About Artist Adam Weston
About
Bio:
Focusing energy on the micro and macro universe, Adam Weston's abstract color field paintings are meditations in deep color, texture, light, and atmosphere.
Born and raised in NYC, he attended School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design. In 2004 he moved his studio to Japan, where he continues to live, paint, and exhibit.
Dividing time between studios in Japan, Hawaii, and New York, his work is held in corporate and private collections.
Artist Statement:
A stream of energy – deep and continuous – flows through and connects to everything in the universe.
Meditating on colors, textures, and atmospheres that resonate the vibrations of water, earth, fire, and air – as well as the deepest reaches of outer and inner space, connects us to the source.
I created this work to connect the viewer directly to our environment's abundant energy, love, and beauty.
I share it to promote a greater sense of well-being, peace, and harmony in our everyday lives, hearts, and minds.
One of my influences is Japanese Urushi, an age-old technique famous in Kagawa, where I live and work. "Urushi" (lacquerware) involves building and polishing multiple layers of color upon intricately carved or textured surfaces.
Layering and wiping away are directly connected to the effect, found throughout nature, of accretion and erosion. To me, it is the embodiment of the breath of the earth over the millennia in building mountains and then reducing them, eventually, to dust. – Adam Weston
Press Release for “Simple Complexity” Exhibition:
Adam Weston expresses his perception of energy, movement and the expanding nature of the cosmos through an approach akin to Japan’s traditional “Urushi” lacquerware (漆).
His material of choice is acrylic, layered multiple times and meticulously polished between coatings. Intense attention to detail – applying the medium, eroding and then re-applying – brings out the complex elements of the painting.
Deep layers of color beautifully highlight the intricate organic texture of the underlying foundation. The cyclical process combined with the consistency of the pattern draws a parallel between the vast, unseen continuity of the universe and a steady familiar rhythm.
Born and raised in a family of artists in New York City, Weston relocated his studio to Japan in 2004. After years of living abroad, Shinto (神道) and Zen Buddhism (禅) have had a profound effect on his meditative practice of producing art.
A longtime interest in Taoist philosophy and transcendental meditation has led Weston along a path of “simple complexity” to a fundamental expression of pure being.
His work focuses on this purity communicating the infinite essence of balance, peace, and Gaia harmony – capturing to the core the very fibers of our existence.
Select Solo Exhibitions:
2018:
Jacob Babchuk Gallery, Costa Rica
"Complex Simplicity" – Solo exhibition (Artsy Online)
2017:
Consulate General of Japan, New York
"Three Islands" – Solo exhibition (New York City)
2016:
P.I. Gallery, Nagoya Japan
“New Beginning” – Solo exhibition (Nagoya City, Nagoya)
2015:
Takamatsu City - Shionoe Museum of Art
“Pulse of Life” – Solo exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
2014:
Reijinsha Gallery, Tokyo
“Deep Space” – Solo exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo)
2013:
Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
“Adam Weston” – Solo exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo)
O-Gallery
“Flow” – Solo exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo)
2010:
Sottoprodotto Gallery
“Deep River” – Solo exhibition
“Selected Artist” award – Setouchi International Art Festival Committee (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Wakatakaya Gallery
Solo exhibition (Kurume, Fukuoka)
Fukagawa Ippukudo Gallery
Solo exhibition (Koto-ku, Tokyo)
2005:
Quiet Storm
Solo exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Tepco Asakusa Museum
Solo exhibition (Asakusa, Tokyo)
2004:
Takamatsu City Museum of Art
Solo exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Select Group Exhibitions:
2018:
Jacob Babchuk Gallery, Costa Rica
Group exhibition (Dallas Art Fair, Texas)
Downtown 234 Gallery
Two-person exhibition (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Jacob Babchuk Gallery, Costa Rica
Group exhibition (Escazú, Costa Rica)
2017:
Takamatsu City Museum of Art
Group exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Jacob Babchuk Gallery, Costa Rica
Group exhibition (Escazú, Costa Rica)
Ille Arts
Group exhibition (Amagansett, New York)
2016:
Village West Gallery
“Under the Influence” – Group exhibition (Jersey City, New Jersey)
2015:
BTAP – Beijing Tokyo Art Projects
“Neo-Moroism” – Group exhibition (Beijing, China)
2014:
Enokojima Art Center. Osaka
“Transnational Art 2014” Group exhibition (Osaka)
2013:
Reijinsha Gallery, Tokyo
“Source of Life” – Three-person exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo)
2011:
Tokiwa Art Gallery
“Elements” – Two-person exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Takamatsu City - Shionoe Museum of Art
“Strange Beings” – Three-person exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Salon de Rubis Gallery
“Far Away So Close” – Group exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Gallery Acostage
Tohoku Earthquake Charity – Group exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
“Yell”
Tohoku Earthquake Charity – Group exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
“Mori”
Tohoku Earthquake Charity – Group exhibition (Suginami-ku, Tokyo)
2010:
Kaiyodo Kappakan
Awarded prize and permanent display in group exhibition (Shimanto, Kochi)
2009:
Kyuman Art Museum
Group exhibition (Zentsuji, Kagawa)
2008:
Kyuman Art Museum
Group exhibition (Zentsuji, Kagawa)
Uno House
Group exhibition (Mitoyo, Kagawa)
2007:
Kyuman Art Museum
Group exhibition (Zentsuji, Kagawa)
Miyawaki Gallery
Two-person exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Nishinotani Studio
Group exhibition (Sakaide, Kagawa)
2006:
Kyuman Art Museum
Group exhibition (Zentsuji, Kagawa)
Nishinotani Studio
Group exhibition (Sakaide, Kagawa)
2004:
Gallery de Mou
Two-person exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
Miyawaki Gallery
Group exhibition (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
2018:
Opened studio in New York City
2016:
Opened studio in Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
2010:
Opened studio in Honolulu, Hawaii
2004:
Relocated and opened studio to Takamatsu, Japan
1985-1986:
Parsons School of Design (NYC)
1980-1984:
School of Visual Arts (NYC)