Adam Finkelston
Curricula Vitae
www.adamfinkelston.com
adamfinkelston@gmail.com
www.thehandmagazine.space
thehandmagazine@icloud.com
Publisher and Editor
Owner, Publisher, and Co-editor, The Hand Magazine LLC, April 2013 to Present
- Quarterly international publication of contemporary photography and printmaking.
Curator and Juror
Ten Years Out of Hand, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Jan 11 – Feb. 16 2024 Gimme Ten! Ten Years of The Hand Magazine, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, March – April 2022
Alternative Process and the Handmade Photograph, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March 13 – April 7, 2023 Gimme Ten!: Ten Years of The Hand Magazine, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, March 3 – April 29, 2023 (with James Meara) 6th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition, The Image Flow, San Anselmo, CA (with J. Jason Lazarus and Chris McCaw), October – December, 2022
The Hand at Fenix Arts, Fenix Arts Gallery, Fayetteville, AR, Oct. 6 – Nov. 12, 2022 (with James Meara)
The Abstract Image, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, May 2022
PhotoSpiva 2021, Juror, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO, March 20 – May 15, 2021
Your Daily Photograph newsletter, Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Guest curator, April 2021 and May 2022 Shape/Shift, Through This Lens Gallery, Durham, NC, July 17 - August 15, 2020 (with James Meara)
The Abstract Image, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, May 2019
Signs & Symbols, Fraction Print Studio, Kansas City, MO, August 25th – Oct. 28, 2018 (with James Meara)
The Abstract Image, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, January 2018, juror
Mudras, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, June and July, 2017 (with James Meara)
Automic, The Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2016 (with James Meara)
Water, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, July 2015 (with James Meara)
A Show of Hands, A1LabArts, Knoxville, TN, March 2014 (with James Meara)
“Do You Copy?”, Potter Hall Gallery, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, Jan.- Feb. 2014 (with James Meara)
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
Transient Truth, HJ’s Youth and Community Center, Kansas City, MO, July – August 2023 (solo)
Passages, Potter Gallery, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, January 21 – March 8, 2023 (solo) Now You See Me, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO, Sept. 2 – 30, 2022 (solo)
Alchemy: Silver and Cyan, New Works by Adam Finkelston and Steve Wilson. Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography, KCMO, June 2021 (duo, with Steve Wilson)
Across Disciplines, Process Gallery, Omaha, NE, Jan. – Feb. 2018 (solo)
Idols and Idles, 19 Below Gallery, Kansas City, MO, December 2016 (solo)
Manifestations, Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Sept- Oct. 2014 (solo)
Amor et Salis, Slap-N-Tickle Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2013 (solo)
Selected Works, PowerGroup offices, Overland Park, KS, May 2012 (solo)
Magic, UMKC Gallery of Art, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, January 2012 (solo)
Alchemical Spirits, VALA Gallery, Mission, KS, June 2011 (solo)
Love And Other Myths, Planet Café, Kansas City, MO, April 2000 (solo)
Juried and Group Exhibitions
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Tangled Roots, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS, 2022
Beyond The Screen, QuincyArts, Quincy, MA, Feb. 2022
Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO, June- Sept. 2023, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2014
Tangled Roots, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS, 2019
Flatline: 2D and the New Depthiness, Remarque/ New Grounds Print Studio, Albuquerque, NM, Sept – October 2018 Context 2018, Filter Gallery, Chicago, IL, Feb. – March 2018
Saturday Morning Mashup, BOOM MOD Gallery, Kansas City, MO, October 2017
A Sense of Place, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO, April – June 2017
THEME:MUSIC (for SEITIES Magazine), Shelf Life Books, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Oct./ Nov. 2016
Shades of Blue: Contemporary Cyanotypes, Potter Gallery, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, Sept. 2016 4 Square, Kansas City Artists Coalition, August 12th, 2016
Mirror With A Memory: Alternative Process Photography in the 21st Century, Nave Gallery Annex, Sommerville, MA, July 2016
PhotoSpiva, Spiva Center For The Arts, Joplin, MO, March 2016
InPrint-Is, Blanco Negro Gallery, Sydney, Australia, January 2016
UrbanSuburbanXI: Transition, Experience, Adventure, Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Sept./ Oct. 2015 Still Life, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, May 2015
Capture, Fraction Print Studio, Kansas City, MO, Feb./ March 2015
Theme:Icon, Shelf Life Books, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sept./ Oct. 2014
Alt-Photo Exhibition, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR, September 2014
I Know These Guys From Work, R. G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, KS, February, 2014
Public Hanging, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO, November 2012
2012 Midwest Photo Emerge, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, October 2012
Alternative Realities, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, June 2012
