EDUCATION:
2003 M.F.A. Painting, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2000 B.F.A. Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Erewhon: J. Adam McGalliard Solo Show, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 Mysterium: Synthesis of the Opposites, FSCJ Kent Campus, Jacksonville, FL,
(with artist Mark Creegan)
2017 Projections:J. Adam McGalliard Solo Show, 5 & Dime, Jacksonville, FL,
2016 Semblance, Gallery Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC (with artist Holly Keogh)
Convergence, J. Adam McGalliard Solo Show, Jelinek Gallery, Savannah, GA
2014 Introjection, J. Adam McGalliard Solo Show, Cornelius Art Center, Cornelius, NC
2005 J. Adam McGalliard: Recent Work, Realist Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 LA Art Show, Exhibited with Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Scottsdale Art Week Fair, Exhibited with Arcadia Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
ArtFields 2025 Competition and Festival in Lake City, SC
MOCA JAX Triennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2024 Small Works 2024, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick Victoria, Australia
Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, NYC
Summer Exhibition, Forum Gallery, NYC
Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, NYC
Stillness, 33 Contemporary, Miami, FL
Elysium, Untitled Art Space, Jacksonville. FL
Water, 33 Contemporary, Miami, FL
Faculty Show, UNF Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Faculty Show, Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
2023 Context Art Miami, Exhitec with 33 Contemporary, Miami, FL
AI and Me, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Dream A Little Dream, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
Mo(u)rning, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Mujer 2023, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 32nd Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Desperately Seeking Madonna, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Pandemic, Sol Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (Curated by Conor Walton)
2021 New Beginnings, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, FL (Curators: Brooke Sheilds and David Kratz)
Summer Exhibition 2021, New York Academy of Art, NYC
Semblance, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Summer Exhibition 2019, New York Academy of Art, NYC
Semblance, Southlight Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
NEFAEA Member Show 2019, FSCJ Kent Campus Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2018 A Small Matter, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
NEFAEA Member Show 2018, Schultz Center, Jacksonville, FL
Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York
Vices, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
2015 It's Not You It's Me, Gallery Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC
2014 State of the Art/ Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Let the Good Times Roll, Gallery Twenty Two, Charlotte, NC
Grand Opening Exhibition, Paper Cut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2013 Wasser Schöpfen/ZAGRABITI HDLU, Ring Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Small Works Invitational, Brick Row Gallery, Cornelius, NC
Home Grown, Cornelius Art Center, Cornelius, NC
2012 Ozmoza Winterrundgang der Spinnerei Galerien, Leipzig, Germany
2011 Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, NYC
I’ve Got a Secret, Forbes Galleries, NYC
2010 Team Work, Allan Nederpelt, Brooklyn, NY
Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, NYC
Birthday, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Draw, Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Highlights from NYAA, Island Weiss Gallery, NYC
2009 Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, NYC
Draw, Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer Exhibition 2009, New York Academy of Art, NYC (Curators: Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers and Anne Strauss)
2008 Free Fall, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY
Take Home A Nude, Phillips de Pury and Company, NYC
Draw, Stolen Space, London, England
2007 Summer Exhibition 2007, New York Academy of Art, NYC (Curators: Vincent Desiderio, Eric Fischl and Jenny Saville)
Draw, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2006 Strange Cities, Gallery 27+, NYC
New Works, Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
2005 Untitled, Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
Take Home A Nude, Phillips de Pury and Company, NYC
Asolare Foundation Exhibition, Lincoln Center, NYC
Birthday, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS
2004 Face Value, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC (Curator: Marc Pachter, Director, National Portrait Gallery, D.C.)
Highlights, Grey McGear Modern, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Dimensions 2004, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
b.j.u.r.e (biennial juried underground railroad exhibition), Northern Kentucky University, Main Gallery, Highland Heights, KY
2002 Global Art Show, White Studio NYC, Brooklyn, NY
A Tribute to Andy Warhol, New York Academy of Art, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, NYC
2001 Innovation, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Member Show, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2000 Senior Show, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
An American Experience, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS:
Podcast: How I Ruined Dinner, Episode #82: "A Positive Dystopia - Adam McGalliard", March, 2025.
