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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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