Opening Friday May 6, 2011

"..in a couple of days..", a new site-specific drawing and corresponding studies by John M. Adams at The Adam Lister Gallery

"Excessive Perspective" "Excessive Perspective" highlights new definitions and approaches by artists using and depicting volumes and spatial relationships within their work. Going beyond the basic concept of pictorial logic, these artists address the notion of something or somewhere, while referencing a disconnection to that same thing. A language of space and time, visually divided and multiplied within itself, expresses a mysterious rationality behind the act of production and simplification. The work in this exhibit explores alternative viewpoints to understanding the world around us and the infinite web of parallel realities. John M. Adams Remmi Brant Bobby Coleman JAMIN Jacobe Noonan Stephanie Rivers May 6 - May 20 Opening reception: Friday May 6 6-9pm Gallery Director- Adam Lister email: adamlistergallery@gmail.com T#: 646.263.7305 Old Town Fairfax Village Plaza 3950 University Drive Fairfax VA 22030

Good News

"Sitting Still 121"
Oil and Acrylic on Birch Panel - 2010
10" x 8.5"

Its been a good month here, I've been awarded a 2011 Strauss Fellowship from the Arts Council of Fairfax. I am also currently a semifinalist for the 2011 Bethesda Painting Awards, wish me luck!

This is the last week for you to catch "Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueno" at Evolve Urban Arts Project.

And of course Saturday, April 23 is the first public performance of "Ghost Music", a collaboration with composer Matt Sargent and percussionist Bill Solomon.

New Paintings Posted

"In through the out"

Oil, Acrylic and Graphite on Birch Panel
40"x17" - 2010

I've posted more paintings to the Instance and Sitting Still portfolios on my website.

Ghost Music Performance

This will be the first public performance of all aspects of Ghost Music, my collaboration with composer Matt Sargent and Percussionist Bill Solomon. You can read a great article about Matt's vision for the piece in the Hartford Advocate.

Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueno

You still have three weeks to see this great show at Evolve Urban Arts Project. Check out some of the blog coverage: The DCist, East City Art, The New Gay, and H Street Great Street.
This show includes 14 new drawings, most from 2011.

Watch Me Make a Drawing: April 2, 2011

I will create a new site-specific drawing at the Adam Lister Gallery on Saturday, April 2 from 10-4 pm as part of the "Paint the City: Fairfax, VA" event (which will include many artists working on location in the streets of Fairfax City through out the day) . Here is a great description of the event on the Pinkline Project.

Come buy to chat and see the work in progress - I will also have several new framed drawings available for sale. The Adam Lister Gallery is located at 3950 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030.

"Efflux" Destruction Coverage

Its a little late but here are some great photos and a little write up about the last night of Efflux on Borderstan.

"Efflux" Destruction set for February 15, 6pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Brooke Seidelmann, Director

The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery

1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009

202.483.8600 | www.smithfarm.com/gallery | gallery@smithfarm.com

U-Street Sidewalk Serves as a Stage for Interactive Performance Art

Washington, DC – February 8, 2011 – The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery announces the final performance of John M. Adam’s Efflux, on Tuesday, February 15, beginning at 6pm on the gallery sidewalk.

Since mid January the gallery has hosted

John M. Adams’ site-specific drawing/video installation as part of its IN-FLUX window peek-show series, and on Tuesday, Feb. 15, Adams’ will culminate the work’s lifecycle with its final performance and destruction.

Adams' work straddles the domains of performance and installation art; his drawings are designed and created specific for their space, and immediately destroyed at the close of the exhibition. The feathery line-quality of Efflux’s graphite drawing evokes plumes of smoke, equally transitory and in keeping with the larger work's momentary existence. Alongside the installation's gestural work, a TV monitor loops footage of Adams creating the piece itself. And on February 15 the piece will be destroyed in a public performance, offering a complete metaphor for evolution - moving the viewer through creation, existence and destruction. Unlike Efflux’s creation, for the final performance Adams will relinquish his role as the works’ active participant and provoke pedestrians to walk on his work, thereby assuming active roles in the work’s anticipated end.

Join us on Tuesday, February 15^th as an active participant in Efflux’s finale and literally leave your mark!

