John Berggruen Gallery
Mark Adams
Biography
MARK ADAMS 1925-2006
Born: 1925, Fort Plain, New York
Education:
1955 Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif, Aubusson, France
1947 Columbia University, New York, NY
1945-47 Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
1945-43 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Teaching:
1987 Arrowmont College of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, Tennessee; Watercolor Workshop, Carmel Valley, California; Life Drawing Workshop, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1986 Arrowmont College of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, Tennessee; Pacific Grove, California
1978 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis
1972 San Francisco Art Institute
1963 Painter in Residence, American Academy in Rome
1961 San Francisco Art Institute
Solo Exhibitions:
2007 Mark Adams: Watercolors, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Paintings, Watercolors and Prints,John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Paintings and Watercolors, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mark Adams: A Retrospective, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1987 Mark Adams: Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, California travelling to Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1984 Mark Adams: Watercolor and Tapestries, Graham Modern, New York, NY
1983 Mark Adams: Prints and Watercolors, Hastings Gallery of Art, Hastings, CN; College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Mark Adams: Recent Watercolors, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Mark Adams: Recent Watercolors, Graham Galleries, New York, NY
1980 Mark Adams: Recent Watercolors, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1972 Smith-Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1971 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1970 Mark Adams: An Exhibition of Tapestries, Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR
Mark Adams, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1968 Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1967 Tapestries and Drawings, Santa Rosa County Public Library, Santa Rosa, CA
1966 Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1964 Tapestries by Mark Adams, French & Company, New York, NY
1962 Tapestries, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1961 Contemporary Tapestries by Mark Adams, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Tapestries by Mark Adams, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1959 Tapestries by Mark Adams, San Jose State College, San Jose, CA Tapestries: Mark Adams, M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1958 Modern Tapestries by Mark Adams, San Diego State College, San Diego, CA
1957 Tapestries by Mark Adams, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1954 Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions:
1997 "Structures: Buildings in American Art, 1900-1997," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Second Annual Collaboration," Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1996 "The Robert Arneson Tribute Exhibition," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"A Collaboration," Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1995 "Objects of Desire," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"XXV Years," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Mark Adams, A Way with Color; Beth Van Hoesen, Works on Paper," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 "Twenty-Six Artists: A Selection of Works from John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco," Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989 Jane Haslem Salon, Washington, DC
1987 "Mark Adams/Beth Van Hoesen," Pacific Presbyterian Professional Building, San Francisco, CA
"Watercolors," Shasta College, Redding, CA
"Master Exhibition Series," Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
"Flo Allen: a Model for a Generation," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts," San Francisco, CA
1986 "Tapestry-Contemporary Imagery/Ancient Tradition: United States, United Kingdom and Canada," Cheney Cowles Memorial Art Museum, Spokane, WA
"Airport Cafe: An Exhibition About Food and Art," San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
"The Golden Land," San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
"Life Drawings - 1960's: Seven San Francisco Artists," Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 "American Realism: Twentieth-Century Drawings and Watercolors," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"American Realism," William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Two California Artists: Mark Adams/Beth Van Hoesen," University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
"The Small Press Phenomenon: Work from 18 Bay Area Fine Art Presses," Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 "Contemporary American Realists," Orr's Gallery, San Diego, CA
"The Art of Connoisseurship and the Print," DeSaisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, CA
"California Drawings," Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Recent Acquisitions," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Painters at U.C. Davis: Part II," Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1983 "Bon a Tirer," DeSaisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
"Contemporary Drawings," Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"California Contemporary: Recent Work of 23 Artists," Monterey Peninsula of Art, Monterey, CA
"Figure Drawings: Five San Francisco Artists," Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982 "New American Graphics II," Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WI
Whitewater, travel through 1983 by The Art Museum Association of America
1981 Drawings from the Figure, Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward
1980 "Water Works", Art Gallery, University of North Dakota
1979 "Tapestries: 15-20th Centuries," Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco
1978 "Contemporary Tapestries," Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
1977 "Works on Paper - 3 Artists," Smith-Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California
"Invitational American Drawing," Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, California
"Contemporary Tapestries," San Jose Museum of Art, California
1976 "Five Centuries of Tapestry," California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
1976 "Contemporary Tapestries," Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
"Fiber and Clay," California State University, Hayward
1973 "Mark Adams: Drawings, Paintings, Tapestries; Beth Van Hoesen: Intaglio Prints," Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco
1970 "West Coast '70: Painters & Sculptor," E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento
1969 "Tapestries by Mark Adams and Graphics by Beth Van Hoesen," Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, California
"16th Painting Annual 1969," Richmond Art Center, California
1966 "Newman Guild Religious Art Invitational," E.B. Crocker Gallery, Sacramento
"The 5th Biennial National Religious Art Exhibition," Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
"400 Years of Tapestry," Norfolk Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
"California Design," Pasadena Museum, Californias
1964 "84th Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute," San Francisco Museum of Art
"Bienale Internationale de la Tapisserie," Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
"COLLECTOR; Object/Environment," Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York
"Religious Art," City Art Museum of St. Louis, Missouri
1963 "5 Bay Area Artists," San Francisco Art Institute, "Vistas," San Francisco Art Institute
1962 "California Design," Pasadena Museum, California
"Fourth Winter Invitational Exhibition," California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
"Fine Arts for Architecture," California Council, American Institute of Architects Convention, Monterey, California
"Paintings, Sculpture and Crafts of Pacific Coast Artists," Tacoma Art League, Washington
"Bienale Internationale de la Tapisserie," Musee Cantonal, Lausanne, Switzerland
"81st Annual Painting Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute," San Francisco Museum of Art
"COLLABORATION; Artist and Architect," Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York
1961 "Fresh Paint," Stanford University, California
"American Business and the Arts," San Francisco Museum of Art
"Contemporary Tapestries," Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
"24th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association," San Francisco Museum of Art
1960 "Trinity 1960: Church Art Today," Grace Episcopal Church, San Francisco
Artist Works
Pink Rose in Glass
watercolor, graphite on paper
18 x 24 inches
Two Pink Camellias
watercolor, graphite on paper
18 x 24 inches
Farm Buildings
1985
watercolor on paper
17 1/2 x 23 3/8 inches
John Berggruen Gallery | Artist | Mark Adams
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