Biography
Born 1925, Fort Plain, New York – 2006, San Francisco, California
Educ ation 1943 – 45
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1945
Atelier 17, New York, NY, with Stanley William Hayter
1945, 1947
Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
1947
Columbia University, New York, NY
1955
Ecole Nationale des Art Decoratif, Aubusson, France Apprenticeship with Jean Lurçat, Saint-Céré, France
Te aching/ Visiting Artist/ Work shops 1961
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1963
American Academy in Rome. Painter in Residence
1972
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1976
International Symposium on Tapestry, San Francisco, CA. Panelist
1978
University of California, Davis, CA. Distinguished Visiting Professor
1986
Arrowmont College of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, TN
Tapestry Symposium, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Lecture, symposium panel 1990
Tapestry Forum, Portland, OR. Lecture Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA. Lecture in conjunction with retrospective exhibition
Solo E xhibitions 1957
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Tapestries by Mark Adams, December 1, 1957 – January 5, 1958
1958
San Diego State College, San Diego, CA, Modern Tapestries by Mark Adams
1959
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, Tapestries: Mark Adams, March 29 – April 30. Brochure San Jose State College, San Jose, CA, Tapestries by Mark Adams
1961
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Contemporary Tapestries: Mark Adams, July 25 – September 10 California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, Contemporary Tapestries by Mark Adams, September 23 – October 22. Brochure San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Mark Adams: Tapestries
1964
French & Company, New York, NY, Tapestries by Mark Adams, March – April. Brochure
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA. Life Drawing Workshop
1966
Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Mark Adams, October 29 – November 23
Dominican College, San Rafael, CA. Watercolor workshop
1967
Santa Rosa Public Library, Santa Rosa, CA, Mark Adams: Tapestries and Drawings, November 26 – December 17
1968
Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Mark Adams
Arrowmont College of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, TN Carmel Valley, CA. Watercolor Workshop
1988
Dominican College, San Rafael, CA. Watercolor workshop
1962
Pacific Grove, CA. Watercolor workshop 1987
1989
Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA. Watercolor workshop Shaw Island, WA. Watercolor workshop University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Lecture and demonstration San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. Lecture
opposite: 47. Father’s Hat, 1977
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