Education  

1999     University of Arizona – Tucson, MFA, Department of Art

1995     University of Wisconsin – Madison, BS, Department of Art, Deans List

 

Academic Appointments          

2006-Present     Scripps College, Associate Professor of Art, Claremont, California          

2004-2006           Georgia College And State University, Assistant Professor of Ar, Milledgeville, Georgia

             

Residencies and Awards    

2017 Pyramid Atlantic Center (Denbo Fellowship), Hyattsville, Maryland

2014 KCAC – Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Center, Kathmandu, Nepal        

2010 Homesession, Barcelona, Spain

Bait Makan, Amman Jordan        

2009 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York

2008 Svenska Konstskolans Vänner, Nykarleby, Finland

2004 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway

2003 The Clay Studio – Guest Artist in Residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Community Arts Assistance Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois 

1999 The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana                  

 

Solo Exhibitions         

2021 As A Reminder, A-B Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Dyads, Actual Size, Los Angeles, California

2014 Beyond The Tangible Universe As You Understand It, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada

2012 Beyond The Tangible Universe As You Understand It, Cerritos College, Norwalk, California

2011 On Use and Possession, 643 Project Space, Ventura, California

On Use and Possession, ACPL Space, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout, Wisconsin

2008 Binding With Briars, Washington State University Art Gallery, Pullman, Washington

2006 Take Out Your Hammers And Loosen Their Belts, Milledgeville, Georgia; Leeds, Alabama; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Waco, Texas; Bossier City, Louisiana

Losing Race, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana                      

 

Selected Group Exhibitions            

2024     50 Years in the Making, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2021 “LA EDGE: Scripps Faculty in Art and Media Studies, Part 2,” Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California

2017 Making the Bed, Levine Furniture Mattress Showroom, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2014 Scripps College Faculty Exhibition, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California

Nykarleby Recall – A Retrospective, Rådhusgalleriet, Nykarleby, Finland            

Home ECOnomics, Curated by Danielle Giudici Wal, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga         

Scripps College 70th Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California

 2013 USPS-LA, Curated by Julia Haft Candell, Houston Community College Art Gallery, Houston, Texas

Let's Talk About Love Baby, Curated by Chido Johnson

-Printed Matter, Inc., New York, New York                     

-Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

2012 Let's Talk About Love Baby, Curated by Chido Johnson

-MOCAD - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan                     

-Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas

Kilnopening.edu, AMOCA - American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

2010 Creatures Great and Small

-Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky

-Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky

2009 Creatures Great and Small, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

Nothing But Air, Vasa Konstall, Vasa, Finland

2008 The Axe and the Spade, Ruby Green, Nashville, Tennessee

This Land Is My Land, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2006 Turning The Lens Back: 5 Artists, India, and the U.S., The Museum at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia

2005 Race (Enter Personal Politics), ATHICA - Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia

On and Off the Wall: Installations by Jennifer Angus, Adam Davis, John Hitchcock, and Cathleen Lewis, University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Faculty Exhibition, Georgia College and State University, Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Milledgeville, Georgia

2004 GC&SU Art, Middle Georgia Art Association Downtown Gallery, Macon, Georgia

2003 Made at The Clay Studio: Guest Artist-in-Residence Exhibition 2002–2003 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            

Curatorial            

2009 Wearing It On Your Sleeve: Sympathizers, Empathizers, Provocateurs, 65th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California

                     

Lectures            

2023 SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico

2021 Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York

2019 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

2018 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

2014 Accessing Narratives: An Artist Talk by Io Palmer and Adam Davis, Siddhartha Art-Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal      

2011 Artist-in-Residence Programs: A Field Manual and Travel Journal, Scripps College, Claremont, California

2010 Homesession, Barcelona, Spain            

Bait Makan, Amman Jordan          

Panel Chair, Hand to Mouth: Pedagogical Paradigms In Contemporary Ceramics, College Art Association, 98th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

2008 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

2006 University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana

Contemporary Art, Camp Afflerbaugh-Paige (Juvenile detention center), La Verne, California

2005 Panel Discussion, ATHICA – Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin          

2004 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway

2002 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1999 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

 

Catalogs, Publications and Reviews

2019 Davis, Adam. “The Art/Craft Divide,” http://boardofphotography.com/ , August, 2019

2014 Seckler, Judy. “Clay’s Sweet Symphony: 2014 Scripps College 70th Ceramics Annual,” Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 98 2014, p.80-85

Melrod, George, "2014 Scripps College 70th Ceramics Annual," Art Ltd., p. 18, March/April, 2014

Dasgupta, Kurchi. Conceptual Dance, Kathmandu Post, April 5, 2014

Displaying art thru' lectures, The Himalayan, March 26, 2014

Scripps College 70th Ceramic Annual (Exhibition Catalog), Curated by Kirk Delman and Mary MacNaughton,, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California

2013 Collet, Olivier & Lefaure, Jerome. We Can’t Wait For Better Times: Five Years Of Art Projects At Homesession, Barcelona, 2013

2012 Shahani, Nishant. Queer Retrosexualities: The Politics of Reparative Return, Lehigh University Press, 2012

Adam Davis: Beyond The Tangible Universe As You Understand It (Exhibition Catalog), Curated by James MacDevitt, Essay by James Macdevitt, Cerritos College Art Gallery

2010 Jeon, Shin-Yeon. “2010 College Art Association Conference In Chicago,”, Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, April 2010, p. 92-99

2009 Schwartz, Judith S. Confrontational Ceramics, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2008

Creatures Great and Small (Exhibition Catalog), Curated by Becky Alley, Murray State University 

2008 Jonathan, Mark. "Three Male Artists Explore Gender and Sexuality,", The Tennessean, April 19, 2008

Motlani, Aisha. "Place, Ritual and Memory," Milwaukee Express, January 24, 2008

Mård, Caroline. “Kreative Miljöombyte,” Osterbottens Tidning, June 29, 2008

2005 Phillips, Julie. "Stereotypes Found," Marquee, August 25, 2005, p.4

Sale, Beth. "Blank: Fill It In?," Flagpole, September 14, 2005, p.12

Phillips, Julie. "Color culture: ATHICA enters the 'Race'," Marquee, September 8, 2005, p.8-9

Derbecker, Krista. "ATHICA battles racial barriers with race-themed art exhibit," The Red and Black, August 26, 2005, p. 9