Rachel Gloria Adams
Lives and works in Portland, ME
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Tidal Bloom | Dowling Walsh Gallery| Rockland, ME
Go Back to Keep Going | Notch8 Gallery | Portland, ME
2022 Joy | Press Hotel | Portland, ME
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 As We Are | Portland Museum of Art | Portland, ME
Over/Under the Surface | Ice House @ Hopkins Wharf Gallery| North Haven. ME
Peas and Carrots | Nahcotta | Portsmouth, NH
The House Supports Itself |Fort Hall Gallery X Lights Out Gallery| Brunswick, ME
2023 Good Enough for My House | Katzman Contemporary| Dover, NH
Euphoria | an ‘Over Here’ Pop Up at Alice Gauvin Gallery| Portland, ME
2023 CMCA Biennial | Center for Maine Contemporary Art| Rockland, ME
2022 You’re Invited | Alice Gauvin Gallery| Portland, ME
Hold, Keep, Carry | George Marshall Gallery| York, ME
2021 TR4PPED | New Systems Exhibitions| Portland, ME
Part of an Immense Whole | Able Baker Contemporary| Portland, ME
2020 Always, Gloria | Lawrence Library| Pepperell, MA
One Day at a Time | Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
2019 Terrible Twos | Curation 250| Lowell, MA
2018 You are Perfect When You Are Quiet | Pinecone + Chickadee, Portland, ME
2017 Maternity Leave | Gallery 49 at Oxbow Brewing| Portland, ME
NOTABLE ACQUISITIONS
2023 Farnsworth Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Rockland, ME
MURAL INSTALLATIONS
2024 Pat + Zoe | Piece Together Mural w/USM| Westbrook, ME
Nicole | Piece Together Mural @ Coffee by Design, Portland, ME
2023 You Showed Me Love | Mural w/Ryan Adams @ Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
2022 Germination | Window Exhibit @ Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Paint Pals | Mural @ SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 Flower Cluster | Mural @ Mill Board @ Mill NO.9, Lowell, MA
Maria Sanchez | Piece Together Mural @ Austin Street Brewery, Portland, ME
PMA Summer Party Interactive Mural | Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Bloomin | Mural @ Oxbow Brewing and Blending, Portland, ME
WAVE | Mural in partnership with Indigo Arts Alliance – Art direction by Ryan and Rachel Adams with contributing artists Pam Chavez, Jason Brown and Ebenezer Akakpo
Go With the Flow | Mural @ Maine Children’s Museum and Theater, Portland, ME
Up in Air | Mural @ Maine Children’s Museum and Theater, Portland, ME
2020 Alain Nahimana | Piece Together Mural @ Coffee By Design, Portland, ME
Love, Portland | Commissioned Mural w/ Ryan Adams, Portland, ME
Moon Nguany | Piece Together Mural @ Rising Tide Portland, Portland, ME
Resilient Blooms | Flag @ Space Gallery, Portland ME
Fallen Blooms collab w/ Ashley Page | 754 Congress St., Portland ME
RESIDENCIES
2022 Pace House | Stonington, ME
2022 The David C. Driskell Black Seed Studio Fellowship | Portland, ME
2021 Speedwell Projects| Portland, ME
2012 Talent Agency | Portland, ME
PRESS/ PUBLICATIONS
2023 Art Review | Portland Press Herald
2021 Outsiders | Maine Home and Design
Mainers of the Year | Maine Magazine
Creative Coupling | Décor Maine
10 Cool, Colorful Muralists… | Apartment Therapy
Artists Rachel and Ryan Adams Are All Over Portland | Downeast Magazine
Public Art Memorial Paints Picture pf Racism’s ‘Long Rope’ | Décor Maine
2020 This has always been our experience | Portland Press Herald
Maine Craft Interviews Episode 1 | Maine Craft Association
2019 From Cookie Cutter to Memorable | DesignSponge
Big Picture | Maine Home and Design
2018 Studio Tour: Better Letter Hand Painted Signs | Design Sponge*
Feature | Makingzine
2009 Artwork Feature | DesignSponge
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2022 Space Gallery | Board of Directors, Portland, ME