Adam Putnam    bio + work

Born in New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY

Education

2000
M.F.A., Yale University School of Art
1995
B.F.A., Parsons School of Design


Solo Exhibitions

2008
Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA (Upcoming)
2007

Project Room P.S. 1, New York, NY
Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY

2005
Andrew Kreps, New York, NY
Sandroni.Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Magic Lanterns, Artists Space, New York, NY


Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

Moscow Bienniale of Contemporary Art, Moscow Russia
Infinite Orogeny, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti Milan, Italy
My Flashing Laundrette. Galleria Raucci/Santamaria Naples, Italy
A Moving World, Gallery 52, New York, NY

2006

Only the Paranoid Survive, HVCCA, Pekkskill, NY
Bring the War Home, QED, Los Angeles, CA
A Rabbit as King of The Ghosts, curated by Justine Kurland and Dan Torop, Mitchell-Innes & Nash - Chlesea, New York, NY

2005

The Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar Kvaran and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Oslo, Norway, Bard College, Serpentine, London
Annotations, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Plain of Heaven, Creative Time, New York, NY 
The Most Splendid Apocalypse, PPOW, New York, NY
Seth Kelly and Adam Putnam, Derek Eller Gallery, New York NY
I Still Believe in Miracles, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
A Slower Time, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Axxxpresssunizum, Vilma Gold, London, England; Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Lumpen Decadents, curated by Gean Moreno, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL
NeoQueer, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2003
Escape from New York, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Benefit for Into the Abyss, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Staged/Unstaged, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Riva, New York, NY
Into the Abyss, Ketilhusid, Akureyri, Iceland
I Just Can't Pretend, curated by Dan Torop, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Hi8 #3, curated by Alexandre Estrela, Parkhaus Treptow, Berlin, Germany
Benefit auction, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY

2001
Space 2, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ghost Stories, curated by Casey McKinney, Sandroni.Rey, Venice, CA
Benefit auction, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Project Room, Sandroni.Rey, Venice, CA


2000
Walker After Hours, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

1999
The Searchers, curated by Robert Longo, Artist Space, New York, NY
Minty, curated by Bruce Hainley, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


1997
Terra Bomba Ð A Performance View of Installation, Exit Art, New York, NY
Minty, curated by Bruce Hainley, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


Performances

2005

Embrace, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Stilts, Arst about Face, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Couch II, Ambientheatre, Exit Art, New York, NY
Sweat, Ambientheatre, Exit Art, New York, NY
Couch, New Romantics, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY


Awards
2005

Grizedale Residency, UK

2004

Rema Hort Mann Artist Grant

2003

Artists Space Independent Project's Grant


Lectures

2006

“Into the Abyss” Ilana Halperin & Adam Putnam, GoMa, Glasgow, 2006
“Black & Blue: Steven Parrino & Yves Klein: Lecture by Adam Putnam,” P.S. 1, New York, NY

2005

“Something Else: A lecture series curated by Adam Putnam,” Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway, 2005
“Three nights of film screenings by Adam Putnam,” Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, New York
“Passing Time: A Lecture Series curated by Adam Putnam,” Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY

2004

“All the World's a Ruin - A Magic Lantern Slide Show,” Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY
“Into the Abyss - A Film Screening,” Passerby, New York, NY
“Dark Entries,” University of Pennsylvania School of Landscape Architecture, Philiadelphia, PA


Bibliography

Brio, Ginevra. Ilana Halpernin and Adam Putnam, Espoarte, September 2007, p. 158
Banai, Nuit.  “Adam Putnam”, page 58-60, 110 Modern Painters, September 2007,
Moreno, Gean. “The Ghost in the Machine” Art Papers Mar/Apr 2006
Murison, Jason. “Adam Putnam/Seth Kelly” NYArts Magazine vol. 10, Sept/Oct 2005
Murison, Jason. “Passing Time” Review AC: Collaborative, Summer, 2005
Donnelly, Trisha. “The Top Ten” Artforum, March 2004
Potterf, Tina. Visual Arts: Seattle Times, February 27, 2004
Moreno, Gean. “The End of the Future” Art Papers Sept/Oct, 2002
Goldberg, Roselee. Reviews: Artforum April, 1997


Publications

Plain of Heaven, Catalogue, 2005
The Uncertain States of America, Catalogue, 2005
I Still Believe In Miracles, Catalogue, 2005
North Drive Press, ed. Matt Keegan, 2005
Frozen Tears 2, ed. John Russell, 2004
Into the Abyss, ed. Adam Putnam, 2003
Escape from New York, Catalogue, 2003
Zing Magazine, no.17, 2002
Charley Magazine, ed. Mauricio Catellan, 2002
Epicycle/Motorcycle, catalog ed. Jesse Bransford, 1995