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2026 Oceanside Museum of Art, Sacrificial Bodies, Oceanside, CA (catalog)
2019 Quint Gallery, There Be Dragons, San Diego, CA (catalog)
2018 LUX Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2013 Scott White Contemporary Art, Hither and Yon, La Jolla, CA
2012 Donna Beam Art Gallery, University of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2010 Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, John Henry, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, John Henry, La Jolla, CA
2008 Luis de Jesus Gallery, “I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me,” San Diego, CA
2007 Spacecraft Gallery, Atomic Particulars, San Diego, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, CUT—Six Artists on the Edge, Los Angeles, CA
2021 The La Jolla Historical Society, Trifecta, La Jolla, CA (catalog)
2019 Museum of Art and History, Peace on Earth, Lancaster, CA
2018 City of Brea Art Gallery, Paper Works Refolded, Brea, CA
2018 California Center for the Arts, Campus Creatives, Escondido, CA
2018 San Diego Central Library, You Are Here, San Diego, CA
2017 Frist Art Museum, State of The Art, Discovering American Art Now, Nashville, TN
2017 Minneapolis Institute of Art, State of The Art, Discovering American Art Now, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, State of The Art, Discovering American Art Now, Bentonville, AR
2012 Oceanside Museum of Art, You, Oceanside, CA
2011 Fullerton College Art Gallery, Paper Cuts, Fullerton, CA
2010 Orange County Museum of Art, 2010 California Biennial, Newport Beach, CA (catalog)
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Here Not There, La Jolla, CA
2009 Torrance Art Museum, ZOOM, Torrance, CA
2009 Quint Gallery, Homing In, La Jolla, CA
2009 Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, CUT, The Makings of Removal, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2009 Noel-Baza Fine Art, New Contemporaries; San Diego Art Prize, San Diego, CA
2008 Luis de Jesus Gallery, Cocked: Object of my desire, San Diego, CA
2008 Society of Arts and Crafts, Political Craft, Boston, MA
2007 Cannon Gallery, Cannon Invitational Exhibition, Carlsbad, CA
2007 Galeria Perdida, Criteria, Berlin, Germany
2007 Sixteen to One Gallery, Smash and Tickle, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Cannon Gallery, Biennial, Carlsbad, CA
2005 Cannon Gallery, Biennial, Carlsbad, CA
2004 Cranbrook Art Museum, The Literary Print in the 21st Century, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2002 Poleeni Cultural Center, Ready for Circulation, Pieksamaki, Finland
2002 Cranbrook Art Museum, Graduate Degree Exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BIBLIOGRAPHY SELECTED PRESS / REVIEWS
2024 San Diego Voyager, Feature (read)
2024 Canvas Rebel Magazine, Feature (read)
2019 KPBS Midday Edition, Interview with Maureen Cavanaugh
2019 Catalog Essay, Real Dragons and Imagined Fears, by Robert L. Pincus (read)
2019 San Diego City Beat, David Adey takes his shot, by Seth Combs (read)
2019 Modern Luxury Magazine, Featured interview (read)
2014 Installation Magazine, David Adey: Hither and Yon, by A. Moret (read)
2014 Visual Art Source, David Adey at Scott White, by G. James Daichendt (read)
2014 ArtLtd. Magazine, Feature: David Adey, by Lauren Buscemi (read)
2014 KPBS Television, Interview with Angela Carone (watch)
2013 KPBS Television, Feature for the show Spectrum (watch)
2014 Feature Documentary, Art By Constraint, by Dale Shierholdt for PBS.org (watch)
2014 KCET.org, Body of Work: David Adey’s Ambitious Experiments, by Kinsee Morlan (read)
2012 Riviera Magazine, The Exhibitionists, by AnnaMaria Stephens
2012 San Diego Home and Garden Magazine, Stars of San Diego, by Mark Hiss (read)
2012 KNPR, Nevada Public Radio, Interview, Dreaming of Electric Sheep
2011 Riviera Magazine, Show Stealer, by Gillian Flynn
2011 Huffington Post, Southern California’s Top 10 Exhibitions for 2010, by Bill Lasaro (read)
2010 Orange County Museum of Art, 2010 California Biennial, Exhibition Catalog (read)
2010 Art Ltd. Magazine, 2010 California Biennial Special Edition, Artist interviews (read)
2010 Wired Magazine, David Adey at the 2010 California Biennial
2010 Art in America Magazine, David Adey at The La Jolla Athenaeum, by Robert L. Pincus (read)
2010 The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Physics Lesson, by Robert L. Pincus,
2009 Riviera Magazine, The Culture Club, San Diego’s top 10 Creatives, by Lauren Buscemi
2009 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Simultaneity, by Beth Wood
2008 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Fear Factor, by Robert L. Pincus
2008 The San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 on One, by Robert L. Pincus, The San Diego Union-Tribune
2008 American Craft Magazine, More From Miami, by Leslie Ferrin
2008 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Grand Obsessions, by Robert L. Pincus,
2008 San Diego City Beat, Puzzled Pieces, by Kevin Freitas
2008 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Book ‘em Dano, by Robert L. Pincus
2008 KGTV Channel 10 San Diego, Interviewed
2007 The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007 Invitational has a high batting average, by Robert L. Pincus
2007 The San Diego Union-Tribune, Bombs and Flowers, by Robert L. Pincus
2007 North County Times, Cannon Invitational, by Patricia Morris Buckley
VISITING ARTIST / GUEST LECTURES
2022 New School of Architecture and Design, Visiting artist / lecturer, San Diego, CA
2022 George Fox University, Visiting artist / lecturer, Newberg, OR
2022 Westmont College, Visiting artist / lecturer, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 LUX Art Institute, Visiting artist / lecturer, Encinitas, CA
2014 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Speaker / panelist, Bentonville, AK
2012 University of Nevada Las Vegas, Visiting artist / lecturer, Las Vegas, NV
2011 New School of Architecture and Design, Guest Lecturer, San Diego, CA
2011 San Diego Museum of Art, Contemporary Collectors Group, Guest speaker, San Diego, CA
2010 Woodbury School of Architecture, Guest critic / panelist, San Diego, CA
2010 Orange County Museum of Art, Guest speaker / panelist, Newport Beach, CA
2009 San Diego State University, Visiting artist / lecturer, San Diego, CA
2008 New York Center for Art and Media Studies, Visiting artist / lecturer, New York, NY
2007 California State University Long Beach, Visiting Artist / lecturer, Long Beach, CA
2007 Loyola Marymount University, Visiting artist / lecturer, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2002 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA, Sculpture, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1994 Point Loma Nazarene University, BA, Visual Art, San Diego, CA
TEACHING
2003–Present PLNU, Professor of Art and Design, San Diego, CA