SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITS
"Works on Paper"  John T & Clare M Adams  Akron Women's Club  Akron OH  2017
"Works by Adams, Adams and Farnsworth"  Beachwood OH  July 2016
"Perspectives: Adams and Adams"  ArtSpot  Minerva OH  2016 
“Ludlow Prep Redux”    Collaboration   Massillon Museum   Massillon  OH 2015
“Divergence: Points of Departure”   Collaboration   Kent State Stark  OH 2015
“Clothing as Metaphor”   FAVA  Oberlin OH  2014
“Ludlow Prep”   Collaboration   Translations Gallery   Canton OH  2013
“In Her Closet: Clothing as Metaphor”    ArtPrize 2013  Grand Rapids MI 2013
“The Handkerchief Memory Project”    Solo  Malone University   Canton OH 2012
“In Her Closet”     Solo Exhibit   Downtown Gallery   Kent OH  2012
“R.S.V.P.: A Visual Correspondence”  Box Gallery Summit Art Space Akron OH 2012
“Fugue State”    Window Installation  Downtown Gallery   Kent OH 2012
“Reference Points”    Solo Exhibit  Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery  SC 2010

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"Pushing the Surface"  Johnson Humrickhouse Museum  Coshocton OH 2017
"Ohio Collage Society  Annual Exhibit"  Summit Art Space  Akron OH 2017 Award
"Peter's Valley Instructor's Exhibit"  Layton NJ  2017
"Morgan Conservatory Instructor's Exhibit"  Cleveland OH 2017
"Time Will Tell"  Ashland University  Ashland OH  2017
"Women's Work"  Northwest Area Arts Council   Woodstock IL   2017
"National Collage Society Annual Juried Exhibit"  Kent OH  2016  Award
"Romeo and Juliet"  Mt. Union University  Alliance OH  2016
"Textile Arts Alliance Show"  Lakeland Communty College  Kirtland OH 2016
"In Her Closet"  Bowling Green State University Firelands Collage  2016
“Poetic Logic”  Sweetwater Center for the Arts   Sewickley PA  2016
“Butler Area Artist Exhibit”  Butler Institute  Youngstown  OH  2015
“The Inaugural Juried Exhibit”  Riffe Gallery   Columbus OH  2015
“Material + Process”  Hedge Gallery  Cleveland OH  2015
“National Collage Society Exhibit”  Tucson AZ   2015   Award
“Time Will Tell”  Ashland Univ.  Ashland OH   2014  Honorable Mention
“Transformations”  Morgan Paper Conservatory  Cleveland OH  2014 
“In Her Closet”   Part of ArtPrize  Grand Rapids MI  2013
“Stark County Artists Show”  Massillon Museum  2013
“The Mirror Never Breaks”   Morgan Conservatory   Cleveland OH  2012
“Handkerchief Memory Project”   Malone University   Canton OH 2012
“fiber 577”   Foundation Center   Perrysburg, OH 2012  Honorable Mention
“Fabulous Fibers”   Angelwood Gallery   Perrysburg OH  Invitational  2012
“Stark County Artist Show”  Massillon Museum  Massillon, OH  2012
“Artist Books & Assemblages”  Lakeland Community College  Lakeland, OH 2012
“R.S.V.P.”  the Box Gallery    Summit Art Space  Akron OH   2012
“Blind Date II”  Anderson Creative Gallery   Canton OH  2011
“Nexts”  KSU Centennial Exhibit   Kent OH  2011
“Butler Area Artists Exhibit”  Butler Institute of American Art  Youngstown OH  2011
“Fluid Forms and Fleshy Coats”  Legation Gallery  Cleveland OH  2011
“Piecing It All Together”  Valley Art Center    Chagrin Falls OH    2011
"Governor’s Invitational Exhibit"   Columbus OH  2011
“fibernation”  2nd April Gallerie  Canton OH    2010
“Americas 2010: Paperworks”  Minot State University  2010
“The Artist As Quiltmaker”  FAVA  Oberlin OH  2010
“72nd Area Artists Annual Exhibit” Butler Institute  Youngstown OH 2009
“Bradley International Print Exhibit”  Bradley U  Peoria, IL   2009            
“National Fiber Directions” Wichita Center for the Arts    KS  2009
“Butler Mid-Year Exhibit”  Butler Institute of American Art  Youngstown OH  2009
“Mixed Media Exhibit”  Katherine Butler Gallery  Sarasota FL  2009
“Ohio Collage Annual Exhibit” Valley Art Center  Cuyahoge Falls OH  3rd Place
“Never Think Small”  Climate Gallery  Long Island City  NY  2009
“Stark County Artists Show”  Massillon Museum  2008  Honorable Men.         
“Fiber Nine”  Prairie State College  Chicago, IL  2008         
“15th Annual Juried Art Exhibit”  Jasper Art Center  Jasper, IN  2008         
“Ohio Collage Society’s Annual Exhibit”  Mansfield OH  2008   Merit Award  
“Annual Members’ Show”  Woman Made Gallery  Chicago, IL  2008         
“Third Encaustic Invitational”  Conrad Wilde Gallery  Tucson, AZ  2008         
“Relics and Remembrances”  Fountainhead Gallery NYC  2008
“Stark County Artist Exhibit”  Massillon Museum  OH  2007  2ND PLACE            “CrossRoads”   Rhonda Schaller Gallery    Chelsea NY   2007
“Hot Stuff” Encaustic  Exhibit  Montserrat College   Beverly MA  2007                 

TEACHING AND RELATED ART EXPERIENCES
Professor of Art     Malone University  1993-2014
Curator of Art Exhibits     Malone University  1996-2010
Chair of the Visual Art Department    Malone University  1996-2004
Rust Bleach Burn & Stain   Morgan Paper Conservatory   Cleve OH  2014 & 2017
Encaustic Workshop  Quilt Surface Design Symposium   Columbus OH  2014
Encaustic Workshop at Journey Art Gallery   Canton OH  2014
Encaustic & Found Object Constructs  Journey Art Gallery  Canton OH  2015
Encaustic on Paper Workshop  Morgan Paper Conservatory  Cleve OH  2017
Encaustic on Paper Workshop  Peter's Valley Craft Center  Layton NJ 2017


JURYING EXPERIENCE
Artists of Rubber City Annual Exhibit   Akron OH  2011
National Collage Society Annual Juried Exhibit   Akron OH  2011
High School Regional Art Exhibit   Canton OH  2010
The Artist as Quiltmaker    Fireland Association for the Arts  Oberlin OH  2008
 
EDUCATION
MFA, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont  2001
BFA, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio  1993
M. Ed.,   Kent State University,  Kent, Ohio  1996
Month Long Residency at Jentel Foundation   Banner, Wyoming  2005
Encaustic Paint Workshop,   R and F Handmade Paints,  Kingston, NY  2005
Sculpture Course    KSU Blossom Program   Kent OH  2010
“The Hand” Conference     Haystack Mountain School of Art and Craft  2010
Encaustic on Paper Workshop  R and F Handmade Paints  Kingston NY 2017