ADAM ROBERT HAGER
EDUCATION
2012 MFA Studio Art
American University, Washington, DC
2009 BFA Sculpture
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Artsits at Work, Smithsonian Ripley Center, Washington, DC
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
Sculpture Remix, Glen Echo Park Stone Tower Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2016 Mechanical Resonance (solo), Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Arts 202 Festival DC Commission for the Arts, Washington, DC
DC Art All Night, American University, Washington, DC
WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC
Blue Moon, Gallery 505, Frederick, MD
2015 E Pluribus Unum, Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania
Washington Sculpture Group Image Show, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2014 Between Fact and Fiction (Solo), Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Emerge Art Fair, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC
WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC
Contraptions: Reflections On The Almost Functional, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2013 Trawick Prize Finalist Show, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
Dreamlike Fabrications, Tyson’s Corner, Vienna, VA
This is Labor, Kaplan Gallery, Visarts, Rockville, MD
2012 MFA Juried Exhibition (John Yau), The First Street Gallery, New York City, NY
Sculpture Now, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
Nine Degrees, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC
ON LOAN, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2011 ReConstruct, Walnut Ink Gallery, Michigan City, IN
1st Year MFA Exhibition, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC
Small Works, Rotunda Gallery - Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
2010 Sudden Space, Popup Gallery Space, Arlington, VA
Drawing Undefined, Rotunda Gallery - Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Selected Works, Fowler Kellog Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
2009 12x12 100th Anniversary Exhibition¸ Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
Selected Works, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
Aspirations, Brauer Museum, Valparaiso, IN
2008 Sculptural Forms: functional and nonfunctional, The Artist Space, Valparaiso, IN
Portrait Interpretations, Strimbu Photo Gallery, Valparaiso, IN
AWARDS
2013 Trawick Prize, second place, Washington, DC
2012 DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Purchase Grant, Washington,DC
2011 Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies Grant, American University, Washington, DC
Serge Sacknoff Sculpture Scholarship, American University, Washington DC
2010 Helen Herzbrun Scholarship, American University, Washington DC
Full Tuition Scholarship, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua NY, summer residency
2009 Full Tuition Scholarship, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua NY, summer residency
Zahn Fund Award, Valparaiso University Art Student Exhibition
2008 Hanson Alumnus Award, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN
Partners of the Brauer Museum Award, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN
Lectures
2016 Panel Discussion, TheArtShow.TV, https://vimeo.com/166629846
2014 Artist Talk, Smithsonian American Art Museum
PRESS
2016 -Washington Project for the Arts, TheArtshow.tv Episode 6
https://vimeo.com/166629846
2014 -Washington Post, Sculptor gives his toys an edge, Review by Michael O’Sullivan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/art-review-between-fact-and-fiction-at-flashpoint-gallery/2014/08/28/b79ba0be-297a-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html
-CulturalDC.com, Adam Hager’s Between Fact and Fiction, Flashpoint gallery Press Release
http://www.culturaldc.org/2014/07/adam-hagers-between-fact-and-fiction-opens-at-flashpoint-gallery-on-august-8/
-Washington City Paper, Making Machines has gotten easier – making art is still hard, by Kriston Capps
-Washington Post, Gallery opening of the week Aug 8, 2014, Article by Michael O’Sullivan
2013 -Washington Post, Galleries: ‘This is Labor’, Review by Mark Jenkins
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/galleries-offerings-this-is-labor-view-from-a-minor-heaven-dynamic-spaces/2013/10/10/74565268-2f84-11e3-9ddd-bdd3022f66ee_story_1.html
-Washington Post, D.C. area gallery shows: ‘The Trawick Prize’, Review by Mark Jenkins
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dc-area-gallery-shows-the-district-united-variations-the-trawick-prize-the-land/2013/09/19/535de2b8-1ef6-11e3-9ad0-96244100e647_story.html
COLLECTIONS
DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Art Bank
