BIO
Adam Newman (b. Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1984) currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a painter and installation artist known for his works created from a hypothetical perspective the artist refers to as “God view” in which he examines man-made reality and our human response through the eyes of God.
Newman’s artistic identity centers on the objective of investigating man-made objects and sociological constructs through earthy colored pastel paintings, figurative drawings, and thought provoking three dimensional pieces. The artist presents themes of vulnerability, social violence, scarcity, and “10% hope” through imagery that contrasts and personifies natural and synthetic elements within scenes of magical realism. His use of these recurring motifs are enriched by the incorporation of varying degrees of free association. A practice carried on from his earliest work in which he translated his subconscious into two dimensional realism. Newman has moved on to more pragmatic content in which he hopes to encourage social and economic change.
Newman’s work has exhibited at venues such as The Emporium in Knoxville, Tennessee; Where Ya Art Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana; and Studio Gallery in San Francisco, California. Newman has also executed large scale murals across the southeast in Nashville, Knoxville, and New Orleans.
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Born in 1984 in Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Resides and works in New Orleans, LA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 An American Realist, (solo exhibition) Mark Carson English Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2019 Delusionary, (solo exhibition) The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
2019 EXPOSED, (solo exhibition) Honeybee Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2022 A Spark in the Dark, (group exhibition) Knox Dark Room, Knoxville, TN
2023 DreamWorld, (solo exhibition) The Rume Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2023 Homemade: White Linen Night, (group exhibition) Old 77 Hotel, New Orleans, LA
2023 Homemade: Dirty Linen Night, (group exhibition) Where Ya Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2024 Degas House Art Fest, (group exhibition) The Edgar Degas House, New Orleans, LA
2024 Tiny, (group exhibition) STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025 West Coast Biennial, (group exhibition) Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA
2025 Made in California, (group exhibition) Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2025 Art of Flavor: White Linen Night, (group exhibition) Old 77 Hotel, New Orleans, LA
AWARDS
2025 Athena Fund Finalist, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2020 - Art Street Residency Program, Art Street LLC, 1941 Arts St, New Orleans, LA 70117
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2019 Hear This, public, Nashville (The Gulch), TN
2019 King Street, Charleston, private, Knoxville (Old City), TN
2020 Connection, private, New Orleans (Jefferson), LA
2021 Big Sky, public, New Orleans (Marigny), LA
2022 Light, Dark, & In between, private, Knoxville (Old City), TN