Education
1999 University of Arizona – Tucson, MFA, Department of Art
1995 University of Wisconsin – Madison, BS, Department of Art, Deans List
Academic Appointments
2006-Present Scripps College, Associate Professor of Art, Claremont, California
2004-2006 Georgia College And State University, Assistant Professor of Ar, Milledgeville, Georgia
Residencies and Awards
2017 Pyramid Atlantic Center (Denbo Fellowship), Hyattsville, Maryland
2014 KCAC – Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
2010 Homesession, Barcelona, Spain
Bait Makan, Amman Jordan
2009 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York
2008 Svenska Konstskolans Vänner, Nykarleby, Finland
2004 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
2003 The Clay Studio – Guest Artist in Residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Community Arts Assistance Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois
1999 The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
Solo Exhibitions
2021 As A Reminder, A-B Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Dyads, Actual Size, Los Angeles, California
2014 Beyond The Tangible Universe As You Understand It, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
2012 Beyond The Tangible Universe As You Understand It, Cerritos College, Norwalk, California
2011 On Use and Possession, 643 Project Space, Ventura, California
On Use and Possession, ACPL Space, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout, Wisconsin
2008 Binding With Briars, Washington State University Art Gallery, Pullman, Washington
2006 Take Out Your Hammers And Loosen Their Belts, Milledgeville, Georgia; Leeds, Alabama; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Waco, Texas; Bossier City, Louisiana
Losing Race, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 “LA EDGE: Scripps Faculty in Art and Media Studies, Part 2,” Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
2017 Making the Bed, Levine Furniture Mattress Showroom, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014 Scripps College Faculty Exhibition, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
Nykarleby Recall – A Retrospective, Rådhusgalleriet, Nykarleby, Finland
Home ECOnomics, Curated by Danielle Giudici Wal, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga
Scripps College 70th Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
2013 USPS-LA, Curated by Julia Haft Candell, Houston Community College Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
Let's Talk About Love Baby, Curated by Chido Johnson
-Printed Matter, Inc., New York, New York
-Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
2012 Let's Talk About Love Baby, Curated by Chido Johnson
-MOCAD - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
-Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
Kilnopening.edu, AMOCA - American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
2010 Creatures Great and Small
-Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
-Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
2009 Creatures Great and Small, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
Nothing But Air, Vasa Konstall, Vasa, Finland
2008 The Axe and the Spade, Ruby Green, Nashville, Tennessee
This Land Is My Land, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006 Turning The Lens Back: 5 Artists, India, and the U.S., The Museum at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia
2005 Race (Enter Personal Politics), ATHICA - Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
On and Off the Wall: Installations by Jennifer Angus, Adam Davis, John Hitchcock, and Cathleen Lewis, University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Faculty Exhibition, Georgia College and State University, Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Milledgeville, Georgia
2004 GC&SU Art, Middle Georgia Art Association Downtown Gallery, Macon, Georgia
2003 Made at The Clay Studio: Guest Artist-in-Residence Exhibition 2002–2003 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Curatorial
2009 Wearing It On Your Sleeve: Sympathizers, Empathizers, Provocateurs, 65th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
Lectures
2023 SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York
2019 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2018 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2014 Accessing Narratives: An Artist Talk by Io Palmer and Adam Davis, Siddhartha Art-Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 Artist-in-Residence Programs: A Field Manual and Travel Journal, Scripps College, Claremont, California
2010 Homesession, Barcelona, Spain
Bait Makan, Amman Jordan
Panel Chair, Hand to Mouth: Pedagogical Paradigms In Contemporary Ceramics, College Art Association, 98th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
2008 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
2006 University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
Contemporary Art, Camp Afflerbaugh-Paige (Juvenile detention center), La Verne, California
2005 Panel Discussion, ATHICA – Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin
2004 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
2002 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
Catalogs, Publications and Reviews
2019 Davis, Adam. “The Art/Craft Divide,” http://boardofphotography.com/ , August, 2019
2014 Seckler, Judy. “Clay’s Sweet Symphony: 2014 Scripps College 70th Ceramics Annual,” Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 98 2014, p.80-85
Melrod, George, "2014 Scripps College 70th Ceramics Annual," Art Ltd., p. 18, March/April, 2014
Dasgupta, Kurchi. Conceptual Dance, Kathmandu Post, April 5, 2014
Displaying art thru' lectures, The Himalayan, March 26, 2014
Scripps College 70th Ceramic Annual (Exhibition Catalog), Curated by Kirk Delman and Mary MacNaughton,, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
2013 Collet, Olivier & Lefaure, Jerome. We Can’t Wait For Better Times: Five Years Of Art Projects At Homesession, Barcelona, 2013
2012 Shahani, Nishant. Queer Retrosexualities: The Politics of Reparative Return, Lehigh University Press, 2012
Adam Davis: Beyond The Tangible Universe As You Understand It (Exhibition Catalog), Curated by James MacDevitt, Essay by James Macdevitt, Cerritos College Art Gallery
2010 Jeon, Shin-Yeon. “2010 College Art Association Conference In Chicago,”, Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, April 2010, p. 92-99
2009 Schwartz, Judith S. Confrontational Ceramics, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2008
Creatures Great and Small (Exhibition Catalog), Curated by Becky Alley, Murray State University
2008 Jonathan, Mark. "Three Male Artists Explore Gender and Sexuality,", The Tennessean, April 19, 2008
Motlani, Aisha. "Place, Ritual and Memory," Milwaukee Express, January 24, 2008
Mård, Caroline. “Kreative Miljöombyte,” Osterbottens Tidning, June 29, 2008
2005 Phillips, Julie. "Stereotypes Found," Marquee, August 25, 2005, p.4
Sale, Beth. "Blank: Fill It In?," Flagpole, September 14, 2005, p.12
Phillips, Julie. "Color culture: ATHICA enters the 'Race'," Marquee, September 8, 2005, p.8-9
Derbecker, Krista. "ATHICA battles racial barriers with race-themed art exhibit," The Red and Black, August 26, 2005, p. 9