Biography

Marina Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1960. She received a BFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a MFA from Columbia University in New York, New York. 

Adams' recent solo and group exhibitions include "The Art of Living Slowly" at Galerie Thomas Schulte in Berlin, Germany (2025); "Marina Adams" at Devals x Salon 94 in Paris, France (2024); "To a World Full of Others" at Von Bartha in Basel, Switzerland (2024); "Light as Space: Marina Adams, Joanne Greenbaum, Anne Truitt" at Maruani Mercier in Knokke, Belgium (2024); "The Shape of Color" at Peter Blum Gallery in New York, New York (2024); "Hovering on the Edge" at Timothy Taylor in London, United Kingdom (2024); "In the Garden of My Memory" at Longlati Foundation in Shanghai, China (2023); "Mother Tongue" at Galerie Thomas Schulte in Berlin, Germany (2023); "50 Paintings" at Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2023); "Artists Choose Parrish: Part II" at Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York (2023); "Flower Power" at Von Bartha in Copenhagen, Denmark (2022); "What Are You Listening To?" at LGDR in New York, New York (2022); "Regarding Kimber" curated by Jay Gorney at Cheim & Read in New York, New York (2022); "Structuring Light: Marina Adams, Paul Mogensen & Joanna Pousette-Dart" at Maruani Mercier in Brussels, Belgium (2022); "Unrepeated: Unique Prints from Two Palms" at David Zwirner in New York, New York (2022); "Wild Is Its Own Way" at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2021); "Deep Breathing" at Von Bartha in S-chanf, Switzerland (2021); "Works on Paper (2016-2021)" at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2021); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2021); "An outline taking shape to become a profile" at Von Bartha in Copenhagen, Denmark (2021); "Affinities for Abstraction: Artists on Eastern Long Island 1950 to 2020" at Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York (2021); and "FOCUS: Marina Adams" at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas (2020). 

Work by Adams is held in public collections including Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine; K11 Art Foundation in Hong Kong, China; Longlati Foundation in Shanghai, China; The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York; The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas; Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York; and the Rennie Collection in Vancouver, Canada. 

Marina Adams lives and works in New York, New York and Parma, Italy. 

Selected Works
  • Marina Adams, Gem 4, 2020
    Marina Adams
    Gem 4, 2020
    Acrylic on linen
    40 x 30 x inches
  • Marina Adams, See-Line Woman 5, 2020
    Marina Adams
    See-Line Woman 5, 2020
    Acrylic on linen
    40 x 30 inches
  • Marina Adams, Les Demoiselles, 2019
    Marina Adams
    Les Demoiselles, 2019
    Acrylic on linen
    98 x 78 inches
  • Marina Adams, NY Series, 2019
    Marina Adams
    NY Series, 2019
    Gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper
    12 x 12 inches (each)
    30.5 x 30.5 centimeters
    16 x 16 inches (framed)
  • Marina Adams, Portrait and a Dream 7, 2014
    Marina Adams
    Portrait and a Dream 7, 2014
    Gouache and india ink on paper
Exhibitions
  • Invitation for group exhibition titled Drawing Island in New York in 2017

    Rita Ackermann, Marina Adams, Gina Beavers, Alex Beccera, Brian Belott, Katherine Bernhardt, Dike Blair...

    Drawing Island 16 February – 26 March 2017 New York