1953      Born in Washington, D.C.

1975      B.S., Fisk University, Nashville, TN

1977     M.S., Illinois State University, Normal, IL

              Instructor, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY

1979      M.F.A., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

1981      Instructor, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, V

1982      Artist-In-Residence, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

1984      Studio Artist, National Program, P.S.1, Long Island City, Queens, NY

1986      Artist-In-Residence, Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland

1988      Artist-in-Residence, Special Arts Services, NYSCA, New York, NY

1991      Visiting Professor, California State University at Chico, Chico, CA

1993      Associate Professor, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

2000      Associate Professor of Fine Arts, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2003      Artist-In-Residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003      Facets, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York NY

               Towering Steep, Freide-Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

               Sanctuary, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA

2002      Darkwater, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2001      Deeper Still, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

               Songs of New Heaven (New Earth), The Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville TN

               Greater Deeps, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

               Altar Encore, Zora Neale Hurston Museum of American Art, Eatonville, FL

2000      After Flame, The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

               Wild Ashes Mute, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX

               Powre Above Powres-Passing Freedom, Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY

               After Flame, Summit County Historical Society, John Brown House, Akron, OH

1999      Relay Hymn, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

               Invisible (Slight Return), Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY

               Sightings in South Florida - Deeper Heart, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

               AfterFlame, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL;

               I Space, Chicago, IL

               Powre Above Powres-Passing Freedom, Union College, Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY

1998      Later Coltrane, Hamilton College, Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY

               Muffled Drums, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York NY

               AfterFlame, University of Akron, Mary Schiller Meyers School of Art, Akron, OH

               Distant Mirrors, The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

1997      Guarded Table, Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY

               Temporary Hours, Sculpture Center, New York, NY

               Seamless Robe, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Conneticut, Storrs, CT

1995      Firmament RHA, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY

               Visionary Recital, Hammonds House Resource Center for African-American Art, Atlanta, GA

1993      Maroon, LedisFlam, New York, NY

               Parameters, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA

               Anthem, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

1992      Perpetual Choir, LedisFlam, New York, NY

1991      Call/Response, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1990      Inside Out,Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL

               Enframe, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

               Dyad LedisFlam, New York, NY

1989      Galerie Andy Jllien, Zurich

1988      Tantamount, Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, MA

1987      Hannibal, Galerie Emmerich-Baumann, Zurich

1986      The Sihl, Projekt Binz 39, Zurich

1981      Tribulation, Arts and Humanities Center, Carriage House Gallery, Richmond, VA

1980      New Ghosts, James Wise Gallery, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004      Open House: Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2002      Time/Frame, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2001      Mind Fields, Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC

               Red,Black and Green, The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York, NY

2000      Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, The Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

               Narratives of African American Art & Identity, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

1999      Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

               Narratives of African American Art & Identity, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

               Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

1998      Postcards from Black America, De Beyerd Museum, Breda; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Holland

               Interpreting, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

               Selected Works, Vail Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, IA

               May Day - The Rights of Spring, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY

               Narratives of African American Art & Identity, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

               Art by African Americans in the Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

1997      Seeing Jazz, International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

               Material Dialogues, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

1996      Other Bloods, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA

1995      Required Nuance, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

               Material Matters, The Anchorage, Brooklyn, NY

               It’s Only Rock & Roll, The Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ

               Other Bloods, Museum Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

               Minumentals, Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY

1994       ... It's How You Play The Game, Exit Art, New York, NY

               Points of Interest/ Points of Departure, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

               The American Flag in Contemporary Art, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

               Western Artists/African Art, The Museum for African Art, New York, NY

1993      Edward Albee's Other Eye, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY

               In the Ring, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

1992      Egyptomania, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY

               Contemporary Sculpture, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY

               Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic, S.E.C.C.A., Winston-Salem, NC;

               The Endowed Chair, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

               Present Tense, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

1991      Domenikos Theotokopoulos: A Dialogue, Philippe Briet, New York, NY

               Terry Adkins & Amy Sillman, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL

               New Generations: New York, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

               Cadences: Icon and Abstraction in Context, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

1990      From Earth to Archetype, LedisFlam, New York, NY

               The Blues Aesthetic, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C

               Taking Shape, The Memorial Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

1989      Selections, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA

               Object Makers, S.E.C.C.A., Winston-Salem, NC

               Pillar to Post, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY

1987      Espirit, Salama-Caro Gallery, London

               Galerie Emmerich-Baumann, International Art Fair, Basel

               Sihlquai Kunstler, Projekt Binz 39, Zurich

               Kunstgalerie, Kulturhaus Palazzo, Liestal

1986      Soundwave NYC, City Gallery, D.C.A., New York, NY

               In the Tropics, Longwood Arts Project, New York, NY

1984      Studio Artists, P.S.1, The Clocktower, New York, NY

               African American Artists, The High Museum, Atlanta, GA

               Darkness, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

               From The Studio, The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York, NY

1983      Juss' Jass, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY

1980      Dimensions & Directions, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS

               Alternatives by Black Artists, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

               Three Views, Hardart Gallery, Washington, D.C.

