Adam Helms
Man and Buffalo, 2005. Gouache and graphite on paper, 48 × 40 inches.
Standing NFA Irregular #2, 2005. Gouache on paper, 40 × 33 inches.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Tucson, Arizona, 1974
Resides: Brooklyn
Education: Yale University, School of Art (M.F.A., 2004); Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A., 1997)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005
“Brother’s Keeper,” Sister, Los Angeles.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
“Collection 2005/06,” Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels.
“Having New Eyes,” Aspen Art Museum, Colorado.
2005
“You Are Here,” The Ballroom, Marfa, Texas. Catalogue.
“Sticks and Stones,” Perry Rubenstein, New York.
“Bridge Freezes Before Road,” Gladstone Gallery, New York. Catalogue.
“Delicate Demons and Heavenly Delights,” Oliver Kamm, New York.
“Greater New York 2005,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York. Catalogue.
2004
“Cable Twentieth Anniversary Show,” Nicole Klagsbrun, New York.
“Some Exhaust,” Lehmann Maupin, New York.
“Bungle in the Jungle,” Sister, Los Angeles.
“Relentless Proselytizers,” Feigen Contemporary, New York.
“Grotto 2,” Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn.
2003
“Crosstown Traffic,” John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
“Wight Biennial,” New Wight Gallery, University of California Los Angeles. Catalogue.
“Gilligan’s Island,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami.
2002
“New Homes for America (Under Construction),” Weather Records, Brooklyn.
“Block Party Benefit,” Bellwether, Brooklyn. Also 2000.
2000
“Flat File,” Bellwether, Brooklyn.
1999
“First Inaugural Show,” GV/AS, Brooklyn.
“War: Artists’ Bulletin Board,” Postmasters, New York.
Selected Bibliography
2005
Bae, James. “Marfa Review,” Artlies (fall).
Bollen, Christopher. “Finely Drawn,” Vman (fall–winter).
Cotter, Holland. “Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable,” The New York Times (July 8).
Dailey, Meghan. “Contemporary Drawings,” Art & Auction (November).
Heartney, Eleanor, “Report from New York 1—Return to the Real?” Art in America (June–July).
Raven, Lucy. “Adam Helms,” Bomb (fall).