Adam Lee Allan-Spencer was born in the state of Iowa USA in 1981. He moved to Denmark, as a student with AFS, in 2000 where he began his art studies. Adam now lives and works as an Artist in Seattle, WA where he received his BFA in 2006, from Cornish College of the Arts. In 2011 Adam opened a design and screen printing company with his husband, and participates in many Northwest craft and art fairs year round. Adam works in a variety mediums to explore his ideas; including writing collaborations, comic arts, painting and fiber arts. He strives to create a discussion about presence and the soul in his art.
ADAM LEE ALLAN-SPENCER • ARTIST
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PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Group Exhibitions 2016 Short Run - comix and arts show - Seattle Second Use Craft Market - Seattle Urban Craft Uprising Street Markets - Seattle Waterfront Art Market - Seattle 2015 Renegade Craft Show - Seattle Urban Craft Uprising - 2 Shows - Seattle Waterfront Art Market - Seattle Crafty Wonderland - Portland 2014 Urban Craft Uprising - 2 Shows Greenwood Art Walk – 826 Seattle – 2006-2014 Waterfront Art Market - Seattle 2013 First Thursday Art Market – Cellar Door art - Seattle Small Voids by Todd Jannausch, Traveling Art Instillation, Seattle, Wa 2009 Coca Yearly Art Auction 2006 Cornish College BFA show D’Adamo & Woltz Gallery- Emerging Seattle Artists 2005 Ace Gallery - A Movement for Humanity 2004 Cornish College Merit Show 2002-2004 2002 Iowa State University Design School Merit Show Solo/Duo Exhibition 2013 Portage Bay Goods – Cellar Door art prints - Seattle 2012 Bushwick Book Club Seattle – Cellar Door prints – 2012 2006 Cornish College BFA Show Vander Houk Corp. – 32 painting residential/commercial art project Ace Gallery – Solo Exhibition – new work 2005 Ace Gallery – Solo exhibition – A collection – new work 2004 LGBTA Seattle Gallery – solo exhibition 2000-2001 Ringsted Community Center - Denmark Awards 2003-2006, Presidential Scholarship 2000-2003, American Field Service Scholarship 2002, Ames, Iowa Icon Project, Iowa State University |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cellar Door Mercantile - Co-owner Print production artist and management, creative director and designer, event coordination — 2010-Present Ballard Blossom, Senior Designer, Accounts Manager Event floral desig, art training and coordination, quality control supervisor — May 2006-2011 Work Study, Cornish College of the Arts Seattle, WA Studio Technician, Exhibition Coordination Assistant — Sept. 2003- May 2006 EDUCATION Cornish College of the Arts – Seattle, WA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Suma cum Laude 2006 Focus of Study: Art History and Painting (Presidential and AFS Culture Scholarship) Cross Cultural Learning Community: Iowa State University August 2001 – May 2002 Involved in culture representation and student exchange mentoring Study Aboard Program: American Field Service, Roskilde Denmark (academic scholarship) August 2000 – August 2001 Created and facilitated presentations to various schools both in Denmark and USA and participating at the community arts center in Ringsted TECHNICAL SKILLS Art Related Experience 2012-present, Cellar Door Mercantile, co-owner 2006-12, floral arts and design 2006, Coca Gallery (Seattle) Curator Assistant 2004-6, Cornish College Gallery, Art Exhibitions Assistant 2004-6, Painting Studio Lab Technician 2005-6, Sculpture Studio Lab Technician 2000-5, Construction welding 2004-current, Commission Art 1985-2006, concert piano, studies, competition 6 years floral design Silk screening, illustration, fine art painting Crochet, knitting, weaving 20+ years Concert Piano Danish and Icelandic, speaking and reading skills |
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