VISITING ARTIST/GUEST LECTURER

2003      Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2002      Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

               Acadia Summer Art Program/Kippy Camp, Bar Harbor, ME

               University of Houston, Houston, TX

2001      The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

               School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

               The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX

               The Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL

               The Reynola House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC

2000      Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

               Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

               School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

               Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1999      School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

               Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

               University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

               University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

               Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

               Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

1998      Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

               Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

               Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

               University of Akron, Mary Schiller Meyers School of Art, Akron, OH

               New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

1997      School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 4 Sculptors Program, Boston, MA

               The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

1996      International Sculpture Conference, Providence, RI

               The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

               The New School, New York, NY

1995      California State University at Humboldt, Summer Arts Program, Arcata, CA

               Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

               Hammonds House Resource Center for African American Art, Atlanta, GA

1994      Brown University, Providence, RI

               The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

               Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

               University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1992      Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ

1991      The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

               University of California at Davis, Davis, CA

1991      The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1982      University of Cincinnati, School of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH

PERFORMANCES

2003      Recovery Blues, Faulkner Auditorium, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

               Anthem, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA

               Titan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

               Postlude, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

               High Priest, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

               Muffled Drums, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2002      Blue Recall (echoes), Flatbed Gallery, Austin TX

2001      Baton, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

               The Still, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL

               Voodoo, Zora Neale Hurston Museum of American Art, Eatonville, FL

               Solid Clouds, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN

2000      Facets with the New World Symphony of Miami, Miami, FL

               Requiem, The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

               The Uncalled, Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY

               Testament II, Summit County Historical Society, John Brown House, Akron, OH

1999      Azure, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

               Muddy Water, Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt Center for the Arts, Boca Raton, FL

               Taperlight, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

               Facets, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

               Mendacity, Watermark-Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY

               The Uncalled, I Space, Chicago, IL

               North Star Spirituals, Union College, Nott Memorial, Schenectady, NY

1998      Ohnedaruth, John Coltrane Song Cycle, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

               Testament, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH

1997      Jean Toomer Song Cycle, Scuplture Center, New York, NY

1996      Last Trumpet, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY

               De Jacht Zwarte Piet, (with Sherman Fleming), Museum Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

1992      Recent Anthem ,Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

1991      Balcony Coast, California State University at Chico, Chico, CA

               Telefonia, (with KOPROD) Hall of Science, New York, NY

1990      Excavation, Valencia Community College, Black Box Theatre, Orlando, FL

               Lithium AZ, Rigiblick Theatre, Zurich

1989      Mvet Groove, Koprod International, Zurich

1988      Alto Age, The Institute for Contemporary Art, London

1987      Mirliton, Kulturzentrum Rote Fabrik, Zurich

1985      Trance, P.S. 1, Institute for Art & Urban Resources, New York, NY

1983      New Music America Festival (with Harmolodica), Washington, D.C.

1982      Churinga, University of Cincinnati, School of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH

1981      Fault, (with Sherman Fleming) Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX

The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA

The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

Hammonds House Resource Center for African-American Art, Atlanta, GA

Chancellor’s Collection, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Goldman Sachs, New York, NY

Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn, NY

The New School, New York, NY

Bank Julius Bar, Zurich

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ

The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.

University of Akron, Akron, OH

The Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA

AT& T, New York, NY

Arts & Humanities Center, Richmond, VA

Fisk University, Nashville, TN

Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS

Time Based Media, Amsterdam

GRANTS AND AWARDS

1997      Perspectives in African-American Art, Commission Award, Seagram Americas, New York, NY

1996      Printmaking Fellowship--The Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO

1995      New York Foundation for the Arts Grant--Sculpture, New York, NY

1994      Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY

1989      SECCA 7 Fellowship, Winston-Salem, NC

1986      National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington, D.C.

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Rubber Column, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

Ezekiel Double Drums, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

Forevermore, CRCI Civil Rights Memorial, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Harlem Encore, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 125th Street Metro North Station, New York, NY

Count Forms, PS 153, Percent for Art Program, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY

Mvet Truth, The Sojourner Truth Library, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

PUBLISHED WRITING

Mapping Grace, Yang Ming Dye, Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY 1999.

Illuminated Blues in the Nott, Union College, Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY 1999.

Living Space, Hamilton College, Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY 1998.

Sublime Wonder, Nobukazu Shioya, 123 Watts Gallery, New York, NY 1996.

Visionary Recital, Hammonds House Resource Center for African American Art, Atlanta 1993.

Morning Calm, Il Nam Chon, California State University at Chico 1991.

Call/Response, Virginia Commonwealth University, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA 1989.

The Ethereal Vision of Joseph Egan, Kunstraum Munchen, Munich 1988.

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Battle, Jacqueline, Layers of Activity, Zurich,1987.

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Southern Art With a Sense of Mission, The New York Times, June 3, 1990.

Britton,Crystal, African-American Art: The Long Struggle, Smithmark Publishers 1996.

Burli, Peter, Uber Eine interessant Aktion im Bazillus, Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, January 16, 1987.

Caracappa, Michele, ICA Works Celebrate Glory of Penn Relays, Daily Pennsylvanian, November 5, 1999.

