Born June 16th, 1981 in Murfreesboro, TN.
BFA in Illustration/Design from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University (2005)
When He’s not painting, he works for a Navy contractor as an engineer/designer.
His painting studio is in South Boston, MA
Press
Weekly Dig Cover and Interview 4/20/12
Through an individual’s personal experiences, day-to-day interactions, and general outlook on life, a perspective is formed. More often than not, this is translated into the mundane. For example—80 percent of city landscape paintings are trite and uninspired.
Thankfully, there are artists like Adam O’Day who transform familiarity by dissolving structure.
O’Day’s subject matter is gritty and destructive—he harnesses nuclear surroundings and apocalyptic themes with lush, inviting colors that create an inhabitable space. We recently chatted with O’Day, discussing his work leading up to a group show, Don’t Give Up The Ship, at Orchard Skate Shop. Read the full interview here.
“Adam O’Day is a Boston artist you pay attention to. His bold color palette and moody cityscapes are prevalent in the contemporary Boston art scene. O’Day’s work is popping up all over the city – from art exhibitions to permanent collections.” Click for source: Glovebox Boston
“Adam’s paintings are so popular because although he’s generally working with traditional city skylines, he’s adding a fresh, bold perspective to the piece,” says Liza Hall, curator at Turning Art. “The result for the viewer is a broadly recognizable foundation that quickly becomes dynamic and engaging in a new way.” Click for full article: CBS Boston
Shakefist Magazine Review: A Night of Art and Fashion at Misha Nicole By Sabina Frizell
Abstraks Article by Carina Wine: http://abstraks.com/index.html
Cover of the Boston Globe, June 12th, 2010
Featured in Boston’s Weekly Dig, November 17th, 2010 for group show Urbanites at Distillery Gallery: “Living in cities definitely inspires me,” says artist Adam O’Day, also a Distillery resident, who created work specifically for this exhibition. O’Day will show 2-D and 3-D work, including some oversized pieces. This urbanite has lived in Kalamazoo, Mich., Atlanta, Washington DC and Boston. “I love living/working in the Distillery. Since moving here, my art is influenced by the griminess and quirky residents. There are lots of found materials for mixed-media work. I always find something in the garbage that I can reuse for creating art.” O’Day’s work has been called “scribbly and violent,” and his deeply colored Boston landscapes, often large and layered, are both dark and bright at the same time. The tone, when combined with pinks and yellows, stands as powerful, lovely and eerie while ruminating on city explosions, destruction and fire.
New York Finds Interest in Adam O’Day, posted by the DeCordova Museum’s Corporate Program
Make It Together, presented by Distillery Gallery, show featured in the Boston Phoenix, August 19th, 2011. Cave Monster Stalking a Unicorn by A. O’Day and KDONZ in full color in ad.
Exhibition History
2013
Solo Show at Za, Arlington, MA, Winter, 2013
2012
Ambassadors, Josh Falk, Sean Flood, Adam O’Day, Felipe Ortiz and Percy Fortini-Wright at Boston City Hall, 12.10.12-1.18.13
Winter Salad, Group Show at Lot F, Boston, MA, 12.14.12
Calicornicopia, Holiday Group Show at Calico, Brooklyn, MA, 12.7.12
South Boston Open Studios, Group Show, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA, Nov, 2012
New Media / Fresh Paint, Large Group Show at New Art Center, Presented by DeCordova, Newtonville, MA, 11.2.12
FOUR, Lot F, Mike Hammecker, Adam O’Day, Elizabeth Kirby Sullivan, Dave Tree, Boston, MA, 11.2.12 Promo Video: Lot F Presents FOUR
Exhibit A, Group Show at Calico, Brooklyn, NY, 9.28.12
Art on the Roof, Group Show, Boston, MA, 9.27.12
Boston Ahts Festival, Boston, MA, 9.8, 9.9, 2012
Adam O’Day’s Phantasm Galaxy, Solo show at the Mission, Boston, MA, July, 2012
Destitute Rascals, 2 man show at Lord Hobo: Scott Murry and Adam O’Day, Cambridge, MA, 6.21.12
Prana, Solo show, Watertown, MA, May 2012
Don’t Give Up The Ship, show with M Hart, S Chasse and R Larrow at Orchard, Allston, MA May, 2012
Dystopia Filter III, 31 artist show at Section 440, Brooklyn, NY, 3.9.12
LOVE HATE, 20 artist show at Eastside Gallery, South Boston, MA, 2.17.12
OPOCADONZ, 2 man show with Kdonz at BLVD. Newbury St., Boston, MA, 2.3.12
2011
The Hundreds, Group show at LAP Gallery, Waltham, MA, 12.9.11
Salad 3.0, Group show at Lot F Gallery, Boston, MA, 12.9.11
Distillation, Group show at Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA, 12.2.11
Winter Works II, Solo Show, Christopher’s, Cambridge, MA, Nov 2011-Jan 2012
