BORN
1981, Cincinnati, OH
Lives and works in Cincinnati, OH

EDUCATION
Hughes Center, Cincinnati, OH

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009

• “Art Thing & the Orgllycreeks & Common Surprise” Country Club, Cincinnati, OH

2008

• “Negative Into Positive”, Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2007

• “The Evolution of the Kids”, UnMuseum, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2005

• Artworks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Cincinnati Art Museum commissioned work for Education Center’s permanent collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

2001

• “Arts for All,” an Empowerment Zone Arts Fair, Cincinnati, OH

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009

• “SOS Art 2009”, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• “GREEN SPACES: Every Day is Earth Day”, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2008

• Nada Art Fair with Country Club, Miami, FL
• “Talk to Me: Text/Image”, curated by Matt Distel, Visionary & Voices Banner and Ross Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Atlanta Folk Festival, Atlanta, GA
• “Visionary Living”, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2007

• “Outsiders United!”, Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
• “Visionnati II”, Visionary & Voices Outdoor Art Fair, Cincinnati, OH
• “Pop Life: Outsider Artists & the Pop Idea”, UC Gallery Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH
• “The Hookup: Visionaries & Voices Art Transformed”, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• “Pop Life Portraits”, Powerhouse Gallery, Covington, KY
• “Roadworthy”, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH

2006

• “Same Difference: Artists with and without Disabilities Side by Side”, Artworks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• “80s Superstars”, mural at Shake It Records, Cincinnati, OH
• Visionnati exhibition, Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Good Folk Fest, Louisville, KY

2005

• Castellini Room (two one-day exhibitions), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
• “We Come in Peace: Visionary Artists with and without Disabilities Collaborate”, Artworks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Works included in exhibitions honoring Raymond Thunder-Sky, CINergy First Floor Offices, KZF Gallery, USA
• Frames, and Shake It Records, Cincinnati, OH
• Assisted in designing the Inclusion Network Award given to leaders in the Cincinnati community, Cincinnati, OH
• “Zoo Blooms!”, Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, OH
• Visionary &Voices, Cincinnati, OH
• “Over Our Heads”, Essex Studios, Cincinnati, OH
• “Art Moves Public Arts Project”, Northside, OH sites include Bughouse Video, Taylor Jameson Hair Design, The Comet, and Chop Shop, Cincinnati, OH
• “Say What?”, Essex Studios, Cincinnati, OH
• McFadden’s Art show and Fundraiser, McFadden’s Restaurant, Cincinnati, OH
• V&V Holiday Art Walk, Essex Studios, Cincinnati, OH
• Cincinnati Art Museum commissioned work for Education Center’s permanent collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

2004

• “Reuse, Rethink, Recreate”, Satellite Installation partnerships with ArtWorks at Contemporary Arts Center,
  Cincinnati, OH
• Art Walk, Visionaries & Voices, Cincinnati, OH
• V&V First Silent Auction and Fundraiser, American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Cincinnati, OH
• Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• “Visionary Playhouse”, Visionary & Voices partnership with Kenwood Towne Centre and Brandenburg
• Homes (Antonio decorated and painted furniture and made art for display at mall which was later auctioned off), Kenwood Towne Centre, Cincinnati, OH

2003

• Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY
• “Pleasantly out of Proportion”, University of Cincinnati Medical Libraries, Cincinnati, OH
• “I Am Perfectly Made”, Essex Studios, Cincinnati, OH
• “Life as We Know It”, Visionaries and Voices, Cincinnati, OH
• Pyramid Hill Art Fair, Cincinnati, OH
• Visionaries & Voices, Cincinnati, OH

2002

• African American Artists Exhibit, University of Cincinnati Medical Arts Library, Cincinnati, OH
• “When Silence Becomes Singing”, Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middleton, OH
• “My Mind Told Me”, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Knowledgeworks Foundation annual dinner, Washington, DC
• Summer Fair, Cincinnati, OH
• Base Gallery Members Show, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Folk Art Fair and Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA

