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Jamie Adams



Jamie was born and raised in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For undergraduate studies he attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he received a BFA in 1983. In 2000 he earned an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

Jamie Adams’ work can be found in the permanent collections of the Woodmere Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the MOMA Library NYC, MOMA Wales, the LA County Museum of Art Research Library, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (São Paulo, Brasil), the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Pennsylvania Capitol Building, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Michigan, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Awards and residencies include the Violette deMazia Scholarship (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pa.) the Cité Internationale des Arts residency (Paris, France) and the Ragdale Foundation (Chicago, Ill.).

His work has been cited internationally in publications such as Art in America, Bulletin du Musée Ingres (Montauban, France), Blisss Magazine, Novembre Magazine, the Huffington Post, Just Magazine, and Hi-Fructose Magazine. His work has been included in publications such as “Fragonard, Regards croisés” (Jean-pierre Cuzin, Dimitri Salmon / Département des Peintures, Musée du Louvre, 2007) and “The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture” (McCann, Skira Rizzoli, 2014).


Work by Jamie Adams

Three standing and two seated figures by a cloudy beach. The standing figure in the middle is standing on one leg on his tip toes with hands above his head. The standing figure on the right holds a tiny notebook as if writing in it.

Bubba Bebop, 2022

Oil on linen
78 x 72 in.
A seated figure holding a book curled up in a chair sleeping with two heads peeking from the back

Jeannie Blue Shirt, 2022

Oil on linen
36 x 32 in.
A seated figure dressed in a white shirt and brown jacket and pants. A small dog is perched on the figure's arm looking away

Jeannie Pink Chair, 2022

Oil on linen
36 x 32 in.
Seated figure looking at us wearing a large brown jacket holding a red shirt close to their chest

Jeannie Four Roses, 2022

Oil on linen
45 x 30 in.
Two figures looking at us. The adult has their fingers crossed and the child is leaning on the adult while holding a flower

Joannie Pair, 2022

Oil on linen
36 x 32 in.
A figure with long hair blowing in the wind holding a piece of fabric to their chest

Meg Red Green, 2022

Oil on linen
30 x 24 in.
A child-like face on a body wearing business attire

Painter Boy, 2020-2022

Oil on linen
30 x 24 in.
Close up of monochromatic painting of a face

I See You Close Up (Jeannie Blue) , 2022

Oil on panel
11 x 14 in.