Collins, Gregory, Blues in the Notte, Gentleman's Quarterly, March 1986.

Cotter, Holland, African Genesis: What Western Artists Like, The New York Times, May 27, 1994.

Cyphers, Peggy, New York in Review, Arts Magazine, January 1990.

Fleming, Lee, Other Visions, The Washingtonian, February 1982.

Forgey, Benjamin, Black Artists: A Matter of Identities, The Washington Star, April 29, 1980.

Fox, Catherine, Sculptures bring out the Scavenger in Terry Adkins, The Atlanta Constitution, April 28, 1995.

Gassart, Sigmar, Palazzo: Binz 39 Basler Zeitung, Basel, February 4,1987.

Gates, Katharine, Thinking Globally, Style Weekly, Richmond, November 20, 1990.

Govern, Paul, Object Lessons Triad Style, Winston-Salem, March 8, 1989.

Groen, Janny, Verfrissende ontvorstelig aan politivk correct corset, de Volkskant, Holland, February 27, 1995.

Guesewski, Marc, Spiritualist kommt nach Liestal, Nordschweiz, Basel, January 20, 1987.

Hazlewood, Carl, A Geneology of Objects, Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall 1997

Hess, Elizabeth, Material Nature, The Village Voice, March 7, 1989.

Kangas, Matthew, Common Ground, Separate Choices, Art in America, March 1992.

Kistler, Ashley, Impressions, The New Art Examiner, Vol. II Number 4, 1984.

Kover, Jonas, Through Coltrane -Shape and Sound, Observer -Dispatch, December 6, 1998.

Kraft, Ellen, Terry Adkins & Mirliton, Fabrik Zeitung, Zurich, May 1987.

Lamoree, Jhim, Cultureel correcte kunst in Arti, Het Parool, Amsterdam, March 1, 1995.

Ledeboer, Francoise, Expositie zes zwarte kunstenaars, Het Nieuwe Land, Holland, March 4, 1995.

Ledger, Martha, Terry Adkins, Art Matters, April, 2003.

Lewis, Jo Ann, Art Lobbies - Expanding the Halls of Frames, The Washington Post, June 21, 1980.

Liebmann, Lisa, Africa, at the Source, The New York Times Magazine, June 10, 1994.

McLeod, Deborah, Lessons Long Remembered ,Richmond Style Weekly , December 5, 2000.

Mahoney, Robert, Review of Terry Adkins at LedisFlam, Arts, May 1991.

Miller, Gregory R., Terry Adkins at Valencia Community College, Art Papers, July/August, 1990.

Milloy, Courtland, The New Harlem Renaissance, The Washington Post, February 26, 1986.

Morgan, Ann Barclay, Terry Adkins at Valencia Community College, Sculpture, July/August 1990.

Morrison, Keith, Terry Adkins, The New Art Examiner, Vol. 9, Number 5, 1982.

Norklun, Kathi, Subtle Revelations, Woodstock Times, November 20, 1997.

A Rejuvenating Celebration, Woodstock Times, November 18, 1999.

Patterson, Tom, SECCA's Object Makers, Winston-Salem Journal, February 12, 1989.

Sculpturing the Story, Winston-Salem Journal,, April 1, 2001.

Princenthal, Nancy, Review of Terry Adkins at LedisFlam, Art in America, Summer 1991.

Essay in Later Coltrane, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, November 1998.

Proctor, Roy, New Approaches, The Richmond News Leader, December 10, 1983.

Raven, Arlene, A Breed Apart, The Village Voice, November 2, 1993.

Reid, Calvin, Terry Adkins at the Whitney Museum Philip Morris, Art in America, February 1995.

Rentsch, Christian, Verflussigte Formen, Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, May 23, 1987.

Rosenholtz, Ellen M., Wild Mood Swings, Philadelphia Weekly, September 8, 1999.

Schwabsky, Barry, Assembling Pieces With a Surprise Quotient, The New York Times, March 15, 1998.

Smith, Roberta, Turning the Corner on Political Correctness, The New York Times, March 3, 1991.

Examining Culture Through Its Castoffs, The New York Times, November 28, 1993.

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Summers, Pat, Art by Adkins: Re-Creations, U.S.1, Princeton, NJ, February 18, 1998.

Talley, Dan R., Review of Relay Hymn at the ICA, Art Papers, January-February, 2000.

Temin, Christine, Sports and High Art The Boston Globe, November 10, 1988.

Twardy, Chuck, Saved by the Sculptor, Raleigh News & Observer, April 6, 1993.

Van de Velde, Paola, Afro-Amerikaanse moderne kunst, Nieuws van de Dag, Holland, February 28, 1995.

Wallach, Amei, The Sacred Truth, New York Newsday, June 2, 1994.

Weld, Alison, Essay in Distant Mirrors, New Jersey State Museum, February 1998.

Wolf, Conradin, Ein NewYorker An Der Limmat, Tages Anzeiger, Zurich, 1987.

Woestendiek, Jennifer, Found Objects, Discovered Lessons, The Trenton Times, February 6, 1998.