2001

• Ohio State House, Columbus, OH
• “Art Thing: Drawings, Paintings, Objects and Words by Antonio Adams, Richard Brown, Paul Rowland, and Raymond Thunder-Sky”, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• “Art Thing 2: Works by Antonio Adams, Richard Brown, Paul Rowland, Rose Sattler, and Raymond Thunder-Sky”, Queen City Grind Coffeehouse, Cincinnati, OH
• Southwest Ohio Self Advocacy Conference, Sharonville, OH
• “Imaging the Future”, TASH National Conference, Anaheim, CA
• America Oh Yes!, Washington, DC
• In the Gallery, Nashville, TN

2000

• “Fruitcake”, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Self Determination Conference, Columbus, OH

AWARDS
2004

• Leadership Award, The Inclusion Network

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2005

• Assisted with art-making workshop in conjunction with the “Nicholas and Alexandra” exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH

2004

• Led art-making workshop at Kenwood Towne Centre, Cincinnati, OH

2003

• Taught art-making workshop for people with disabilities during a two-day conference, Cincinnati, OH

2001

• “How to Make Something Sexy or Fancy”, art-making workshop for people with disabilities in Middletown, OH
• Visiting artist with artist/poet Pam Myricks at workshop for people with disabilities, Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown, OH

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009

• Rosen, Steve. “Art: Antonio Adams at Country Club” CityBeat. April 7.
• Durrell, Jane. “Country Club Gallery” WVXU Cincinnati. April 5.
• Muente, Tamera Lenz. “American Grit” CityBeat. March 11.
• Morris, Matt. “Art: Green Spaces at ArtWorks” CityBeat. March 10.

2008

• Raw Vision #65. Winter.
• Shebar, Alex. “Turning Pain Into Art” Cincinnati Enquirer. November 6.
• Grade, Susan Watt. “Negative into Positive: Antonio Adams”, NUVO. July.

2007

• Works from “Pop Life” featured in Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati Citybeat, Cincinnati Enquirer, and CINWeekly. July.

2006

• Wilson, Kathy. “When Silence Becomes Singing”, CityBeat. April 23.
• Shake It Records mural picked as “100 best things about Cincinnati”. Cincinnati Magazine, December.
• “Pop Life: Outsider Artists and the Pop Idea” catalogue. June.

2005

• CINWeekly. Article focusing on “We Come in Peace” at Artworks Gallery. February.
• Cincinnati Enquirer. Article focusing on Antonio’s work at Visionaries & Voices. June.

2004

• Banner, Keith. “ Visionary and Voices: Art Equals Life. Folk Art Messenger: January.
• Cincinnati Post. Article focusing on Inclusion Network Award. January.
• Cincinnati Enquirer. Article focusing on Visionary Playhouse at Kenwood Towne Centre. August.

2003

• Cincinnati Enquirer. Article focusing on opening of Visionaries & Voices. October 6.
• Inaugural edition of Art Thing Planet, a newspaper published by self-taught artists: poem and drawings featured. October.

2002

• Cincinnati Enquirer. Article focusing on University of Cincinnati Medical Library art exhibit. February 15.
• Hamilton Journal. Article focusing on Middletown Fine Arts Exhibit. March 21.
• Pittsburgh Folk Art Fair and Symposium catalogue. December.

2001

• Art Thing: Outsiders In/Insiders Out, full-color catalogue corresponding with Base Gallery exhibition, published through grant by Corbett Foundation
• Appeared on ABC-affiliate Channel 9 News talk-show with Mona Morrow (July)
• Callison, Jenny. “Artists paint the town red”, Cincinnati Enquirer. June 27.
• “Art Thing” video featured on Cincinnati Cable Access (June/August)
• Kelly, Kevin. “Gotta Do It”, CityBeat. April 12.
• Hamilton Journal. Full-page article focusing on Base Gallery exhibit. April 3.
• Starr, Cindy. “The atypical artist”, Cincinnati Post. March 21.