Video Collaboration, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine & 33 Contemporary, 2024.
Produced a video featured on Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s social media in collaboration with 33 Contemporary.
Member Spotlight – HelloCreator, 2024
33PA Magazine, Summer Issue, 2024.
Voyage MIA Magazine, “Check Out J. Adam McGalliard’s Story,” May 23, 2024
Artwork and studio featured in short film: “ASL”, written and directed by Jenny Lee Corvo
Amercan Art Collector Magazine, SOLD! Section Feature, Issue 218, December, 2023
Kelly Compton. “The Great Indoors, ”Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, July/August, 2023.
PoetsArtists Magazine, Summer Issue, 2023.
Catalogue: Dream a Little Dream, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL, curated by Alayne Sahar, 2023.
PoetsArtists Magazine, Spring Issue, 2023.
Catalogue: Mujer, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL, 2023.
Fine Art Connoisseur, Artist Spotlight: J. Adam McGalliard, July, 2023.
Dan Goodman. “Meet J. Adam McGalliard,” Canvas Rebel Magazine, May 12, 2022.
Catalogue: Desperately Seeking Madonna, Contemporary, Chicago, IL, 2022.
Catalogue: Pandemic, Sol Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2022.
Nicole Radacz. “Featured Artist: J. Adam McGalliard”, RadX Magazine, Volume 5: Focus, March 6, 2021.
J. Adam McGalliard, “Hindsight: A collection of pen and ink drawings”, Blurb Inc., November, 2020
Matthew Shaw. “Group Show,” Void Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1, May, 2020.
https://en.calameo.com/read/000273939a7c403d14b40
Erika Smith. “Meet J. Adam McGalliard,” Voyage MIA Magazine, August 22, 2019.
CVA Zine, “Identity,” Issue 4, December, 2017.
Adroit Journal, Issue Twenty-Three, October 24, 2017.
Lisa Hueneke. "Projections & Personas: Inside J. Adam McGalliard’s Studio",” Savannah Art Informer, August 6, 2016.
http://savannahartinformer.org/interviews/projections-personas-inside-j-adam-mcgalliards-studio/index.html
Michael J. Solender, "Inside Out,” Lake Norman Magazine. 2014.
Catalogue: One-Sided Story (Artist-in-Residence), Leipzig, Germany, 2012.
Catalogue: Draw, Museo de la Cuidad de Mèxico, Mexico City, preface by Miguel Calderon, 2010.
Tom Patterson. “Something Different,” Winston-Salem Journal, May 9, 2004.
Catalogue: b.j.u.r.e. biennial juried underground railroad exhibition, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, Preface by David Knight, 2004.
Tom Patterson. “Tasty Smorgasbord,” Winston-Salem Journal, February 10, 2002.
Carl Wilson. “Alchemy,” Triad Style, May 24, 2000.
Coraddi Magazine of the Arts, Volume 105, Issue no. 2, University of NC at Greensboro, 2000.
Coraddi Magazine of the Arts, Volume 104, Issue no. 2, University of NC at Greensboro, 1999.
Coraddi Magazine of the Arts, Volume 103, Issue no. 2, University of NC at Greensboro, 1998.
Wes Orshoski. “Student’s art of faceless runners lands Olympic job,” The Charlotte Observer, December 22, 1995.
HONORS:
2023 Best in Show, Art + Architecture + AI: The Battle for the Future of Design, Jesse Ball DuPont Center, American Institute of Architects, Jacksonville, FL
2nd Place in ArtCloud Artist Open Call
2018 First Place, NEFAEA Member Show 2018
2014 Residency Fellowship, Cube NoDa, Charlotte, NC
2012 Artist-in-Residence, One-Sided Story, Leipzig, Germany
2010 1st Prize, Pelham Art Center, “Birthday”
2004 2nd Prize, National Underground Railroad Exhibition, Northern Kentucky
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Astra Tech Sverige, Mölndal, Sweden
AXA XL, NYC
CMS, Charlotte, NC
Hacienda Cusín, Otavalo-Imbabura, Ecuador
Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC
Sara Lee/Hanes Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC
Weaver Foundation, Greensboro, NC