Adam Parker Smith (b. 1978, Arcata, CA) is a sculpture and installation artist. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz (BA Painting, 2000), the Tyler School of Art at Temple University (MFA Painting, 2003), and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2008). Smith has had solo exhibitions at The Hole (New York, 2019, 2017, and 2016); Galería Curro (Guadalajara, 2019); and Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2014). Smith has been included in group exhibitions at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2019); Marlborough (London, 2019); Library Street Collective (Detroit, 2018), Galerie Odile Ouizeman (Paris, 2018); Honor Fraser (Los Angeles, 2016), Eric Firestone Gallery (East Hampton, 2016), and Derek Eller (New York, 2015). Reviews of his work have appeared in Art in America (March 2013, Brian Boucher) and The New York Times (August 2015, Roberta Smith), among other various international publications; his work has been featured in Paper Magazine, Interview, AUTRE, Forbes, Art News, The New Yorker, Modern Painters, The Village Voice, and The New York Post. In 2015, he was a recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting and has participated in artist residencies at Abron Arts Center, Wave Hill, Triangle, Swing Space, Sculpture Space and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, among others. Smith lives and works in Brooklyn.

 

All inquiries: info@nullevergoldprojects.com

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Selected Press:

Interview: Artist Adam Parker Smith’s Midas touch turns objects into statues
Ravelin: Adam Parker Smith At The Hole
Autre: That’s a Damn Fine Painting: An Interview With Artist Adam Parker Smith
The New York Times: Sticky Fingers Make the Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions with Ever Gold [Projects]:

[On Approval] Beta Launch
Andy Warhol, Mark Flood, Petra Cortright, Kour Pour, Adam Parker Smith, Ken Taylor, Samuel Stabler, Zachary Armstrong, William Buchina, Marc Horowitz, Sandy Kim, Jonathan Edelhuber, Guy Overfelt, Drew Bennett, Christine Wang, Casey Gray, Saif Azzuz, Facundo Argañaraz, Mieke Marple, Jeffrey Alan Scudder, Brion Nuda Rosch, and Oliver Hawk Holden
July 13 – August 24, 2019

Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition
Zachary Armstrong, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Mario Ayala, Sadie Barnette, Chris Burden, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Petra Cortright, Mark Flood, Kate Groobey, Brian Harte, Marc Horowitz, Paul Kos, Jasmine Little, Mieke Marple, Shaina McCoy, Barry McGee, MOCA (Museum of Conceptual Art), Oscar Murillo, Guy Overfelt, Cameron Platter, Kour Pour, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Adam Parker Smith, Takis, and Christine Wang
January 12 – February 24, 2019

Adam Parker Smith and Eric Shaw
The Cut
September 10 – October 22, 2017

Adam Parker Smith
Seriously
May 9 – June 7, 2014

Adam Parker Smith
Forever 21
November 9 – December 15, 2012

 

 

ADAM PARKER SMITH

Born 1978, Arcata, CA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2008
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

2003
MFA (Painting), Tyler School of Art, Temple University

2000
BA (Painting), University of California at Santa Cruz

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2019
Meanwhile at Galería Curro (Guadalajara, Mexico)

2017
Kidnapping Incites Years of Murderous Doom at The Hole Gallery (New York, NY)

2016
Oblivious the Greek at The Hole Gallery (New York, NY)

2014
Seriously at Ever Gold Gallery (San Francisco, CA)

2013
Angelyne at La Montagne Gallery (Boston, MA)

2012
Forever 21 at Ever Gold Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Funny Business at Nordine ZIDOUN (Luxembourg)

2011
Crush at Ever Gold Gallery (San Francisco, CA)

 

 

Two Person Exhibitions

2016
The Cut, with Eric Shaw at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)

2014
Indefinite Free Time (with Robert Chase Heishman) at LVL3 (Chicago, IL)

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020
Un Negocio de Afecto y Adversión (Inebriate of Air Am I) at Curro Gallery (Guadalajara, Mexico)

2019
[On Approval] Beta Launch at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)
The Smiths at Marlborough (London, England)
Carry On with The Hole Gallery at Basel Switzerland
Post Analog Studio at The Hole Gallery (New York, NY)
Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)

2018
Coping Mechanisms at Library Street Collective (Detroit, MI)
Comic Form and Coming From at Galerie Odile Ouizeman (Paris, France)
Uncanny Memories at Sophia Contemporary Gallery (London, England)

2016
Social Structures, Art in Buildings at 125 Maiden Lane (New York, NY)
A Round About at Present Company (Brooklyn, NY)
MirrorMirror at Eric Firestone Gallery (East Hampton, NY)
Default at Honor Fraser (Los Angeles, CA)
Bargain Basement (curated) at Spring/Break Art Show (New York, NY)
Sugar Talk at LVL3 (Chicago, IL)
Objects and Everyday Goods at Mike Weiss Gallery (New York, NY)

2015
Not a Photo at The Hole (New York, NY)
A Rare Earth Magnet at Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY)
Making an Entrance at Robert Blumenthal Gallery/LVL3 (New York, NY)
Colors at Louis B. James (New York, NY)
Soft Core at Invisible Exports (New York, NY)
Not a Painting at The Hole (New York, NY)
What it Was (curated) at Nurture Art (New York, NY)
Makers Mark at Regina Rex (New York, NY)
Green at Spring Break (New York, NY)

2014
Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism at Denny Gallery (New York, NY)
Cemeterium at Emerson Dorsch Gallery (Miami, FL)
Alpenliebe at Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-höhe (Austria)
Grey Area at Bergdorf Goodman window (New York, NY)

2013
AB at Nomas Foundation (Rome, Italy)
Cut and Paste at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (Boulder, CO)
Thanks (curated) at Lu Magnus (New York, NY)

2012
Young Curators, New Ideas IV at Meulensteen Gallery (New York, NY)
This Side of Paradise at Andrew Freedman House (New York, NY)

2011
Shift Mindsets at Times Museum (Guangzhou, China)
Al Ghaib, Aesthetics of the Disappearance at Maraya Art Centre (Sharjah, UAE) and STUX (New York, NY)

2010
Growing Pains at Charles de Jonghe (Brussels, Belgium)
The West at Sunset at Abrons Art Center (New York, NY)
Skowhegan at 92YTribeca at 92YTribeca (New York, NY)
Unveil at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Philadelphia, PA)
Armed and Dangerous: The Art of the Arsenal at Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, MA)

 

 

Awards

2015
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting