EDUCATION
2000 Master of Fine Arts
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa

1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa

AWARDS
2000 Violette deMazia Scholarship recipient, Barnes Foundation
1999 Mildred K. Cohen Memorial Award
1998 Gilroy Roberts Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (full scholarship)
Master of Fine Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1997 Juror’s Choice Award, Butler Museum Midyear Exhibition
1982 Paxton Travel Award, Carnegie Mellon University
1980 Wilfred-Readio Award, Carnegie Mellon University

PROFESSIONAL
2004- Core Director; School of Art, Washington University in St. Louis
2003-2004 Full-time Faculty; School of Art, Washington University in St. Louis
2002-2003 Full-time Faculty; Art Department, Salisbury University
2000-2002 Faculty; Painting, Drawing; Temple University
Faculty, Life Drawing, Painting; Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts
1992-97 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Instructor; painting/drawing
1983-90 Illustrator, Pittsburgh, Pa
1988-92 Carnegie Mellon University; College of Fine Arts; Faculty, Drawing/Illustration
1983 Pitt Studios, Pittsburgh, Pa; Illustrator

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
11/05 Atrium Gallery, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
2/05 Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
10/04 OM Gallery, New Orleans, LA
12/01 Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
7/01 Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC
7/99 “Marilyn Memory”, 937 Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa
10/98 PAFA Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
3/03 Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
12/03 Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
10/03 “Go Figure”, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD
6/03 PAFA Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
5/03 Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
Painters, Atrium Gallery, Salisbury University
3/03 Invitational exhibition; Take Home a Nude, Armory Art Center, Palm Beach, FL
1/03 OM Gallery; New Orleans, LA
9/02 Anthony Kelly Gallery; New Orleans, LA
8/02 Group exhibition; Victory Space; Jersey City, NJ
10/01 “Re-presenting Representation”, National Exhibition; Arnot Art Museum, NY.
8/01 Group exhibition; Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
6/01 Group show; Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
1/01 Group exhibition; F. A. N. Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
5/00 Graduate exhibition; The American Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pa
4/00 Group Exhibition, Claire Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
8/99 89th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa. Juror: Photographer Duane Michals; Mildred K. Cohen Memorial Award
7/99 63rd Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown;
Juror: Painter Norman Bluhm
3/99 Exhibition; PAFA Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
9/98 88th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
3/98 Pittsburgh Biennial Exhibition; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pa;
Juror: Lawrence Rinder, Curator; Whitney Museum of Art
9/97 87th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Juror: Madeleine Grynesztejn, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Carnegie Museum of Art.
7/97 61st Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown
Juror: Painter Don Eddy, Juror’s Choice Award
4/97 Group Show; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia, Pa
8/96 Group Exhibition; Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pa
3/96 937 Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa
6/95 85th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
1/90 Faculty Exhibition; CMU Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1995 “Speakers’ Portrait Program”, Valley Tribune, North, Sept 30, 1995.

Carpenter, Mackenzie “State of the Art”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 11, 1995.

Yvonne Raymond “Casey Portraitist”, The Record-Argus, December 23, 1995.

1996 Schroeder, Ivy “AAP Display”, Art Review: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 1996.

Roddy, Dennis “The Pain and the Painting”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 13, 1996.

FEEDBACK: Letters to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 1996.

Burger, Kim “Artist Undaunted by Criticism”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 22, 1996.

AP Wire: Stakocic, Keith; “Grief Painting” June 13, 1996.

“URBAN PIETA...NOT EXPLOITATION”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 16, 1996.
Fleishman, Jeffrey, “Passions Run High in Pittsburgh over Painting of Violence”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20

Krebs, Jeanette, “Picture of Success”, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pa,

1997 Strader, Jim, “No Wallflower; DeWeese...”, Herald-Standard, January 26.

“Artist in Our Midst”, Shady Ave Magazine, Spring 97, Issue III, Vol. 1.

Miller, Donald “Pittsburgh painters make strong showing...”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
July 12, 1997.

“Center for the Arts sets Pittsburgh Biennial”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 3, 1997.

Miller, Donald “Urban transformation a key factor in selection of 11 artists for Biennial”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 2, 1997.

1998 Potter, Chris “What’s It All About?”, City Paper, April 3, 1998.

Shearing, Graham “A Banner Biennial”, Ticket Magazine, April 9, 1998.

Miller, Donald “Searching for the edge...”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 25, 1998.

Shearing, Graham “The illusion of the Traditional”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 28, 1998.

1999 Shearing, Graham “Marilyn as Putty in the Artist’s Hands”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
August 5, 1999.

Miller, Donald “Central piece brings message to Butler’s Midyear show” , Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, August 1999.

Thomas, Mary “Imaginations burn in Hot Spots and Marilyn exhibits”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
August 14,1999.

Miller, Donald “The Best of 1999 Art” , Pittsburgh Weekend Magazine, December 31, 1999.

2000 New American Painting 2001, Publication, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA.

2001 Fallon, Roberta Sketches, a Roundup of Noteworthy Shows, “Postmillenial Tension”
Philadelphia Weekly, January 10, 2001.

2003 Carnegie Mellon University Alumni News.

Bonetti, David “Slein Gallery show is heavy...” St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
November 2, 2003.

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania
House Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
W. Stuart Helm, Robert Hamilton, Hiram J. Andrews,William DeWeese, K. Leroy Irvis,
Jack Selzer, Kenneth Lee, Robert O’Donnell, Franklin Lichtenwalter, Herbert Sorg, Ira Fiss, Charles Smith, Matthew Ryan. (Mr. Adams has painted more portraits in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building
than any other artist in its history.)
Pennsylvania Senate; Presidents Pro Tempore Henry Hager, Martin L. Murray,
Robert D. Fleming, Anthony J. DiSilvestro, and M. Harvey Taylor.
Dr. Stephen Heilman; Founder of Medrad Corporation
Dr. Wesley Posvar; 15th Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh
Cardinal John J. Wright; Bishop of Pittsburgh
Edward R. Schatz; Acting President of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Founding members of the University of Michigan Medical School.
Numerous Deans of the University of Michigan Engineering Department.
R.P. Simmons, COB Allegheny Teledyne, painting for Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Byham, CEO, DDI Corporation.Pennsylvania Governor’s Office
Pennsylvania Senate/ President Pro Tempore James S. Berger
Pennsylvania Senate/ President Pro Tempore Charles Ealy
Salisbury University/ Benefactor William Henson

COLLECTIONS
Pennsylvania Governor
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Senate
The University of Michigan
The University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Federated Investors Incorporated
Medrad, Incorporated
Allegheny Teledyne, Inc.
Penn State University
Salisbury University