Tuesday, February 15^th

6pm - Performance begins

6:20pm-7pm: Gallery Reception and Meet the Artist. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Performance Location - sidewalk in front of The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, 1632 U St. NW

About The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center: The Gallery is a mission of Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts, a Washington, DC nonprofit organization grounded in the profound belief that each person has tremendous innate abilities to heal in the face of life’s challenges. Smith Farm’s mission is to develop and promote proven healing practices that explore physical, emotional, and mental resources that lead to life-affirming changes. Programs and exhibitions in

The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery celebrate and stimulate the dynamic creative resources that contribute to health and wellness in each of us. To learn more please visit:www.smithfarm.com/gallery

"Efflux" : Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery

"Efflux" by John M. Adams at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery	Efflux: John M. Adams ef·flux [ef-luhks] -noun 1. outward flow, as of water. 2. something that flows out; effluence. 3. a passing or lapse of time. 4. a passing away; expiration; ending. view images here
"Efflux" detail "Efflux" January 14 - 6pm February 15, 2011 (on view 24 hours a day) "Adams' work straddles the domains of performance and installation art; his drawings are designed and created specific for their space, and immediately destroyed at the close of the exhibition. The feathery line-quality of his graphite drawings evoke plumes of smoke, equally transitory and in keeping with the larger work's momentary existence. Alongside the installation's gestural work will also be a monitor looping footage of Adams creating the piece itself. Together Efflux's components offer a metaphor for evolution - moving the viewer through creation, existence, and eventual destruction." -Brooke Seidelmann, Gallery Director, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center 1632 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 202.483.8600
Additional Exhibitions
"Finding Zero" - Solo Exhibition January 6-February 27, 2011 John M. Adams' paintings represent the process of grasping at that which is transient and ephemeral. Adams' adventures canoeing down rivers, traversing mountains, and navigating urban jungles inform their visual language. His perceptions of these experiences remain ambiguously familiar and appear if not in the composition of the work, then in the process. Athenaeum 201 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 703.548.0035 "Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueno" March 5 - April 23, 2011 This two person exhibition features large scale ethereal graphite drawings from John M. Adams and Mark Parascandola's photographs of abandoned "Spaghetti Western" stage sets in the Spanish desert. Curated by Eric Hope. Evolve Urban Arts Project 1375 Maryland Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002 202.489.8160

Reception for "Finding Zero" 4-6pm January 9, 2011

"Finding Zero", paintings by John M. Adams

Seep, oil and acrylic on wood panel, 20"x17"

Public reception: 4-6pm Sunday January 9, 2011 "Finding Zero" by John M. Adams at the Athenaeum 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314 / 703.548.0035 John M. Adams' paintings represent the process of grasping at that which is transient and ephemeral. Adams' adventures canoeing down rivers, traversing mountains, and navigating urban jungles inform their visual language. His perceptions of these experiences remain ambiguously familiar and appear if not in the composition of the work, then in the process. Artist Statement: My current body of work activates the perceptual connection between artist, object (or environment), and viewer. The paintings reflect my meditative process of repetitive mark making through the transparent layers of subtle atmospheric and textured surfaces. These chaotic marks are juxtaposed with the structure of a regulated rhythm of horizontal lines (not unlike those found on maps, graphs and notebook paper). The combination resonates with a quiet vibration that propels the viewer into an image whose color scheme and composition remain ambiguously familiar, as if from an incomplete memory that is nonetheless vivid. The combination of process and product are an amalgam of time and space where memory and experience of the present meet. The Athenaeum is an amazing venue with wonderful natural light, those who arrive early with be delighted to see the work under these conditions. I look forward to seeing you at the reception. The Athenaeum is open Thursday, Friday and Sunday 12-4pm and Saturday 1-4pm. "Finding Zero" will run January 6 - February 27, 2011. John M. Adams Paintings, Drawings and Site-Specific Artwork www.thefullempty.com

Date Change for "Efflux" Drawing Installation

My drawing installation at The Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts has been delayed a couple of days because they are installing a new video monitor. I willnow be installing the drawing on the afternoon of Thursday January 13, 2011 and it will be on view for 3 weeks following that date before it is destroyed - don't miss it!