Artist Statement:
My work arises from an awareness and reverence for the physical environment around me. Awe of the land's pervasive mystery and potential grows inward and ultimately re-emerges in abstraction. I soak and stain my pieces, shifting the pigmented water around on the canvas. This painting process suggests the primal simplicity and organic rhythm of the landscape. Natural themes, such as the way water shapes the land, are mirrored in the visual traces of paint left behind.
I evoke the opposing forces of calmness and energy, permanence and transience witnessed in nature.
Awards & Distinctions:
Collections
West Virginia State Museum
Fairmont State University
Awards
Best of Show, Emerging Artists of WV, WV State Museum, Charleston, WV
Best of Show, Exhibit 60, MAA Gallery, Morgantown, WV
Exhibitions:
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017
Venerations featuring Lauren Adams & Derek Overfield. Fine Arts Center Gallery, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV
2012
Lauren Adams: Recent Works. Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
2011
Lauren Adams: Abstract in Nature. Redbrick Gallery, Martinsburg, WV
Recent Works by Lauren Adams. The Slingluff Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Brian Ferrell and Lauren Adams: The Aesthetics of Nature. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, Ligonier, PA
Lauren Adams: Recent Works. Robert C. Byrd Federal Building, Charleston, WV
2009
Paths: Landscapes in Oil. Gallery 62 West, Grafton, WV
2008
Feathers and Lead: New Works in Acrylic. Solera Gallery, Morgantown, WV
2006
Recent Works, James Brooks Memorial Gallery, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
Capture Color, Ivy Lane Living, Alexandria, VA
2014
Group Exhibition, Anne Neilson Fine Art, Charlotte, NC
2013
Winter Exhibition, Jeffrey Meier Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2011
Three Artists. Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
FestivAll Exhibition. Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
Holiday Exhibit. Annex Gallery, Charleston WV
2010
West Virginia Landscapes, West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV
Allied Artists of West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV (Award)
Lynn and Jennifer Boggess: Teaching Artists. West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV
2009
Emerging Artists of West Virginia, West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV (Best of Show)
Step Closer. Gallery RFD/EA Gallery, Swainsboro, GA
Exhibit 60. MAA Gallery, Morgantown, WV (Best of Show)
Education
BFA Visual Art, Painting – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 2008
BA Interdisciplinary Degree – Studio Art/French – Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV (Cumme Laude) 2006
Collections
West Virginia State Museum
Fairmont State University
Artist Tags:
minimal abstract art, abstract landscape paintings, stained canvas paintings, watercolor canvas, abstract expressionism, contemporary abstract
