ABOUT

Adrienne Adar is a sound artist and photographer based in Los Angeles who has shown extensively both nationally and internationally.

Adar received her BA at Brandeis University (2003), MFA from NYU/International Center of Photography (2006) and studied at the Slade School of Art, London (2002). She creates interactive work, often incorporating living plants and technology in site-specific installations in addition to photographic and sculptural pieces.

Her work engages in a critique of the patriarchal history of Earth Works while concurrently manifesting her personal beliefs and political urgency of the current environmental crisis. Adar’s most recent solo exhibition was a multi-seasonal, interactive exhibition at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in 2019.

Her work has been written about in such publications as New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, NPR, Another Magazine, amongst others. Selected grants and honors include the Ralph M Parsons Curatorial Fellowship (2010), The Warhol Foundation (2015), The National Endowment for the Arts (2018), and the Brooklyn Arts Council (2018). Her work is featured in several private collections in addition to the permanent collections of LACMA and the Nevada Museum of Art.