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EDUCATION
1999 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, painting, Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy
1998 BFA Sculpture, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Edges, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2024 Basin, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle WA
2022 Water Color, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2020 Skeleton, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2017 Places, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2015 New Paintings, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
In Situ, Cult Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2014 Calderas, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 The Optimist, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2012 Honey from the Sky, Yogurt from the Mountaintop, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
VOLTA NY, New York, NY
2011 APEX project space, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2010 New Westerns, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2009 Waterwegen, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 False Fjords, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Hinterland, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 The Glows, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 A Great Knot, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Portland, OR
On Wee, Hive Modern, Portland, OR
2002 This Lone Thicket, Crowsenbergs, Portland, OR
2001 Ignoring Recent Plot Twists, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 New Work From Our Artists’ Studio, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
2021 Walking, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
The Color of Breathlessness, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2019 It’s Summer!, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2018 Space Rocks, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Encounters, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2017 Dislocation, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2016 A Stand of Pine in a Tilled field: 21 years at PDX, PDX contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2015 CHRONODRIFT, The Lumber Room, Portland, OR
2014 Mountain, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2013 Thinking Like The Universe, K Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 True Places, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 Wild Kingdom, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Earth Matters, Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2010 Art House: A Gallery in a Home, Jacquie Nichols, Los Angeles, CA
Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the
Environment, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA and
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2009 Out of Bounds: Art from the collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Considered Space, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2008 Volume, WorkSound Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 Weirding and the Uncanny, Newberg Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
High Five, Juried Exhibition, The CW, Los Angeles, CA
It’s all about Maps, Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Safety Dance, Portland, OR
Suite B, Valentine’s, Portland, OR
The Portrait Show, Hall Gallery. Portland, OR
2005 6th Annual Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Group Show, Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Introductions, Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Core Sample, Portland, OR
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2002 New Abstraction, Mahlum Architects, Courtesy of Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Attainable Paradise, Eagerwally Gallery, Portland, OR
Nautical/ Maritime, Eagerwally Gallery, Portland, OR
Aisle 21, Warehouse Artist Co-Op, Portland, OR
Auction, Cameron Showroom, Portland, OR
2001 Alphabet Dress, Portland, OR
Fourth Dimension and Beyond, Mahlum Architects, Courtesy of Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Meeting People, Charm Bracelet, Portland, OR
2000 Art in the Dark, Martial Art Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Shift, SACI Post Baccalaureate Exhibition, Florence, Italy
Adam Sorensen, Brad Schmidt: New Paintings, SACI Gallery, Florence, Italy
1998 BFA Exhibition, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
RESIDENCIES
2014 Crow's shadow Institute of the Arts "Golden Spot" residency artist, Pendleton, OR
1999 Resident artist and assistant glass blower at Westfalisches Industriemuseum, Glashutte, Germheim, Germany
COLLECTIONS
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Nora Eccles Harrison Musuem of Fine Art at Utah State University, Logan UT
Progressive Insurance
Westfalisches Industriemuseum, Glashutte Gernheim, Germany
The CW, Los Angeles, CA
4Culture, Seattle, WA
Oregon Health Sciences University
The Nines, Portland, OR
JoAnn Hickey
Troy and Janet Lewis
Driek Zirinsky
Mary Ellen Hockensmith & Michael McCulloch
PUBLICATIONS
2019
2015 Speer, Richard. "It used to be Better, Favorite Shows" Willamette Week April 1
2012 "Juxtapoz New Contemporary", Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine
2011 Motley, John. “Adam Sorensen’s landscape of abstract reality opens at the Portland Art Museum.” The Oregonian, Sept. 15, 2011.
Speer, Richard. “At the APEX: With his fantastical landscape paintings, Adam Sorensen is on the cusp of breakout success.” Willamette Week, Sept. 14, 2011 [cover image].
“Into the Land, Out of Language.” PORT, Sept. 2, 2011.
2010 Speer, Richard. “Best of 2010.” Willamette Week, Dec. 29, Jan. 4, 2010: p31.
Speer, Richard. “Adam Sorensen: ‘New Westerns’ at PDX Contemporary Art.” art ltd., Nov/Dec 2010.
Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the Environment [exhibition catalogue]. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010.
Speer, Richard. "Top Summer Shows You Can Still Catch, North and South." The Huffington Post, Sept. 14, 2010.
Speer, Richard. "Adam Sorensen at PDX Contemporary." Visual Art Source, Sept. 10, 2010.
“Adam Sorensen, Nick Blosser.” WW Pick, Willamette Week, Sept. 1, 2010.
Row, D.K. “September First Thursday: Critic’s Picks.” The Oregonian, Sept. 1, 2010.
2009 Zevitas, Steven T., editor. New American Paintings [juried exhibition in print], vol. 14, issue 6. Boston: The Open Studios Press, December 2009/January 2010.
2008 Motley, John. “A Year In Review.” The Portland Mercury, December 23, 2008.
Motley, John. “Updating the Sublime.” The Portland Mercury, December 16, 2008.
Hicks, Bob. “Gallery watch: The Pearl District’s imaginary landscapes.” The Oregonian, Dec. 12, 2008.
Libby, Brian. “Pop traits inform artist’s landscapes.” The Oregonian, Dec. 4, 2008.
Hackett, Regina. "Painters at Different Stages of Their Careers Show Strong in Three Exhibits." Seattle Post Intelligencer, February 7, 2008.
Jahn, Jeff. "Portland Openings in Seattle and New York." PORT (portlandart.net), January 10, 2008.
Row, D.K. "Shows of Note." The Oregonian, January 2008.
2007 Pagel, David, editor and juror. High 5: Emerging Art in America [exhibition catalogue]. Los Angeles: CW Television Network (publisher), 2007.
Motley, John. “Adam Sorensen.” Portland Mercury, March 8-14 2007.
Jahn, Jeff. “Adam Sorensen’s ‘The Glows’ at Elizabeth Leach Gallery.” PORT, March 7th, 2007.
ArtWeek
2004 Zevitas, Steven T., editor. New American Paintings [juried exhibition in print], vol. 8, no. 6.
Boston: The Open Studios Press, January 2004. (back cover photo credit)
2003 Oregon Biennial [exhib. cat]. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2007.