Derrick Adams

Derrick Adams (born 1970) be American visual den performance artist den curator. Much of Adams ein work dey center around ein Black identity, frequently dey reference patterns, images, den themes of Black culture insyd America. Adams additionally work as a fine art professor, wey dey serve as a faculty member at Maryland Institute College of Art.

Derrick Adams

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	United States
Name wey dem give am	Derrick
Family name	Adams
Ein date of birth	1970
Place dem born am	Baltimore
Ein occupation	visual artist, performance artist, painter, sculptor, exhibition curator
Employer	Maryland Institute College of Art
Educate for	Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Columbia University School of the Arts
Residence	New York City, Brooklyn
Notable work	Around the Way
Dema official website	http://www.derrickadams.com/
Copyright status as creator	works protected by copyrights

Early life den education

Dem born Derrick Adams insyd 1970 insyd Baltimore, Maryland. After he briefly teach elementary school, Adams attend de Pratt Institute. Dey follow ein 1996 graduation, Adams earn ein Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University, wey he plete ein degree insyd 2003.

Career

Insyd 2016, Adams create an installation (wey dey title Derrick Adams: THE HOLDOUT — A Social Sculpture plus Curated Music Program) for de Aljira Center for Contemporary Art insyd Newark, NJ, dat dey feature a large pyramid enclosing a broadcasting radio station. According to Adams, de pyramids insyd ein work reference de long presence of Black culture den de cultural capital built by black people over history.

Adams's 2016 show at Pioneer Works explore Black characters insyd popular culture. E dey title Derrick Adams: ON, de exhibition dey include collages, sculptures, den lampshades dat evoke characters from popular movies ein TV shows like In Living Color den The Matrix.

De Studio Museum in Harlem dey mount Adams's 2017 exhibition Derrick Adams: Patrick Kelley, The Journey, wey dey de artist dey create mood boards for a proposed autobiography of de fashion designer Patrick Kelley, whose techniques plus formal composition resonate plus Adams insyd terms of de construction of identity.

Insyd 2017, Adams use de archival collections of de Stony Island Arts Bank (along plus material from oda collections), to create a solo show there, Future People. An installation environment wey dey feature a looping video dat projecte images ein quotes from Black authors den speakers. A series of collages insyd de exhibition, Orbiting Us #1-#10, depict items wey dey design by Charles Harrison, de first Black executive at Sears, Roebuck and Company. Adams use de exhibition to highlight de productive power of Black people to imagine den innovate through difficult circumstances.

At de Museum of Arts and Design insyd 2018, Adams show work wey dey inspire by The Negro Motorist Green Book. E Title Sanctuary, Adams's show feature an installation environment wey dey structure by a miniaturize highway dat ran through de galleries, passing collages dat evoke locations wey dey list insyd de guidebook. Sanctuary celebrate de leisure time den success of African Americans even during de Jim Crow era, partly illuminate by small houses resembling milk cartons.

Insyd 2018, de Museum of Contemporary Art Denver present a survey of Adams's work spanning 2014-2017, including sculptures, installations, ein works for paper. E Title, Derrick Adams: Transmission, de exhibition dey showcase three bodies of work: "Future People" (2017), "Fabrication Station" (2016), den a series of "Boxhead" sculptures (2014), exploring "Derrick Adams's ongoing study of racial identity as it is both filter through popular culture ein san reimagin for de future."

Dem award Derrick a 2018 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship, den participate insyd a two-person exhibition, American Family: Derrick Adams ein Deana Lawson, at de Foundation as part of de award. Adams says about de exhibition, "Parks' influence…goes beyond de visual, into de meaning ein purpose of why I feel it's so important to show de many facets of black American life insyd ways dat shed light onto de complexity ein richness of our past, present den future."

Insyd 2019, Adams's work be feature insyd de Fox TV hit Empire. De art work insyd de series depicts de main characters, Cookie eim Lucious Lyon (wey dey play by Taraji P. Henson den Terrence Howard), ein be part of a real-life limited-edition collection of objects, "Empire x Derrick Adams collection", wich supports Turnaround Arts, an arts-based school program at de Kennedy Center. Dis be not de first time ein work be showcase for a hit American TV show. Insyd 2017, Issa Rae dey include ein work insyd her HBO comedy Insecure.

insyd 2019 Adams be commission by de MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) to create laminated glass artwork for de Nostrand Avenue Station. De laminated glass artwork consists of 85-panels dat span de length of de newly rehabilitated platforms den extend onto de four new pedestrian bridges dat connect de station for de neighborhoods of Crown Heights ein Bedford-Stuyvesant dat are represented within de artwork. Using areal photos, maps, den personal history. Adams employs ein collage style to emphasizes de symbiotic relationship between neighborhood residents ein environment wey dey build.

Insyd 2020 Adams create a mural for Harlem Hospital.

Insyd 2023, Adams be one of six artists wey dey commission to create a temporary installation for de National Mall insyd conjunction plus Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, de first art exhibition wey dey curate insyd de Mall's history. Commissioned by de Trust for de National Mall, National Capital Planning Commission, den National Park Service, Adams design a fully functional, interactive playground dat serve as a memorial for de desegregation of public schools insyd Washington, D.C. De playground be divided insyd half using a large panel dat feature pictures of kids playing for a playground insyd Washington, immediately after de court decision dat desegregate schools; one half of de playground be paint insyd exclusively shades of gray, while de oda half be render insyd bright hues, plus an archway insyd de center connecting de two sides.