Commerce Street Artist Warehouse Gallery, Houston, Texas.
                                  Reliant Park Convocation Center, Houston, Texas.
            Maintenance and Servicing, Fibers Department, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Substitute Instructor, Drawing I, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Editor, The Ohio Banker’s League Spring Newsletter, Columbus, Ohio.

2005    Exhibition Installation, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas.
                                   Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas.
                                   ESB Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
                                   Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas.
                                   Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas.
                                   Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas.


2004    Exhibition Installation, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
                                 Lightwell Reception Hall Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2003    Exhibition Installation, Lightwell Reception Hall Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Editor, Texas Surface Design Monthly Newsletter, October and November Editions.

2002    Art Handling, the Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio.

2001    Art Handling, the Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio.  

2000    Art Handling, the Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio.  


    

         Experience, Employment

1993-2003    Mechanical Cylinder Press Operator, Airwaves Incorporated, Lewis Center, Ohio.

1992-1993    Mechanical Collation Associate and Lithographic Printing Apprentice, CM Printing,
                           Columbus, Ohio.


         

         innerspaCe (exhibition space)

2008    Participant:  Architects/Owners tour

2007    Creator/Proprietor: and exhibition space devoted to large scale work and installations
            Curator: New Work by Amie Adelman
                            the Big Drawings
                            Artcrawl
                            Expanding the field, University of Houston Sculpture

 

         Awards

2008     Lawndale Honorarium, Houston, Texas.

2007    Nominated-St. Thomas Stained Glass Friedensfenster Design Competition, proposal.
            St. Thomas Church (Johann Sebastian Bach interred) Houston-Leipzig Sister CityAssociation, Leipzig, Germany.
            Juror’s Choice Award, Visual Art Alliance, One Allen Center, Houston, Texas.

2006    Fort Worth Public Art, Pre-Qualified Shortlist.  Fort Worth, Texas.
            Driven to Abstraction, Honorable Mention, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California.

2005    Expo05 Award, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
            Student Show Award, University Union Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.
            Voertman’s Student Show Award, School of Visual Arts Gallery, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2003    Chair is Art, 2nd best of show, Westerville, Ohio.

2002    Chair is Art, 3rd best of show, Westerville, Ohio.

2001    Nationwide Insurance Award, Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio.

2000    Art Calendar Merit Award, Art Calendar Magazine.

1999    Nationwide Insurance Award, Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio.
            Art Calendar Merit Award, Art Calendar Magazine.
            MXPX Logo Competition, 2nd Place Award, Bremerton, Washington.