Phantasm Galaxy, Solo/Collaborative Show, Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MA, Sept-Nov, 2011
Boston Breakthrough, Sean Boyce, Studios, Group show on Newbury, Aug-Oct, 2011
Arts for Hearts, Auction to benefit American Heart Assoc, Ned Devine’s, Boston, MA, Oct, 2011
Infusion, Solo Show Presented by Misha Nicole, New York, NY, Aug-Oct, 2011
Citizen Pub, Fenway, Boston, MA, Summer, 2011
Fuck Yeah America, LAP Gallery, Waltham, MA, Summer, 2011
South Boston Open Studios, Group Show, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA, June 5th, 2011
The 2nd Dimension, A Glovebox Group Show, April 30th, 2011
Boston by Boston, A Glovebox Group Show, April-July, 2011
Franklin Cafe, Group Show, South Boston, MA, Jan-Aug, 2011
West Side Lounge, Group Show, Cambridge, MA, Mar-Apr, 2011
Go Small, Group Show at Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA, March, 2011
Vee Vee Restaurant, Solo Show, Jamaica Plain, MA, Mar-April, 2011
The Today Show, 2 Man Show with T. Robertson at Lot F Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb, 2011 Click for Promo Video: Lot F Present The Today Show
Neckpunch, Collab Show with KDONZ at Lord Hobo, Cambridge, MA, Dec 2010-Feb, 2011
2010
Shakefist 2 yr Anniversary Show, Group Show, Launch Pad, Roxbury, MA, March, 2010
Build Boston, Architect Convention, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA, Nov 17-19, 2010
Salad 2.0, 5 Man Show at Lot F Gallery, Boston, MA, Nov-Dec, 2010
South Boston Open Studios, Group Show, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA, Nov 6-7, 2010
Urbanites, 6 Man Show, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA, Nov 18, 2010
Focus, Group Show, Wengren Gallery at The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, Sept 2010-Jan, 2011
Concrete Jungle, Group Show presented by LOT F Gallery. Boston, MA, Summer, 2010
Good Life, presented by LOT F Gallery. Boston, MA, Summer, 2010
Tasty Burger, presented by Scott Chasse. Boston, MA, Summer, 2010 – Permanent
The Hallway Gallery, 3 Man Show, Jamaica Plain, MA, 10.7.10-10.31.10
Good Life, presented by LOT F Gallery. Halloween Coffin Paintings Show, Boston, MA, Oct, 2010
F.A.M.E., 3 Man Show at Via Matta in Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA, Aug, 2010
Za Restaurant, Solo Show in Arlington, MA, Aug-Sept., 2010
Getting Warmer, West Side Lounge, Solo Show in Cambridge, MA, May-July, 2010
Winter Works, Christopher’s, Solo Show in Cambridge, MA, March, 2010
The Connect, 7 Man Show at Lot F Gallery, Boston, MA, March, 2010
Muse, Group show in New London, CT, Nov 2009-Jan, 2010
2009
The New Different, 7 Man Show at Lot F Gallery, Boston, MA, Nov, 2009
Cirque Du Noir, Group Charity Benefit Art Show at Bocado, Worcester, MA, Oct, 2009
Collective Expressions, Group Show, Abington, MA, Oct. 2009
Got Art? Group Show at The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, Oct, 2009
Hair Smugglers, 1369 Coffeeshop, 2 Man Show in Cambridge, MA, August, 2009
Corporate Collection, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, Sept, 2009-Sept, 2010
Savant Project, Solo Show in Boston, MA, July, 2009
Za Restaurant, Solo Show in Arlington, MA, June-July, 2009
Easter Bunny Decadence, Group Show at Out of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Easter, 2009
2008
Christopher’s, Solo Show in Cambridge, MA, Nov-Dec, 2008
Fantastic Four, Group Show at The Middle East Rock Club, Cambridge, MA, Nov-Dec, 2008
The Dead Will Rise Again, Group Show at All Asia, Cambridge, MA, Oct, 2008
Got Art? Group Show at The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, Oct, 2008
For the Love of Music, Group Show at The Middle East Rock Club, Cambridge, MA, Sept, 2008
The Big Finish, Group Art Auction at The High Museum in Atlanta, GA, March, 2008
Za Restaurant, Solo Show in Arlington, MA, May, 2008
SoWA Art Walk, Art fair in South End, Boston, MA, May, 17-18, 2008 & 2009
Gulu Gulu Café, Solo Show at Café Gallery in Lynn, MA, Winter, 2008
Cambridge Common, Solo Show in Cambridge, MA, Spring, 2008
Out of the Blue Gallery, General Collection, Cambridge, MA, Jan-Dec, 2008
1998-2007
Mischief, Solo Show at The Middle East Rock Club, Fall, 2007
300 Views, Group art show in City Hall, Boston, MA, Fall, 2005
Reel Art, Solo Show at The Reel Bar, Fall, 2005
Espresso Royale, Solo Show at Boston University Coffee Shop, Spring, 2005
Senior Illustration Group Show, Newbury St. Gallery at the Art Institute of Boston, Fall, 2004
Reject Art Group Show, The Lounge Gallery at the Art Institute of Boston, Fall, 2004
The Great Frame-Up, Group Show in Marietta, GA, Spring, 1998-1999