Exhibitions, Awards and Private Collections

Solo & Two Person Exhibitions   

2019                Eros y Thanatos – Two-Person Exhibition, The Alchemy of Art, Baltimore, MD

2017                DUEL – Two-Person Exhibition, Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA

2014                DUEL – Two-Person Exhibition, Chadron State University, Chadron, ND 

2008                The Space Between, Kendall Art Gallery, Miami FL

1999                Circular Logic, Contemporary Art Workshop, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

1998                 In-Side / Out-Side, South of North Gallery, Solo Exhibition. Chicago, IL

1995                Secret Vestiges, Pegasus Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Starkville MS

  Shielded Dialogues & Secret Vestiges, MUW, Two-Person Exhibition, Columbia, MS

 

Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Activities

2022  Moth Migration Project, Denver Botanic Garden, Denver, CO

2020                Exalted One – On-Line Exhibition, LAAA, Los Angeles, CA

                       Habitual – On-Line Exhibition, LAAA, Los Angeles, CA

                        Indistinct Chatter – On-Line Exhibition, LAAA, Los Angeles, CA

2018                6x6x2016, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                        Arts for Arf’s Sake, Human Society Pennsylvania, Reading, PA

                        29th Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown PA

                        One Bare Foot Square, Project Space Brut, Seoul, Korea

                        2nd Annual Art Display, Maker Faire Miami, Miami, FL

 

2017                One Bare Foot Square, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Thailand

                        1st Annual Art Display, Maker Faire Miami, Miami, FL

 

2016                Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NYC

                        One Bare Foot Square, Uncooked Culture Gallery, London, England

                        One Bare Foot Square, The Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam, Holland

                        6x6x2016, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                        Off the Wall, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA

 

2014                Off the Wall, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA

                        Me, Myself & I Exhibition, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico Univ., Portales, NM

                        Blobs & Monsters, The Art Deska Gallery, Phoenixville, PA

 

2013                Moving Targets, Process Art House, Amarillo, TX

                        4x6/6x4 Postcard Exhibition, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction CO

                        Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

                        24th Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown PA

Print Exchange, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts–Blackburn Printmaking Wrkshp, NYC, NY

Print Exchange 2013, Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA

Off the Wall, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA

 

2013                Heroes Surround US!, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

6x6x2013, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Collision: Past, Present & Future, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

Group Exhibition, Plaza Tower Apartments in conjunction with Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI

The Little Things, View Gallery, Old Forge, NY

Art Exhibition Without Borders, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

 

2012                Embracing The Human Spirit, Art Prize, Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI

                        FIVE by FIVE, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

17 Tips Project, On-line - http://17tips.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20Adkins

Summer Alumni Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN

 

2011                MIA Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL

                        80 Square, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

                        Artist Studio Magazine, Studio Feature, Spring 2011, International Distribution

                        Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn NY

                        Studio Studio – An (e)Mail Art Exhibit -  http://www.gitouttamyface.com/stja.html

                        9/11 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Freyberger Gallery - Penn State Univ., Reading, PA

 

2010                MIA Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL

                        The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

Lily Oncology on Canvas, Lilly USA, Indianapolis, IN

Featured Artist, Art Journaling Magazine, Summer 2010, International Distribution

Author & Illustrator – “Animals Get Scared Too, Just Like You!Miami, FL

Guest Reader – Children’s Tent, Miami Book Fair International, Miami, FL

 

2009                Get Ready, Art Basel Wynwood Exhibition– Cynergi Building, Miami, FL

Un(bound): An Altered Book Competition, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD

                        Never THINK Small!, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, NY         

Postcard Art Exhibition, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, TX

MDC Faculty Exhibition, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL

We Made A Deal with the Devil, Traveling exhibition throughout Canada & NYC

Group Exhibition, Synergy Gallery, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL

Little Images Exhibition, ISM-Gallery, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL

Small Works – Juried Exhibition, Utrecht Art Store, Miami, FL

Reviews and Articles

2012 - Alex Rodriguez, Mastermind 2012 Honorable Mention: John Adkins, Miami New Times, February 22, Miami, FL

2011 - Artist Studio Vignette, Studio Magazine, Spring 2011, International magazine

2010 - Featured artist, Art Journaling, Spring 2010, International magazine
Carolyn M. Mullin, Animals Get Scared Too, Just Like You!, Vegbooks.org, November 25, national organization.

2010 - Ellie Brecher, Authors of Animal-Related Books Coming to the Book Fair, Miami Herald Blog, October 22, Miami, FLMiami

2010 -Art Guide, Animals Get Scared Too, Just Like You! feature, July, Miami, FL


2003 - Ron Schira, Exhibit Chronicles Process of Becoming an Artist, Reading Eagle, February 24, Reading, PA

2001 - David Powers, Matchstick Masterpieces, Cleveland Scene, March 1, Cleveland, OH

2001 - Lisa Gray, Caveat Vendor, Houston Press, February 8, Houston, TX

1999 - Valarie McGovern, John Adkins' Paintings, UR Chicago, Aug/Sept, Chicago, IL

Private Collections

Pat Hollaran: Memphis, TN

Bonnie and Peter Sobel: Lexington, KY

Patricia Berry: Los Angeles, CA

Artists in Cellophane: Winston-Salem, NC

Awards

Honorable Mention, Masterminds 2012, Miami New Times, Miami, FL

Excellence in Execution:One Small Step, International Juried Competition, Nags Head, NC, 2002

Best Of Show:Wild Blue Yonder, International Exhibition, Nags Head, NC, 1997

Exhibition Grant:Mississippi Arts Council, $10,000 Grant "Salvation on Sand Mountain:" 1996

Published Finalist:Best of College Photography 1994, Photographer’s Forum, 1994

Honorable Mention:Harper College Art Exhibition, Palatine, IL , 1985