EDUCATION

MFA, Columbia University, New York

BFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Marina Adams: Works on Paper (2016 – 2021), Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK

Wild Is Its Own Way, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK

Tennis Elbow: Marina Adams, The Journal Gallery, New York

2020–2021

FOCUS: Marina Adams, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas

2020

Marina Adams, Salon 94, New York (online)

2019

SongLines, The Madoo Conservancy, Sagaponack, New York

The Secret of Greek Grammar, Larsen Warner, Stockholm, Sweden

Anemones, Salon 94, New York

2017

Soft Power, Salon 94, New York

2016

Marina Adams, Marc Jancou, Giovanella Kunstglaserei, Geneva, Switzerland

Karma, The Independent, New York

2015

Galerie Gris, Hudson, New York

2013

Coming Thru Strange, Hionas Gallery, New York (catalogue)

Galerie Gris, Hudson, New York

2008

Marina Adams, CUE Art Foundation, curated by Norma Cole, New York (catalogue)

1997

The Nature of Line, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy

1996

Soaring, 49 Murray, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

25 Years, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK (catalogue)

Good Pictures, Deitch Projects, New York (curated by Austin Lee)

Spotlight, Larsen Warner, Falsterbo, Sweden

(Nothing But) Flowers, Karma, New York

Painting the Essential: New York 1980 – Present, Timothy Taylor, London, UK (online)

2017

A Space for Thought, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

Artemisia, Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium

Color People, curated by Rashid Johnson, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, New York

Aspects of Abstraction, Lisson Gallery, New York

Vanishing Points, curated by Andrianna Campbell, James Cohan Gallery, New York

Quicktime, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Say Yes, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2016

Boys and Girls Can Still Draw, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York

Making & Unmaking, curated by Duro Olowu, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom

Salon Zürcher: 13th Edition, Zürcher Gallery, New York

2015

The Thing Itself, curated by John Yau, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, New Jersey

#TBT, Hionas Gallery, New York

On Paper, group window exhibition curated by Mary McDonnell, Weathervane, Brooklyn, New York

Between the Eyes, curated by Laurel Sucsy, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

Flora & Fauna II, Galerie Gris, Hudson, New York

Edith Schloss: A Retrospective, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York

Nation III: Circle the Wagons!!!, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2014

Almost Delancey, Hionas Gallery, New York

Hionas Gallery at Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas

Color, Shape & Form, Galerie Gris, Hudson, New York

The Last Brucennial, curated by the Bruce High Quality Foundation, 837 Washington Street, New York

2013

Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, curated by Phong Bui, Industry City, Brooklyn, New York

Wit, curated by Joanne Freeman, The Painting Center, New York

Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Women’s History Month Invitational, VanDeb Editions, New York

2012

Color Walks Away, Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland

MIC: CHECK, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Pillow Talk, Ille Arts, Amagansett, New York

2011

Chain Letter, Samsøñ Projects, Boston, Massachusetts

Draw the Line, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things, curated by Jerelyn Hanrahan, The End, Brooklyn, New York

Winter Break, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York

2009

Seek and Hide, Heskin Contemporary, New York

Body Language, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

2007

Sex in the City, curated by Dean Daderko with Marina Adams, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York

2006

I Feel You, curated by Dean Daderko, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York

2004

Mimosa, Sala 1 Galleria, Rome, Italy

2003

Americani a Roma, A.A.M. Arte Architettura Moderna, Rome, Italy

Sottovetro, Galleria Esedra, Rome, Italy (catalogue)

Homage to Nina Simone: Everyone’s Gone to the Moon, RAM radioartemobile, Tese delle Vergini garden, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2002

WTC: Living in the Shadows, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York

True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit, Meridian International Center, Washington DC. Travelled to The National Arts Club, New York; SunTrust Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia; Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Allied Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Reactions: A Global Response to the 9/11 Attacks, Exit Art, New York

All Drawing, curated by Sharon Horvath, Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2001

Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2000

Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York

FAD 262 Mott St. New York

1999

The Stroke, Exit Art, New York

1998

Crossing Lines, Art in General, New York (catalogue)

1997

Visual Arts Faculty: Past and Present, Temple Rome Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy

1996

Deliberate Hand, The Banyan Tree Project Room, New York

1995

Lines of Force, Skoto Gallery, New York

The Joy of Painting, curated by Alix Lambert and Ami Arnault, HERE Arts Center, New York

1992

Vertical Slice, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut

Painting Self Evident: Evolutions in Abstraction, curated by Katherine Porter, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina (catalogue)

1990

Here and Now, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont

Prints by Painters, Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California

1988

Four Person Invitational, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York

1986

A Celebration of the Arts Apprenticeship Program, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York

1985

Spirited: A Group Show, 22 Wooster Gallery, New York

1984

Affirmations of Life, curated by Al Loving, Kenkeleba House, New York

1983

Painting show in the loft of Sandro Chia, sponsored by White Columns, New York

Turn It Over, curated by Rosann Berry, White Columns, New York (catalogue)