Education
2014 MFA New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2010 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2005 BFA Cum Laude, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Exhibitions * Solo denoted with an asterisk
2018 Future Stories / The Intercontinental / NYC (Forthcoming)
Scholars Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
2017 Latent Content Analysis / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
Take Home A Nude / Sotheby’s / NYC
Inside Out / Art New York Context Fair / Pier 94 / NYC
The Time is Now / Chesterfield Gallery / NYC
The Power of Silence / Art Lines Gallery / NJ
Five by Seven / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Thumb Box Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Scholars Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Deck the Walls / Wilkinson Gallery / NYC
Single Fare 4 / The Highline Stages / NYC
Palette / Abend Gallery / Denver / CO Summer Ex / Flowers Gallery Chelsea / NYC
Fresh AiR / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Tribeca Ball Honoring Will Cotton / New York Academy of Art / NYC
Book Ends / Herter Art Gallery / Amherst / MA
All Hollow’s Eve / Carrillo Studios / NYC
2016 Picturing the Unprintable / Flux Factory / NYC
Inaugural Exhibit / The Museum of Ice Cream / NYC
Point of Origin / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
THAN Auction / Sotheby’s / NYC
5 by 7 / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Summer Exhibition / Flowers Gallery Chelsea / NYC
Junior Scholars Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Left Right Brain / New York Academy of Art / NYC
AIR Open Studios / Byrdcliffe Guild / Woodstock / NY
2014 Behind the Curtain / Mark Miller Gallery / NYC
Juniors / Denise Bibro Gallery / NYC
Voyeur / Lyons Wier Gallery / NYC
Summer Exhibition / Flowers Gallery / NYC
MFA Thesis Exhibition / Wilkinson Gallery / NYC
Tribeca Ball / New York Academy of Art / NYC
Open Studios / New York Academy of Art / NYC
Small is Beautiful / Flowers Gallery / NYC
China Exhibition / New York Academy of Art / NYC
2013 Take Home A Nude Auction / Sotheby’s / NYC
Mutual Interest / Shanghai University College of Fine Arts / Shanghai / China
Juniors Exhibition / Mehu Gallery / NYC
Tribeca Ball / New York Academy of Art / NYC
Single Fair 3 / RH Gallery / NYC
Spaces / New York Academy of Art / NYC
2012 Summer Exhibition / SCNY / NYC
Heads / New York Academy of Art / NYC
The Drawing Room / Milavec Hakimi Gallery / NYC
Junior Scholar Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
2011 The Barn to the Big Apple / Herter Art Gallery / Amherst MA
Salmagundi Club Summer Potpourri Show / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Salmagundi Junior Scholar Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
2010 Winter Solstice / Forum Gallery at Cranbrook / Bloomfield Hills MI
Studios / Cranbrook Academy of Art / Bloomfield Hills MI
Open Views / VSC Barbara White Fishman Building / Johnson VT
The Poetry of Space / Artana Gallery / Boston MA
2008 * James Adelman: Unresolved / Gallery 51 NJ
2008 A Little Night Art II / Montclair Arts Council NJ
Spring Group Exhibition / Gallery 51 NJ
2007 S.O.S: Shelter Our Sisters / Bobbi Brown Studios / Montclair NJ
2006 * James Adelman: Paintings in Three Styles / Gallery 51 / Montclair NJ
2005 * James Adelman: Recent Work / Augusta Savage Gallery / Amherst MA
2005 Open Studios at the Barn / The Art Barn / Amherst MA
Junior/Senior Award Show / Herter Art Gallery / Amherst MA
2004 Drawings from the Five Colleges / Eli Marsh Gallery / Amherst MA
Art Show Amherst / Amherst Common / Amherst MA
Junior/Senior Award Show / Herter Art Gallery / Amherst MA
2002 Works From La Chateau de la Napoule / Herter Art Gallery / Amherst MA
Beginnings / Herter Art Gallery / Amherst MA
Awards, Honors, Residencies
2018 President’s Award / Salmagundi Club / NYC
2017 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Byrdcliffe Residency Funding
Deanne Keller Memorial Award / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Alumni Host Committee Appointee / New York Academy of Art / NYC
Panel Discussion / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
Panel Discussion / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Fellowship / Woodstock / NY
Acquired to Permanent Collection of the Salmagundi Club
2016 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Residency Funding
Panel Discussion / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
Work Featured in Vogue Magazine
President’s Award / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Artist’s Talk / Flowers Gallery / NYC
Brydcliffe Artist in Residence Fellowship / Woodstock / NY
2015 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Residency Funding
Brydcliffe Artist in Residence Fellowship / Woodstock / NY
Nominee for New York Academy of Art’s Scotland Residency
2013 University of Shanghai & Central Academy of Fine Arts Residency / Shanghai & Beijing / China
2012 Junius Allen Memorial Award presented at the Salmagundi Club / NYC
2010 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and Residency / Johnson / VT
Artist’s Talk and Slide Presentation at the Vermont Studio Center / Johnson / VT
2010-2015 Salmagundi Club Scholarship Member / NYC
2002 La Chateau de la Napoule Artist Residency / Mandelieu-La Napoule / France
Academic Awards and Honors
2014-2013 Posey Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study
New York Academy of Art Exhibitions Scholarship
New York Academy of Art Merit Scholarship
2013-2012 Posey Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study
New York Academy of Art Merit Scholarship
2010 Cranbrook Academy of Art Merit Scholarship
2005 Graduated Cum Laude
Department of Art External Jury Award for Excellence
Department of Art Internal Jury Award for Excellence
Awarded Dean’s List six out of eight semesters
Selected to represent UMass in the Five Colleges Advanced Drawing Seminar
Selected to represent the UMass 2D area during Homecoming Celebrations
Department of Art External Jury Award for Excellence
Department of Art Internal Jury Award for Excellence
2003 Inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society
2002 Inducted to the Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Fraternity
Chancellor’s Award and Scholarship
Related Employment
Present-2014 Studio Assistant for artist Mark Tansey
2016 Graduate Painting Teaching Assistant for artist Inka Essenhigh, NYC
2015 Graduate Painting Teaching Assistant for artist Bernardo Siciliano, NYC
2016-2014 Lead Preparator at Flowers Gallery New York, NYC
2014-2013 Preparator at the New York Academy of Art, NYC
2013-2011 Field Services Specialist Crozier Fine Arts, NYC