Members Only, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA, June- July 2012
Call and Response, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA, April- May 2012
Poetic Objects: Still Life As Subject, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, March- April 2012
Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT , June 2011
Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction, KCAI campus, Kansas City, MO, June 2011
The Language of Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, March- April 2011
Visions of the Flint Hills, Buttonwood Gallery, Kansas City, MO, October 2010
Town Day Celebration, Boykivschyna Museum, Dolyna, Ukraine, Spring 2010
Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction, KCAI campus, Kansas City, MO, June 2010
10x10, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, May 2010
Fundraising Auction, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO, April 2009
Photography, Panacea Gallery, Kansas City, MO, November 2002
Group Show, Classic Cup, Kansas City, MO, September 2002
Graduating Seniors Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO, April 2000
Group Show, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, MO, March 2000
New Work, 51st Street Coffee Shop, Kansas City, MO, December 1999
LimeLight, Locus Solus Gallery, Kansas City, MO, April 1999
Country Fair, Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, MO, April 1998
Publications including my photography and/ or writing
Kallitype, Vandyke Brown, and Argyrotype: A Step-by-Step Manual of Iron-Silver Processes Highlighting Contemporary Artists (Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography), by Don Nelson, Focal Press / Routledge, 2023
SHOTS Magazine, Issue 156, Summer, 2022
Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques (Second Edition), by Jill Enfield, Focal Press / Routledge, 2020
Salted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists, by Christina Z. Anderson, Focal Press, 2017 THEME:MUSIC, SEITIES Magazine, Summer 2016 (includes an interview and portfolio of my work. Also acted as juror for the cyanotype section of the issue)
SHOTS Magazine, Issue 132, Summer 2016
InPrint-Is, Dawne Fahey, editor, Blurb Books, 2016
The Matter of Light, Diffusion Magazine, 2014
Dreams, Fantasies and Illusions, Vermont Photo Workplace, October 2014
THEME:ICON, SEITIES Magazine, September 2014
YourDailyPhotograph, Duncan Miller Gallery newsletter, May 25th, 2014
Don’t Take Pictures, “In The Looking Glass @ Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art” (written review), Feb. 19, 2014
Tonelit Magazine, Issue 3, www.tonelit.com, 2013
Alternative Realities, Vermont Photo Workplace, August 2012
Poetic Objects: Still Life As Subject catalogue, Vermont Photo Workplace, April 2012
Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies catalogue, Vermont Photo Workplace, July 2011
The Language of Light catalogue, Vermont Photo Workplace, April 2011
Honors/ Awards
ArtsKC Education Award (for, Creative Co/Lab, and arts education program for high school students), 2016
Cover artist and Book Award, InPrint-Is, Edited by Dawne Fahey, Juried by Christina Z. Anderson, 2015
Honorable Mention, Still Life, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, Juried by Russell Joslin, 2015
Honorable Mention, Alt-Photo Exhibition, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR (Northwest Symposium of Alternative
Photography, Juried by S. Gayle Stevens, 2015
Emerging Artist Selection, Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction, KCAI, Kansas City, MO, 2013
Emerging Artist Selection, Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction, KCAI, Kansas City, MO, 2011
Honorable Mention, Graduating Seniors Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, KCAI, Kansas City, MO, 2000
Presentations/ Workshops
“Cyanotypes for Beginners”, HJ’s Youth and Community Center, Kansas City, MO, July 7, 2023
“Cyanotypes for Beginners”, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS, 2018 – present
“Cyanotypes for Beginners”, Remarque/New Grounds Print Studio, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 12th, 2018 “Van Dyke Printing”, Night Blooms Bookstore and Darkroom, August 12, 2017
“Salted Paper Printing”, Night Blooms Bookstore and Darkroom, May 27, 2017
“Cyanotype”, Night Blooms Bookstore and Darkroom, March 25, 2017
“Cyanotype”, Kansas City Art Institute, May 2016
“Salted Paper Printing”, Art Closet Studios, Kansas City, MO, September 2014
“Salted Paper Printing”, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 14-15, 2013
“Photo Transfers for Beginners”, Presentation at the Kansas Art Educators Association
Annual Conference, Manhattan, KS, Sept. 2010
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Photography and Integrated Media, Lesley University College of Art + Design, Cambridge, MA, May 2023 Master of Arts- Photography, University of Missouri- Kansas City, May 2012
Bachelor of Arts- Art Education, University of Missouri- Kansas City, May 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Photography and New Media, Kansas City Art Institute, May 2000
Teaching Experience
2017 - present: Lecturer in Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
2007- present: Shawnee Mission East High School, Shawnee Mission School District, Johnson County, KS 2004- 2007: Highlands Elementary School, Shawnee Mission School District, Johnson County, KS (K-6 art)