EDUCATION
2012 MFA Studio Art
American University, Washington, DC
2009 BFA Sculpture
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Artsits at Work, Smithsonian Ripley Center, Washington, DC
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
Sculpture Remix, Glen Echo Park Stone Tower Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2016 Mechanical Resonance (solo), Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Arts 202 Festival DC Commission for the Arts, Washington, DC
DC Art All Night, American University, Washington, DC
WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC
Blue Moon, Gallery 505, Frederick, MD
2015 E Pluribus Unum, Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania
Washington Sculpture Group Image Show, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2014 Between Fact and Fiction (Solo), Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Emerge Art Fair, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC
WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC
Contraptions: Reflections On The Almost Functional, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2013 Trawick Prize Finalist Show, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
Dreamlike Fabrications, Tyson’s Corner, Vienna, VA
This is Labor, Kaplan Gallery, Visarts, Rockville, MD
2012 MFA Juried Exhibition (John Yau), The First Street Gallery, New York City, NY
Sculpture Now, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
Nine Degrees, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC
ON LOAN, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2011 ReConstruct, Walnut Ink Gallery, Michigan City, IN
1st Year MFA Exhibition, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC
Small Works, Rotunda Gallery - Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
2010 Sudden Space, Popup Gallery Space, Arlington, VA
Drawing Undefined, Rotunda Gallery - Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Selected Works, Fowler Kellog Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
2009 12x12 100th Anniversary Exhibition¸ Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
Selected Works, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
Aspirations, Brauer Museum, Valparaiso, IN
2008 Sculptural Forms: functional and nonfunctional, The Artist Space, Valparaiso, IN
Portrait Interpretations, Strimbu Photo Gallery, Valparaiso, IN
AWARDS
2013 Trawick Prize, second place, Washington, DC
2012 DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Purchase Grant, Washington,DC
2011 Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies Grant, American University, Washington, DC
Serge Sacknoff Sculpture Scholarship, American University, Washington DC
2010 Helen Herzbrun Scholarship, American University, Washington DC
Full Tuition Scholarship, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua NY, summer residency
2009 Full Tuition Scholarship, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua NY, summer residency
Zahn Fund Award, Valparaiso University Art Student Exhibition
2008 Hanson Alumnus Award, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN
Partners of the Brauer Museum Award, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN
Lectures
2016 Panel Discussion, TheArtShow.TV, https://vimeo.com/166629846
2014 Artist Talk, Smithsonian American Art Museum
PRESS
2016 -Washington Project for the Arts, TheArtshow.tv Episode 6
https://vimeo.com/166629846
2014 -Washington Post, Sculptor gives his toys an edge, Review by Michael O’Sullivan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/art-review-between-fact-and-fiction-at-flashpoint-gallery/2014/08/28/b79ba0be-297a-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html
-CulturalDC.com, Adam Hager’s Between Fact and Fiction, Flashpoint gallery Press Release
http://www.culturaldc.org/2014/07/adam-hagers-between-fact-and-fiction-opens-at-flashpoint-gallery-on-august-8/
-Washington City Paper, Making Machines has gotten easier – making art is still hard, by Kriston Capps
-Washington Post, Gallery opening of the week Aug 8, 2014, Article by Michael O’Sullivan
2013 -Washington Post, Galleries: ‘This is Labor’, Review by Mark Jenkins
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/galleries-offerings-this-is-labor-view-from-a-minor-heaven-dynamic-spaces/2013/10/10/74565268-2f84-11e3-9ddd-bdd3022f66ee_story_1.html
-Washington Post, D.C. area gallery shows: ‘The Trawick Prize’, Review by Mark Jenkins
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dc-area-gallery-shows-the-district-united-variations-the-trawick-prize-the-land/2013/09/19/535de2b8-1ef6-11e3-9ad0-96244100e647_story.html
COLLECTIONS
DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Art Bank
