Adams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956. He received a B.F.A. degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1978 and studied at the Penland School in North Carolina as well as at Pilchuck Glass School in Washington. He currently lives in Albany, New York.

Born

1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education

1981-84 Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
1981 Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
1980 Penland School, Spruce Pine, NC
1978 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, B.F.A. Painting

Honors and Awards

1984 Fragile Art, First Prize, Sculpture
1985-86 S.W.E.A. Travel Grant, Sweden
1986, 88, 90 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1992 Shimonoeski City Art Museum Prize
1993 Empire State Crafts Alliance Grant
2001 Wheaton Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
2003 New York State Arts Fellowship (NYSFA) Grant

Teaching and Professional Experience

1982 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1984 Toledo Museum School, Toledo, OH, Visiting Artist
1985 Art Park, Lewiston, NY, Visiting Artist
1986 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Visiting Artist
1987 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, Faculty
1988 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Visiting Artist
1988-94 Blenko Glass Co., Milton, WV, Principle Designer
1989-90 Oberglas Barnbach, Austria, Visiting Artist
1991 Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Visiting Artist
1994-96 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Faculty
1995 Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, Visiting Artist
1996 Penn State University, Reading Campus, Reading, PA, Visiting Artist
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting Artist
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Visiting Artist
Ox-Bow School, Chicago Art Institute, Saugatuck, MI, Faculty
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit MI and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Visiting Artist
1997 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, Faculty
1999 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Faculty
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, Visiting Artist
2002 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, Visiting Artist
Ox-Bow School, Chicago Art Institute, Saugatuck, MI
2001-Present Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ, Creative Consultant

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2001 REMMANT: Hank Adams, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
1988 Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1986 Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
1985 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1984 Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
1983 Appalachian Center, Smithville, TN

Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 FIRE AND FORM, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL
2001 CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION: Pilchuck Glass School at 30, SeaTac Airport, WA
2000 CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION: Pilchuck Glass School’s 30 Years, Bumbershoot 2000, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
1999 GLASS! GLORIOUS GLASS! National Museum of American Art, The Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
MATERIAL DEPARTURE, Albany International Airport, NY
1998 WORKS ON PAPER, Kendall Art & Design, Hudson, NY
1997 THE GLASS SKIN, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; traveling to Shimoneski City Art Museum, Shimoneski, Japan; Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan; The Corning Museum of Glass; Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf; Kunstammlunden der Veste Coburg, Germany; Glass Today: American Studio GLASS TODAY: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
1996 VENZIA APERTO VETRO, The Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
1994 CONTEMPORARY CAST GLASS, San Francisco Craft 7 Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
1993 TIFFANY TO BEN TRÉ, A Century of Glass, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY GLASS, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
MAXIMIZING THE MINIMUM: Small Glass Sculpture, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
1991 WORLD GLASS NOW, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
STUDIO GLASS: Selections from the David Jacob Chodorkoff Collection, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
NATIONAL OBJECT INVITATIONAL, Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
1988 WORLD GLASS NOW, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
1987 POETRY OF THE PHYSICAL, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
NEW AMERICAN GLASS, Huntington Museum, Huntington, WV
Saxe Collection, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
THE ELOQUENT OBJECT, Tulsa Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
1986 ILLINOIS REGIONAL INVITATIONAL, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
Visiting Artists Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
1985 TRANSLUCENT SCULPTURE, Public Art Trust, Washington, D.C.
Neuroffnung, Kunstforman, Jetz, Salzburg, Austria
THREE DIMENSIONS, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
1983 SIX PLUS TWELVE, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
GROUP SHOW, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1982 THE FINE ART OF PRIVATE COMMISSIONS, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
GROUP SHOW, Oak Ridge Center, Oak Ridge, TN
CONTEMPORARY BLOWN GLASS, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
1981 CONTEMPORARY GLASS, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
SHARP EDGE, Appalachian Center, Smithville, TN
AMERICANS IN GLASS, Leigh Yawkey, Woodson Art Museum, WI
1980 FACULTY COLLECTS, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN
Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Glas Museum Frauenau, Germany
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
J & L Lobmeyr Collection, Vienna, Austria
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Germany
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, VA
Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Lausanne, Switzerland
Oberglas Museum, Barnbach, Austria
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Shimonoeski City Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

Selected Bibliography
Oatman, Michael. Hank Murta Adams, Chaos and Control, Glass Magazine, Summer 2005, pp.
52- 61 (cover)
Keyser, Lynn. Glass Act, Life Style, Summer 2005, pp. 42-46
Perreault, John. Hank Murta Adams, American Craft Magazine, Dec '04/Jan 05, page 48-51
Warmus, William. Castings: Hank Murta Adams, Glass Magazine, Spring 1997, Volume 66, pp.
34-39.
Bjornland, Karen. Material Departure, The Daily Gazette; November 26, 1999, page D3.
Brandt, Beverly K. The Collection of Sara and David Lieberman, American Craft Magazine;
Feb/March 2002. page 73.
Gallery, American Craft Magazine; Feb/March 2002. pp. 96.
Kangas, Matthew. The Rematerialization of the Art Object, Sculpture, July/August 1996, pp.
pp. 24-27. (Cover)
Kangas, Matthew. Hank Murta Adams: Elliott Brown Gallery (review); Sculpture, Sept. 1996,
pp. 67-68, illus. page 68.
Lauren, Stacey. Art of Craft, Metroland; January 6-12, 2000, page 43.
Updike, Robin. Hank Murta Adams: Elliott Brown Gallery (review); Seattle Times, January 14,
1999, p17.
Warmus, William. Castings: Hank Murta Adams, Glass Magazine, Spring 1997, Volume 66, pp.
34-39.