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