Peter Blum Gallery Now Represents Marina Adams After Solo Works on Paper Survey
Marina Adams has joined the Peter Blum Gallery in New York as a new artist. Her solo show, titled Works on Paper: A Survey, ran from April 9 to May 29, 2026, and featured a hardcover book detailing her paper works before joining the gallery. Adams will also present her art at The Armory Show from September 24–27, 2026. With three decades of experience, her abstract artwork draws inspiration from nature, textiles, and poetry, reflecting the styles of Matisse, Mitchell, and de Kooning. Born in 1960 in Orange, New Jersey, she now lives in New York City, Bridgehampton, and Italy. She holds degrees from Tyler School of Art and Columbia University and has received notable awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016. Her work is held by the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Additionally, she will participate in exhibitions at Oklahoma Contemporary and the Parrish Art Museum, both starting September 27, 2026.
Key facts
- Peter Blum Gallery announced representation of New York-based artist Marina Adams.
- Adams’ solo exhibition Works on Paper: A Survey ran at Peter Blum Gallery from April 9 to May 29, 2026.
- The exhibition was accompanied by a hardcover publication.
- Adams’ work will be included in Peter Blum Gallery’s presentation at The Armory Show, September 24–27, 2026.
- Adams has spent more than three decades developing an abstract language around color, movement, and form.
- Peter Blum said Adams’ work expands upon modern and postwar abstraction rather than simply inheriting it.
- Adams is currently included in Clever, Quick, Magnetic: The Art of Witty Banter, curated by David Salle at Oklahoma Contemporary.
- Abstract Expressionism: The East End, 1940 to Today at the Parrish Art Museum opens September 27, 2026, and runs through February 14, 2027.
- Adams is also represented by Timothy Taylor, London; Von Bartha, Basel and Copenhagen; and Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin.
- Born in 1960 in Orange, New Jersey, Adams is based in New York City; Bridgehampton, New York; and the hills outside Parma, Italy.
- Adams received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2016 and the Award of Merit Medal for Painting from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2018.
- Her work is held in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York; Longlati Foundation, Shanghai; UBS Art Collection, New York; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine; K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong; and The Rennie Collection, Vancouver.
Entities
Artists
- Marina Adams
- Henri Matisse
- Joan Mitchell
- Willem de Kooning
- David Salle
- Peter Blum
- Grace Roselli
- John Keats
Institutions
- Peter Blum Gallery
- The Armory Show
- Oklahoma Contemporary
- Parrish Art Museum
- Timothy Taylor
- Von Bartha
- Galerie Thomas Schulte
- Tyler School of Art at Temple University
- Columbia University
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Museum of Modern Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum
- Longlati Foundation
- UBS Art Collection
- Colby College Museum of Art
- K11 Art Foundation
- The Rennie Collection
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Orange
- New Jersey
- Bridgehampton
- Parma
- Italy
- Philadelphia
- Fort Worth
- Texas
- Buffalo
- Shanghai
- China
- Waterville
- Maine
- Hong Kong
- Vancouver
- Canada
- London
- United Kingdom
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
- Water Mill
- New York, NY