LINDSAY ADAMS
b. 1990, Washington, D.C.
Lives and works in Chicago, IL.

EDUCATION
2025 MFA, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2012 B.A., International Studies: World Politics and Diplomacy
 B.A., Spanish/LAIS (Latin and Iberian Studies), University of Richmond, VA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 
Keep Your Wonder Moving, Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2022
Two Things Can Be True, Lindsay Adams, Eaton DC, Washington, D.C.
“…And Ain’t I A Woman.”, Riverhill Art Residency, Upstate Art Weekend, Ulster Park, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
It Never Entered My Mind, Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
In the Know, Show, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX 
Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Galley, New York, NY


2023
How Do We Know the World?, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD 
A Color Story, Cierra Britton Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 
Botany of Desire, Swivel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2022
Grow in Haiti, Alpha Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY 
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
All Together, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C. 
The Sanctuary, West Chelsea Contemporary, New York, NY 

2021
Operation Varsity Blues, Allouche Gallery, New York, NY
Truth About Me, ArtLeadHER Foundation, Urban Zen, New York, NY 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Diamond Forde, “The Buford Highway Farmers Market,” Southern Cultures. Summer (no. 2): 118-120
Phyllis Hollis, “A Conversation with Lindsay Adams,” Cerebral Women podcast. May 15 (Episode 201)
Haylee Barsky, “Romanticizing What It Means to Be a Painter: with Lindsay Adams,” Visionary Projects. February 29

2023
Jasmin Hernandez, “Lindsay Adams’s Intimate Paintings Explore Place, the Self, and Memory,” National Gallery of Art. December 15

2022
Meredith Shepard, “Painting at Peace,” OG Magazine. Edition 07: Artistic Activism
Lana Jackson, “Lindsay Adams: meet the artist reframing Black identity,” Soho House. April 29
Elliot C. Williams, “Painter Lindsay Adams Has More Than ‘Two Things’ To Say In Her First Solo Show At Eaton DC,” DCist. April 29

2021
Lindsay Adams, Featured Alumni, Doorways, Holton Arms School Alumni Magazine

2020
“I’m Young, Black, & Disabled — & This Is What I Want You To Know,” Refinery 29. July 24

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES 
2024
Helen Frankenthaler Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
International Residency, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Sojourn for Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Jacobs Project, Edenton, NC 

2023
New Artist Society Scholar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Judith Zielinski Scholar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2022
River Hill Art Residency, Ulster Park, NY 
Presidential Merit Scholar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

SELECTED LECTURES / PANELS
2023
Revitalizing Black Art: Navigating Institutional Relationships and Building Creative Communities, The Black Art Experience and Soho House Chicago, Chicago, IL

2022
Alpha Artist Alliance Exhibition Panel, Alpha Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY

2021
Art Haus, Operation Varsity Blues Group Show Discussion
The Artist’s Perspective: Navigating the Art World, Truth About Me Group Exhibition 
Women’s History Month: Artist Spotlight, Komuna Foundation 
Interbrand, Black Creativity Panel
How to make money from a side hustle, Life Kit Podcast, NPR 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Northwestern Law School, Chicago, IL