Rachel Gloria Adams
Lives and works in Portland, ME
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Tidal Bloom | Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME
Go Back to Keep Going | Notch8 Gallery, Portland, ME
2022 Joy | Press Hotel, Portland, ME
2012 Garden Skyline | 475 Fore St, Portland, ME
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 The House Support Itself, Fort Hall Gallery X Lights Out Gallery curated by Ian Track, Brunswick, ME
2023 Good Enough for My House, Katzman Contemporary, Dover, NH
Euphoria, an ‘Over Here’ Pop Up at Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
2023 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2022 You’re Invited, Alice Gauin Gallery, Portland, ME
8x8, Notch8 Gallery, Portland, ME
No Time, Ticonic Gallery, Waterville, ME
Sun, Rise, Set | Notch8 Gallery, Portland, ME
Hold, Keep, Carry | George Marshall Gallery, York, ME
2021 TR4PPED | New Systems Exhibitions, Portland, ME
Part of an Immense Whole | Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
2020 Always, Gloria | Lawrence Library, Pepperell, MA
One Day at a Time | Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
2019 Terrible Twos | Curation 250, Lowell, MA
2018 You are Perfect When You Are Quiet | Pinecone + Chickadee, Portland, ME
B Sides | Good Fire Brewing, Portland, ME
2017 Maternity Leave | Gallery 49 at Oxbow Brewing, Portland, ME
NOTABLE ACQUISTIONS
2023 Farnsworth Art Museum, permanent collection, Rockland, ME
INSTALLATIONS
2023 You Showed Me Love | Mural w/Ryan Adams @ Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
2022 Germination | Window Exhibit @ Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Paint Pals | Mural @ SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 Flower Cluster | Mural @ Mill Board @ Mill NO.9, Lowell, MA
Maria Sanchez | Mural @ Piece Together Mural @ Austin Street Brewery, Portland, ME
PMA Summer Party Interactive Mural | Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Bloomin | Mural @ Oxbow Brewing and Blending, Portland, ME
WAVE | Mural in partnership with Indigo Arts Alliance – Art direction by Ryan and Rachel Adams with contributing artists Pam Chavez, Jason Brown and Ebenezer Akakpo
Go With the Flow | Mural @ Maine Children’s Museum and Theater, Portland, ME
Up in Air | Mural @ Maine Children’s Museum and Theater, Portland, ME
2020 Alain Nahimana | Piece Together Mural @ Coffee By Design, Portland, ME
Love, Portland | Commissioned Mural in partnership with Ryan Adams, Portland, ME
Moon Nguany | Piece Together Mural @ Rising Tide Portland, Portland, ME
Resilient Blooms | Flag @ Space Gallery, Portland ME
Fallen Blooms collab w/ Ashley Page | 754 Congress St., Portland ME
RESIDENCIES
2022 Pace House | Stonington, ME
2022 The David C. Driskell Black Seed Studio Fellowship | Portland, ME
2021 Speedwell Projects| Portland, ME
2012 Talent Agency | Portland, ME
PRESS/ PUBLICATIONS
2023 Art Review | Portland Press Herald
2021 Outsiders | Maine Home and Design
Mainers of the Year | Maine Magazine
Creative Coupling | Décor Maine
10 Cool, Colorful Muralists… | Apartment Therapy
Artists Rachel and Ryan Adams Are All Over Portland | Downeast Magazine
Public Art Memorial Paints Picture pf Racism’s ‘Long Rope’ | Décor Maine
2020 This has always been our experience | Portland Press Herald
Maine Craft Interviews Episode 1 | Maine Craft Association
2019 From Cookie Cutter to Memorable | DesignSponge
Big Picture | Maine Home and Design
2018 Studio Tour: Better Letter Hand Painted Signs | Design Sponge*
Feature | Makingzine
2009 Artwork Feature | DesignSponge
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2022 Space Gallery | Board of Directors, Portland, ME