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selected works

Style Variation 9
2019
Style Variation Grid 6,
2019
Style Variation 6
2019
Style Variation Grid 5
2019
Style Variation 10
2019
Style Variation 7
2019
Floater
2017
Floater No. 24 (pretzel)
2016
Floater 61
2017
Floater 62
2017
Floater
2017
Floater
2017
Floater 73
2018
Orbiting Us #2
2017
Ebony Fashion Fair #1
2017

past exhibitions

12 June – 15 September 2019

Hassan HajjajDerrick Adams

Get Up Stand Up Now

1 May – 5 May 2019

Derrick Adams

11 April – 14 April 2019

Johnny AbrahamsDerrick AdamsDaniel Crews-Chubb

Dallas Art Fair

Vigo Gallery
8 June – 26 August 2018

Derrick Adams

Transmission

3 May – 6 May 2018

Derrick AdamsLeonardo DrewIbrahim El-Salahi

1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Pioneer Works
8 March – 11 March 2018

Derrick Adams

Future People

25 January – 12 August 2018

Derrick Adams

Sanctuary

6 December – 10 December 2017

Derrick AdamsDaniel Crews-ChubbJordan Nassar

6 June – 18 September 2017

Derrick Adams

Future People

5 May – 7 May 2017

Derrick AdamsIbrahim El-SalahiZak Ové

1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York
3 May 2017 – 23 February 2018

Derrick Adams

Patrick Kelly, The Journey

1 March – 1 July 2017

Derrick Adams

Network

18 November – 17 December 2016

Derrick Adams

Float

Vigo Gallery

selected press/news

3 May 2019

Derrick Adams

Why advance sales at fairs are gaining ground
 
1 – 5 May 2019
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3 May 2019

Derrick Adams

The 10 Best Booths at Frieze New York
 
1 – 5 May 2019
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2 May 2019

Derrick Adams

The Four Best Things To See At Frieze New York
 
1 – 5 May 2019
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Derrick Adams

Derrick Adams is Focusing on a Positive Vision for the Future
 
Sanctuary
25 January – 12 August 2018
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19 January 2018

Derrick Adams

How an Artist Learned About Freedom From 'The Negro Motorist Green Book'
 
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29 January 2018

Derrick Adams

 
Sanctuary
25 January – 12 August 2018
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Derrick Adams

Artist Derrick Adams Reinterprets Kim Crow Era Travel Guidebooks
 
Sanctuary
25 January – 12 August 2018
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Derrick Adams

Mobility Through the Eyes of an Artist
 
Sanctuary
25 January – 12 August 2018
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Derrick Adams

Artforum review

 
The Studio Museum, Harlem
3 May 2017 – 23 February 2018
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Derrick Adams

Wins Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize by New York’s Studio Museum in Harlem.
 
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Derrick Adams

10 Disruptors who are completely changing the art world
These players are shaking things up
Artsy
 
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Artist Explores The Vibrant, Complex History of Blackness on Television
 
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Derrick Adams

VoCA Talk: Derrick Adams 'Future People' at Stoney Island Arts Bank, 2017

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Go Stand Next to the Mountain

Video interludes

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'The Entertainer' Performance at MoMa PS1, 2012 (excerpt)

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In conversation

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Style Variation 9

2019Acrylic paint and graphite on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper 177.8 x 111.8  cm / 70 x 44 in

Style Variation Grid 6,

2019Acrylic paint and graphite on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper 177.8  x 111.8 cm cm / 70 x 44 in

Style Variation 6

2019Acrylic paint and graphite on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper 117.8 x 111.8 cm / 46 3/8 x 44 in

Style Variation Grid 5

2019Acrylic paint and graphite on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper 177.8 x 111.8 cm cm / 70 x 44 in

Style Variation 10

2019Acrylic paint and graphite on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper 177.8 x 111.8 cm  cm / 70 x 44 in

Style Variation 7

2019Acrylic paint and graphite on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper 177.8  x 111.8 cm cm / 70 x 44 in

Floater

2017Acrylic paint and fabric collage on paper127 x 127 cm / 50 x 50 in

Floater No. 24 (pretzel)

2016Acrylic paint and fabric collage on paper127 x 127 cm / 50 x 50 in

Floater 61

2017Acrylic paint on paper131 x 131 cm / 51 5/8 x 51 5/8 in

Floater 62

2017acrylic paint on paper131 x 131 cm / 51 5/8 x 51 5/8 in

Floater

2017Acrylic paint and fabric collage on paper127 x 127 cm / 50 x 50 in

Floater

2017Acrylic paint and fabric collage on paper127 x 127 cm / 50 x 50 in

Floater 73

2018Acrylic paint, pencil, fabric collage and archival glue on paper 137.2 x 193 cm / 54 x 76 in

Orbiting Us #2

2017121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48 x 48 in

Ebony Fashion Fair #1

2017Mixed media collage on paper152.4 x 101.6 cm / 60 x 40 in