Adam Shirley

Still life (one), 2012. Steel, 66 x 91 x 70 inches

Still life (two), 2014. Steel, 59 x 70 x 37 inches

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Detroit, Michigan, 1970

Resides: Detroit, Michigan

Education: Cranbrook Academy of Art (M.F.A., 2010); College for Creative Studies (B.F.A., 1993)

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2015

Galerie Gallery, Rotterdam.

2013

"Long Distance," with Dineke Blom, Review Contemporary Gallery, Detroit.

2012

"Hartmut Austen and Adam Shirley," The Art Gallery, Macomb Center for the Arts, Clinton Township, Michigan.

"Still Life," Review Contemporary Gallery, Detroit.

2010

"False Flat," Review Contemporary Gallery, Detroit.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015

"Algun/Another," Terminal 205, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

"Baggage, Coffee and Tea," Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

2014

"Material Affair," Cave Gallery, Detroit.

"Forced Collaboration," Popp's Packing, Hamtramck, Michigan.

"Paper for the Sky," Interstate Projects, Brooklyn.

2013

"Car Crash," Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Detroit.

2012

"Material Workshop," Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

"Sculptural Objects and Functional Art," Navy Pier, Chicago.

2011

"Multiple Personalities," Valade Gallery, Detroit.

2009

"Color," Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

"Recollect," Review Contemporary Gallery, Detroit.

2006

"Mental Metal," Gallery Function + Art, Chicago.

2005

"Actual Size," Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit.

2000

"Three to Go," Bettcher Gallery, Miami.

"Tabletop Sculpture Invitational," Rosanne Raab Associates, New York.

1999

"Insecticide," Thomas Mann Gallery, New Orleans.

1998

"Toys and Gadgets," Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston.

1997

"For Sight," Gallery I/O, New Orleans.

1996

"New Millennium," Detroit Artists Market.

1994

"Op Art," Hoffman Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

Selected Bibliography

2014

Dluzen, Robin. "Recommended from Detroit: A Show About Artists Studios, Done Right," Art Fag City (November 5).

2012

Jakubik, Amanda. "Adam Shirley: Still Life," Trendland (July 30).

2011

Miller, Vanessa. "Re:Collect, All About the Details," Knight Foundation Blog (September 12).