Resumé

B. ~ Los Angeles, California ~ 1950

Resumé

Painter ~ oil and pastel

ART EDUCATION

1969 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1970 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
1970 Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California
1970-77     Lukits Academy of Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
1974-77 Personal Apprentice to Theodore Lukits

COLLECTIONS ~ PUBLIC / PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

ARCO Towers Los Angeles, California
The Beach Club Pacific Palisades, California
California Club Los Angeles, California
Carnegie Art Museum Oxnard, California
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Los Angeles, California
Chadwick School Palos Verdes, California
Curtis School Los Angeles, California
Forbes Magazine Collection New York City, New York
Haggin Museum Stockton, California
Joan Irvine Smith Irvine, California
Jonathan Club Los Angeles, California
Pacific Asia Museum Pasadena, California
Pasadena Museum of California Art Pasadena, California
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Loretto, Pennsylvania
Stephen’s College Columbia, Missouri
Trust Company of the West Los Angeles, California

SPECIAL DISTINCTIONS

2007        Gold Medal Winner for Best Painting from California Art Club’s “98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition” held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
2007       Autry National Center awarded Peter Adams with the John J. Geraghty Award for the advancement of traditional fine art in the American West.  
2004 Nominated “Visual Artist of the Year” by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
Present – 2000 Advisory Board Member, American Society of Portrait Artists, Montgomery, Alabama
Present – 1998 Advisory Board Member of the American Renaissance for the 21st Century, New York
Present – 1996 Associate Guild Member Honorary Emeritus of the American Society of Classical Realism
Present – 1996 Board of Directors, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
Present – 1995 Art Committee, California Club, Los Angeles, California
Present – 1994 Trustee on the Board of the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
Present – 1993 President of the California Art Club, est. 1909
1997 Co-founder, California Art Academy and Museum,Pasadena, California
1997 Recipient of the Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award for Visual Art
1994 Gold Medal Recipient of the California Discovery Award
1987 First and only American Artist to travel and paint with the Moujahideen in Afghanistan during Soviet occupation.
1981 First American Artist to travel & paint unescorted through the Peoples Republic of China.

NATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Renaissance for the 21st Century; Board Member
  • American Society of Classical Realism; Associate Guild Member, Honorary Emeritus
  • American Society of Portrait Artists; Board Member
  • California Art Club; President and Signature Member
  • Oil Painters of America; Master Signature Member
  • Pastel Society of America; Signature Member
  • Plein Air Painters of America; Signature Member

