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
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Take Home a Nude Auction / Sotheby’s / NYC
WFA x AANYAA x Fieldstones / Windham Fine Arts / Windham NY
5 x 7 / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
2022 Recently Now / Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery / Stone Ridge / NY
Flowers x NYAA / Wilkinson Gallery / Tribeca / NYC
5 x 7 / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
2021 Art Miami / Art Miami Pavilion / Miami / FL
Artists for Artists / Sotheby’s / NYC
Five by Seven / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Cuttyhunk Island Artist Residency / Kilburn Mill / New Bedford / MA
2020 Utopian Living / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Residence / Main Street Arts / Clifton Springs / NY
5 x 7 / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
2019 Art New York Fair / Curated by Helena Christensen / Pier 94 / NYC
NYAA Paddle 8 / Online Exhibit & Auction
5 x 7 / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
WBG Members Show / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
2018 Radius 50 / Woodstock Artist Assoc. Museum / Woodstock / NY
Five by Seven / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Future Stories / Intercontinental / NYC
Small Works / WAAM / Woodstock / NY
In the AiR / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Scholars Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Byrdcliffe Awards Ceremony / Byrdcliffe Mountain Utopia / Woodstock / NY
2017 Latent Content Analysis / The Lodge Gallery / 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
Deck the Walls / Wilkinson Gallery / NYC
Single Fare 4 / Highline Stages / NYC
Palette / Abend Gallery / Denver / CO
Summer Ex / Flowers Gallery Chelsea / NYC
Take Home a Nude / Sotheby’s / NYC
Scholars Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / 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
THAN Auction / Sotheby’s / NYC
Summer Exhibition / Flowers Gallery Chelsea / NYC
Point of Origin / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
Junior Scholars Exhibition / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Left Right Brain / New York Academy of Art / NYC
5 by 7 / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
AIR Open Studios / Byrdcliffe Guild / Woodstock / NY
2015 Art Southampton / Bridgehampton Art Fair / NY
Small is Beautiful / Flowers Gallery Chelsea / NYC
AIR Open Studios / Byrdcliffe Guild / Woodstock / NY
Scholarship Members Show / Salmagundi Club / NYC
2014 Juniors / Denise Bibro Gallery / NYC
Behind the Curtain / Mark Miller Gallery / NYC
Voyeur / Lyons Wier Gallery / NYC
Summer Exhibition / Flowers Gallery Chelsea / 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 Chelsea / 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 Special 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 Showcase / 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 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 | PRESS
2021 Artist in Residence / Springboard for the Arts / Fergus Falls / MN
2020 Artist in Residence / Main Street Arts / Clifton Springs, NY
2019 Nominated for the Pollack-Krasner Foundation Photography Grant
Curator of Relief Exhibition / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
2018 Front page of Chronogram Magazine’s Arts and Culture section
Up In The AiR Panel Discussion / Kleinert James Center for the Arts / Woodstock / NY
President’s Award Presented by the Salmagundi Club / 5th Ave / NYC
Nominee for Dumfries Scotland Artist Residency
Interviewed on ArtGrind podcast:
https:/artgrindpodcast.com/ep-06-james-adelman-nocturnal-perambulations/
2017 Artist in Residence / Cuttyhunk Island Residency / Cuttyhunk / MA
Artist in Residence / Fieldstones Artists Residency / Medusa / NY
Artist in Residence Fellowship / Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild / Woodstock / NY
Pollack-Krasner Foundation Artist Residency Funding
The Blue Review interview in conjunction with Latent Content Analysis exhibit
Latent Content Analysis exhibition panel discussion / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
Deanne Keller Memorial Award / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Alumni Host Committee Appointee / New York Academy of Art / NYC
Panel Discussion / Kleinert James Art Center / Woodstock / NY
Permanent Collection of the Salmagundi Club
2016 Artist in Residence Fellowship / Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild / Woodstock / NY
Work Featured in Vogue Magazine
Artist’s Talk / Flowers Gallery / NYC
President’s Award / Salmagundi Club / NYC
Pollack-Krasner Foundation Residency Funding
Panel Discussion / The Lodge Gallery / NYC
2015 Artist in Residence Fellowship / Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild / Woodstock / NY
Pollack-Krasner Foundation Residency Funding
Nominee for Dumfries Scotland Residency through New York Academy of Art
2013 Artist in Residence University of Shanghai & Central Academy of Fine Arts
Shanghai & Beijing / China
2012 Junius Allen Memorial Award presented at the Salmagundi Club / NYC
2010 Artist in Residence with Fellowship / Vermont Studio Center / Johnson / VT
Artist’s Talk and Slide Presentation at the Vermont Studio Center / Johnson / VT
2010 Inducted Salmagundi Club Scholarship Member / Union Square / NYC
2002 Artist in Residence / La Napoule Art Foundation / Mandelieu-La Napoule / France
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Posey Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study
New York Academy of Art Exhibitions Scholarship
New York Academy of Art Merit Scholarship
2013 Posey Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study
New York Academy of Art International Representative
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
2004 Selected to represent UMass in the Five Colleges Advanced Drawing Seminar
Selected to represent the Universities’ 2-D 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