Adam Handler 1968 —
Biography
"As I started to mature I began writing poetry and writing music in which I would perform my new found obsessions in front of the few that would listen. I eventually started to illustrate whirling figures or landscapes around my writings, and realized maybe there's a possibility to combine these two art forms into one cohesive piece of art. "
__Adam Handler
Adam D. Handler was born in Queens NY and grew up on Long Island. As a young child and through his teens, he spent countless hours at his grandmother's framing factory in New York City - where some of the greatest art from Picasso's to Jasper Johns paintings are framed. An artistic disposition and his passion for art developed together.
It became inevitable that he too would discover the many possibilities of art. As a college student, Adam studied Life Drawing in Italy and went on to graduate from Suny Purchase College with a B.A. in Art History along with a minors in Fine Arts. Handler had decided not to limit himself to just painting, but studied sculpture, photography and graphic design. He has also studied craft design with Jorge Nieves and printing color photography with Debra Mesa-Pelly. From there, Adam set up his studio in Long Island City, NY. He has exhibited his work in New York City, Greenwich CT, Canada, and Texas.
Handler's works at Vered Gallery's "Art on the Edge-2010" sold out.
Adam has no plans of slowing down and continues to create new series of works and photographic editions.
An important source for modern and contemporary American & European Art in East Hampton, New York & worldwide, Vered Gallery's spectacular wide-ranging inventory consists of unique paintings, drawings, large & small scale sculpture, monotypes, prints and photographs by Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Fernando Botero, Cartier-Bresson, Marc Chagall, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Willem De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, David Hockney, Winslow Homer, Wolf Kahn, Jeff Koons, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Thomas Moran, Henry Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Charles Sheeler, Bert Stern, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Carleton E Watkins, Tom Wesselmann and Andrew Wyeth.
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View synoptic biography below.
SYNOPTIC BIOGRAPHY
Upcoming Exhibitions:
September 2010- Paper Kite Press Gallery, Kingston PA, 2 person exhibition
March 2011- Media Loft gallery, New Rochelle NY, Solo Exhibition: Excitable Boy: Paintings and Photographs, March 13th-May 7th 2011
June 2011- Love Junkies: Paintings and Photographs-Opening reception June 9th 2011, 6-8pm
July 2011 - Art on the Edge 2011, Vered Gallery, East Hampton NY
Solo Exhibitions:
April 2010- The Bendheim Gallery in association with the Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich CT, Solo Exhibition
May 2010- Adrian J. Falcon Gallery, Del Rio TX, Solo Exhibition
August 2009- POST Exhibit space, Calgary Canada , Solo Exhibition
Group Exhibitions:
May 2007- A Walk in the Park- East Islip LI, The Admiralty
2007-2008: RoGallery, LIC, NY
May 2008- Art to the Avenue, Solo Exhibition, Greenwich CT
July 2008- Group Exhibition at The Grand, NYC, Walter Wickiser Gallery
Winter 2009- Walter Wickiser Gallery, Group Exhibition: Confluences of Culture III: Collection of small works east and west
Spring 2009- The Bendheim Gallery, in association with the Greenwich arts council, Greenwich CT, Under 500 group show
6x6 Gallery, New York NY, Inaugural Group exhibition: Oct 2009
Climate Gallery, Long Island City NY, Never Think SMALL, group exhibition: Oct 2009
Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York NY, Gastronomy: Group Exhibition: Oct 2009
The Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers NY, Play it again, Sam- Group Exhibition: Nov 2009
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York NY, Art Group Exhibition: Dec 2009
Climate Gallery, Long Island City NY, Focal Length(photography)-January 2010
6x6 Gallery, New York NY, Group exhibition, February 2010
PooL Art Fair, The Gershwin Hotel, exhibiting with Veaux gallery-March 2010
Recycled Art, Paper Kite Press Gallery, Kingston PA, Group exhibition-July 2010
Art on the Edge, Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Group exhibition-JUly 2010
Education
Summer 2005: Intensive Life Drawing in Italy alongside Professor Len Stokes
2003-2005: Intensive studies at Arts Students League
2005-2006: Apprenticeship in Craft design and paint design, Frame design and Wood-carving, alongside master wood-carver, Jorge Nieves, LIC, NY
2007- Studies in Printing Color Photography, with Deborah Mesa- Pelly
BA in Art History/ with minor in Fine Arts from State University at Purchase, NY, 2008
Lectures:
The meaning of collage: The 5th/6th grade students of Greenwich middle school-April 2010
Private Collections:
The Erwin Pearl Collection
Levis Fine Art, Ossining NY
The Deutsche Bank, Director Elizabeth Stone, NYC
Dorianne Hutton Fine Art, Greenwich CT
Amanda Newson, London UK
Mick Bundul, Minneapolis, MN
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