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004 “Afghanistan Evolving” (book cover commission) Published by Caroline Hudson Firestone
2004 “From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America” Published by The Haggin Museum, Stockton, Calif.
2004, September “Imagination at Work: A Visit with Peter Adams” by B. Eric Rhoads, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, Plein Air Magazine
2004, March “Peter and Elaine Adams: The Art Bridge Builders of California” by Paul Soderberg, Editor, Art-Talk
2003 “Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island” by Jean Stern, Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple; Published by The Society for the Advancement of Plein Air Painting, 310/510-1552; ISBN 0-9728364-0-3
2002, May “A Passion for Plein Air: Peter Adams” by Greg Schaber, The Artist’s Magazine
2002, January/Feb “Teaching Tradition” by Catesby Leigh, The American Enterprise
2002, March/April “Peter Adams: Reuniting Humanity with Nature” by Stanley Cuba, Art of the West magazine
1998, November “Peter Adams: The Studio” by Vicki Stavig, Art of the West magazine
1998 “Afternoon Shadows at Maricopa Point, 1995″ (painting reproduction); Art of the State:Arizona; New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
1997, September “Peter Adams: Carrying on a Golden Tradition” by Danny Medina; Art-Talk newspaper
1997, July “On Location with Peter Adams” by Linda Price; American Artist magazine
1997 “Leading the West: One Hundred Contemporary Painters and Sculptors” by Donald J. Haggerty; Flagstaff, Arizona; Northland Publishing
1996, May “Peter Adams: Eastern Exposure” by Peter Adams; Southwest Art magazine
1996 “Impressions of California: Early Currents in Art 1850-1930″ (Essay by Nancy Dustin Wall Moure on the California Art Club); Irvine, California; The Irvine Museum
Since 1995 “Who’s Who of American Art” Listed
1989, March “Peter Adams: In the Shadows of the Himalayas” by Paula Fitzgerald; Designer’s West magazine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003     Skidmore Contemporary Art – Peter Adams: Pastels of Malibu; Malibu, California
2002 Hollis Gallery – Hidden Pools of the San Gabriels; South Pasadena, California
1999 Galerie Gabrie – France & Italy: Painting New Perspectives; Pasadena, California
1998 Carnegie Art Museum – The Mystical Paintings of Peter Adams; Oxnard, California
1997 Jonathan Club – Solo Exhibition; Los Angeles, California
1996 Galerie Gabrie – California: The North and The South; Pasadena, California
1995 The Fine Arts Building – Moods of the Pacific; Los Angeles, California
1995 Mission San Juan Capistrano – Moods of the Pacific; San Juan Capistrano, California
1995 Poulsen Galleries – The Grand Canyon and Other Natural Splendors; Pasadena, Calif.
1994 Poulsen Galleries – Recent Landscapes;Pasadena, California
1993 Pacific Asia Museum – Moods of the Pacific; Pasadena, California
1992 Palm Springs Desert Museum – Exhibition and Lecture-Shadows of the Himalayas
1991 Adamson – Duvannes Galleries – Asia and Afghanistan; Los Angeles, California
1989 Bruggemeyer Memorial Library – Shadows of the Himalayas; Monterey Park, Calif.
1988 Pacific Asia Museum – Pastel Paintings of Asia; Pasadena, California
1988 Adamson – Duvannes Galleries – Asia and Afghanistan; Los Angeles, California
1986 Gregg Juarez Galleries – Landscapes;Palm Desert, California
1985 Buscombe Galleries – Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii
1984 Gregg Juarez Galleries – The China Visit II; Palm Desert, California
1982 Private Home in La Jolla, California – Local Scenes
1980 Westwood Art Association, Westwood Center of the Arts; Los Angeles, California
1980 Gregg Juarez Galleries – The China Visit; Los Angeles, California
1980 Staircase Galleries; Beverly Hills, California
1978 Home of Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Adams; Los Angeles, California

MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Aug-Sept 2007 Bergstrom-Mahler Museum – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; Neenah, Wisconsin
Nov 2006-Jan 2007 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Gallery – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; Wausau, Wisconsin
July-Sept 2006 City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Museum, Courthouse Gallery – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; Portsmouth, Virginia
March-June 2006 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum – Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in Americaís First National Park; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Nov 2005-Jan 2006 Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture – Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in Americaís First National Park; Spoke, Washington
Sept-Nov 2005 Museum of the Southwest – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; Midland, Texas
May-Aug 2005 Buffalo Bill Historical Center – Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in Americaís First National Park; Cody, Wyoming
Apr-June 2005 Museum of Texas Tech University – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; Lubbock, Texas
Feb-Mar 2005 Autry National Center – 8th Annual Masters of the American West; Los Angeles, California
Oct 2004-Jan 2005 Pasadena Museum of California Art – 94th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (CAC group); Pasadena, CA
Sept 2004-Jan 2005 Autry National Center – Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in Americaís First National Park; Los Angeles, California
Sept-Dec 2004 California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill – In the Midst of Moonlight; San Marino, California
Jan-Mar 2005 George Bush Presidential Library – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America, College Station, Texas
Oct-Nov 2004 Hillsdale College – America Seen; Hillsdale, Michigan
May-July 2004 Haggin Museum – From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; Stockton, CA
Feb-Mar 2004 Autry Museum of Western Heritage – 7th Annual Masters of the American West; Los Angeles, California
Dec 2003-Mar 2004 California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill – Expressions of Winter; San Marino, CA
Oct-Nov 2003 Pasadena Museum of California Art – 93rd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (CAC group); Pasadena, CA
June-July 2003 Colorado History Museum – Salon d’Arts (invited national artists); Denver Colorado
May-Aug 2003 Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art – On Location in Malibu 2003 (CAC group); Pepperdine University,Malibu, California
Feb-Mar 2003 Autry Museum of Western Heritage – 6th Annual Masters of the American West; Los Angeles, California
May-July 2001 Pasadena Historical Museum – 92nd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (CAC group); Pasadena, CA
Feb-Mar 2002 Autry Museum of Western Heritage – 5th Annual Masters of the American West; Los Angeles, California
Nov 2001-Mar2002 Laguna Art Museum – Representing L.A:Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art (curated by Gordon Fuglie, Director, Laband Art Gallery), Laguna Beach
Oct-Dec 2001 Haggin Museum – Contemporary Artists Paint Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra; a California Art Club Invitational, Stockton, CA
May-July 2001 Pasadena Historical Museum – 91st Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (CAC group); Pasadena, CA
March-June 2001 Art Museum of South Texas – Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art (curated by Gordon Fuglie, Director, Laband Art Gallery), Corpus Christie, Texas
Feb 2001 Autry Museum of Western Heritage – 4th Annual Masters of the American West; Los Angeles, California
Feb-April 2001 The Newington-Cropsey Foundation – American Society of Classical Realism Guild of Artists, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Dec 200-Feb 2000 Frye Art Museum – Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art (curated by Gordon Fuglie, Director, Laband Art Gallery), Seattle, WA
July-Nov 2000 Phippen Museum – On Location in Malibu (CAC group); Prescott, Arizona
June – Aug 2000 Pasadena Historical Museum – 90th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (CAC group); Pasadena, California
Feb 2000-Jan 1999 Autry Museum of Western Heritage – 3rd Annual Masters of the American West; Los Angeles, California
May-Aug 1999 Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art – On Location in Malibu (CAC group); Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
1998 Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts – The Aura of Nature: Painting beyond the View; Laguna Beach, California; (duo exhibition with Daniel W. Pinkham)
1998 Luckman Fine Arts Gallery – 89th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition (CAC group); Los Angeles
1998 Muckenthaler Cultural Center – Treasures of the Sierra Nevada (CAC group); Fullerton, California
1998 Natural History Museum of L.A – Treasures of the Sierra Nevada (CAC group); Los Angeles, California
1998 Forbes Magazine Galleries – Souvenir de Normandie (Sponsored in part by American Artist Magazine); New York City, New York
1997 Springville Museum of Art – East Coast Ideals -West Coast Concepts; Springville, Utah
1997 Academy of Art College – East Coast Ideals – West Coast Concepts; San Francisco, California
1997 Carnegie Art Museum – East Coast Ideals – West Coast Concepts; Oxnard, California
1996 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County – California Wetlands by Members of the California Art Club; Los Angeles, California
1996 The California Heritage Gallery – Plein Air Painters of America Paint San Francisco; San Francisco, California
1996 Carnegie Museum of Art – Puertas del Santuario: Paintings of the Mission SJC by Members of the California Art Club; Oxnard, California
1996 California Heritage Art Gallery – California Art Club: Circa 1909-1996; San Francisco, California
1995 Mission San Juan Capistrano – California Wetlands; San Juan Capistrano, California
1995 California Heritage Art Gallery – Modern Masters of Landscape Painting; San Francisco, CA
1995 Autry Museum of Western Heritage – Classic American Western Art Show; Los Angeles, CA
1995 Greenhouse Gallery – Oil Painters of America Exhibition; San Antonio, Texas
1995 Morseburg Galleries – Pastel Painting Group Exhibition; Los Angeles, California
1994 Carnegie Art Museum – California Art Club: 85 Years of Art; Oxnard, California
1994 Los Angeles Arboretum – California Art Club 85th Gold Medal; Arcadia, California
1993 Long Grove Gallery – Oil Painters of America Exhibiton; Long Grove, Illinois
1993 Morseburg Galleries – Figure Show; Los Angeles, California
1993 Morseburg Galleries – Still Life Show; Los Angeles, California
1992 Morseburg Galleries – Cityscapes; Los Angeles, California
1992 Morseburg Galleries – Landscape Show; Los Angeles, California
1991 Poulsen Galleries – Group Show; Pasadena, California
1991 Carnegie Art Museum – Theodore Lukits and His Students; Oxnard, California
1990 Adamson-Duvannes Galleries – Group Christmas Show; Los Angeles, California

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

American Legacy Fine Arts ~ Pasadena, California
By Private Appointment

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