"Silver Sea Form" Original Artwork by Atticus Adams

Description

Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and … more Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—generally found in screen doors, windows and filters—he creates contemporary abstract sculptural artworks and installations, which resemble flowers, clouds, and other natural phenomena. Working in metal, Adams effortlessly transforms rigid material into airy, effervescent artworks.

This 24 by 20 by 14-inch silver metal wall sculpture is a lightweight sea form created from the aluminum mesh. Atticus works spontaneously, feeling his way toward the objects that take shape in mind as he shapes them almost entirely by hand. The built-in concealed metal eyelet on the back of the sculpture contributes to an effortless installation on a single nail or screw. The artwork can also be suspended from the ceiling using a wire through the same eyelet. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.

Atticus grew up in West Virginia, steeped in traditional folk art. Several members of his family are self-taught artists, deeply involved in such crafts as wood carving and quilting. His formal art training includes stints at Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, and Harvard’s School of Architecture. Atticus has fond summer memories of screened in porches back home and screen doors that practically dissolved the barrier between inside and outside, allowing the warmth and nature to permeate each day. This association continues to resonate in his art.

“Metal mesh is a beautiful, flexible material that allows you to explore shadow and transparency in endless ways,” he says. “The material lends itself to these biomorphic shapes, which aren’t necessarily intentional. The sculptures seem fragile but are actually quite resilient—like nature itself.”

A well-known sculptor, the organically inspired artworks of Atticus Adams is held in public and private collections and are exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States.


REPRESENTATION
Since 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Seeking Sanctuary, Zynka Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 My Hydrangea Kingdom By a Bird Bath Sea, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 There’s a Pink Poodle in my Arcadia, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Summers of Green Apples with Salt, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
2016 Mesh Werks, Desert Art Collections, Palm Desert, CA
2015 Shapes & Forms, Desert Art Collections, Palm Desert, CA
Mesh Lab: The Experiments, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Arcadia, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Summertime, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 A Joggling Board Summer, Orchard Windows Gallery, New York City, NY
2011 Atticus Adams - An Appalachian in Paris, Borelli-Edwards, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 My Walden, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Atticus Adams, Europ’art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Joyland, Mineral Spring Lofts, Pawtucket, RI

INSTALLATIONS
2022 Appalachian Blues, Pittsburgh International Airport, PA
2020 Flora Contempo II, facebook, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Silver Linings II, The Glass Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 From the Velveteen Closet, University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, PA
2018 Around the Pond, Arcadia, The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Wall Flora, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Flora Contempo, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA
2013 Seamonkey Garden, Children’s Museum – Waterplay Room, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Majorelle Jardin, O’Bannon Oriental Carpets - windows, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Silver Linings, Dinette, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Transcendental, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Gestures 12, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 STRUNG, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Best of Pittsburgh Show, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Olympic Installation Theatre, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 The Chapel, Brew House Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 White Room, Unblurred, Pittsburgh, PA

PROJECTS
2017 In the Company of Ghosts, set and costume design, Pittsburgh, PA
ABBEY: In the Red, Set and Costume Design, Pittsburgh, PA
CMOA’s Material Worlds Fashion Show, designer Pittsburgh, PA
2015 412 MADE, exhibitor, Architectural Digest Home Design Show, New York, NY
Mesh Lab, Instructor, Touchstone Center for Craft, Farmington, PA
2014 Madagascar, associate set designer, Quantum Theatre, PA
2013 Progression Film Project, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Solaire Casino, Manila, The Philippines
2012 “Steel Weavers” video collaboration with sound artist Robert Weis
2010 Medallions & Cloud Chains, – Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
2010 Renaissance on the Allegheny, – Rensaissance Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 The Goat – set design sculptures, Pittsburgh Playhouse, PA
2006 After Mrs. Rochester – ass’t set designer, Quantum Theatre, PA

AWARDS
2015 Silver & Gold, WAX Jewelry Design Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Anna Marie Sninsky Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
2008 The Kors, Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Best In Show, Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Sing to the Ocean, FP Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Evocation, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
Credible Thread, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2022 The Line, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 110x110x110, AAP Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 AAP 107th Annual, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, PA
2019 Current, Zynka Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Organic Subtleties, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2019 3D, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Touchstones, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, TX
How to Make Memories, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Blue, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Group A NOW, Box Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 59th Annual, Chautauqua Institution, NY
AAP 105 Show, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Summer Show, Art Space 616, Sewickley, PA
Screen Memories, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
AAP 104 Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2014 Flowers, Chautauqua Institution, NY
An Aberrant View, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY

TV & FILM
You People, Netflix
American Gigolo, Showtime
Grace and Frankie, Netflix
Minx, HBO
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