Born: 1965, Worthington, MN. Education  Master of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1992. Bachelor of Arts, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 1989. Awards/Fellowships/Scholarships Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council, 2000.  Funds used to travel to Provence, France for study. Provided the basis for current body of work.  Al Smith Fellowship/Professional Assistance Award, Kentucky Arts Council, 1998. Teaching Assistantship/full-scholarship, University of Kentucky Art Department, 1990-92. Mausycki Art Scholarship, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 1988-89. Recent Solo Exhibitions 2009    Heaven and Earth, Z. T. Johnson Gallery, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY. 2008    Outside Looking In, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY. 2007    Patrick Adams, The Harcum Art Gallery, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH.                 Evidence, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY.     2006    Of Light and Dust, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2005    A Delicate Balance, Gallery One, Nashville, TN.   2004    Real Presence, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY.             An Uncreated Light, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY. 2003    Idylls (catalog available), Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL. 2002    Field of Vision, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY. 2001    The Journey from Bonnieux, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL.             New Work, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY. 2000    Layers of Time, Tower Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, KY. 1998    New Works on Paper, Chapman Gallery at Science Hill, Shelbyville, KY. Recent Two-Person Exhibitions 2008    Intimate Spaces:  New Works by Patrick Adams and Susan Hall.  Gallery One, Nashville,  TN.            Together Again for the First Time:  New Paintings by Robert Tharsing and Patrick Adams.  Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY. 2007    New Work:  Patrick Adams and Tamar Kandar, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY. Recent Group Exhibitions 2009    BACKYARD, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.  A juried exhibition of six selected artists from within a hundred-mile radius of Cincinnati. Catalog available.     A River, an exhibition to benefit the Harpeth River Watershed Association, Gallery One, Nashville, TN.       Paintings by Patrick Adams, Ron Arps, and Allen Crocket, Art Access Gallery, Bexley (Columbus), OH. 2007    Uncommon Wealth; A retrospective of past recipients of the prestigious Al Smith Fellowship Award (traveling exhibition, 2007-08), Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. 2006    Angles on Abstract, Gallery One, Nashville, TN.            Uncommon Wealth:  Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships,     Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY.     2005    Group Exhibition, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, IL.            The Ever-changing Landscape (invitational), Kentucky Museum of Art and Design,     Louisville, KY.            Grand Opening Exhibition, Gallery One, Nashville, TN. 2003    Exhibition 280/Parameters (catalogue available; Peter Plagens, Newsweek art critic, juror), Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.             Between a Thought and a Thing, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY.             Art Bound, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY. 2002    Gallery 5017, Fort Worth, TX. 2001    Small Stuff, Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV. 1999    The Peripheral as Preoccupation, Studio San Guiseppe Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Recent Media/Reviews Alexa Hinton, Artists Create Work with an Abstract Eye, Nashville City Paper, August 31, 2006. Laura Meyers, A Hint of Nature Characterizes Today’s Abstract Landscapes:  Works Subtly Evoke a Sense of Time and Place, Art Business News, Feb., 2005 Brittany Griffin,  A Delicate Balance, Jessamine Journal, June 16, 2005. Heather Castro, Abstract Landscapes include Touches of Humanity:  Painter’s Layered Technique Hints at Effects of Time, Lexington Herald-Leader, Dec. 12, 2004. Looking at Painting, a three-part KET/PBS series featuring 14 Kentucky artists.  Aired Dec. 5, 2001. Patrick Adams at Lydon Fine Art, Chicago.  Gallery Guide (featured preview), Chicago/Midwest edition, Oct., 2001. David Minton, Landscape, Abstraction Mingle Nicely in ‘Time’.  Lexington Herald-Leader, Nov. 5, 2000. Tim Staley, Landscape Painting at its Best, Kentucky Kernal, Oct., 25, 2000. Ann McCarty, The Peripheral as Preoccupation, Dialogue Magazine, Nov./Dec., 1998. Owen Findsen, Landscapes Show Power of Imagination, Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept., 1998. Recent Corporate Acquisitions Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Gaylord International Convention Center, Washington, DC. Quintess, Leading Residences of the World  (project, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC, Nashville, TN. Earl Swensson Associates, Inc., Nashville, TN. Seminole Group, Tulsa, OK. Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL. Lodge at Rancho Mirage, Lobby Lounge, Rancho Mirage, CA. TI (Treasure Island), High Rollers Lounge, Las Vegas, NV. Hilton, Presidential Suite, Virginia Beach, VA. Riverview Condominiums, Chicago, IL. Villa Medici, Overland Park, KS. Pegasus Solutions, Scottsdale, AZ. Austin Mehr Law Offices, Lexington, KY. Portofino Restaurant, Lexington, KY. Stored Value Systems, Louisville, KY. Dollar General Corporate Offices, Nashville, TN. Lexington Clinic, Lexington, KY.

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