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RECENT EXHIBITIONS     See the full Biography

2021 "Still Looking for the Promised Land," Nohra Haime Gallery, New York

​          "Out of Paradise," Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL

2020  “2020 Long Island Biennial,” Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY 
           “Online Exhibition: In the World,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2019  “Visiones Extrapolares,” NH Galeria, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
           “REBOOT,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York

           "Detour,” presented by East End Arts, Riverhead and Southold, NY
2018  "Oncoming," Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York

           “Faculty Showcase Art Exhibit,” East End Arts School of the Arts, Riverhead, NY

2017  “Sobre la Belleza de la Naturaleza,” NH Galería, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

           “#thewindowsatnohrahaimegallery,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York

           “Dark and Stormy Night: The Gothic in Contemporary Art,” Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
           “New Place, New Space,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York 

2016-17   "Adam Straus: Two Exhibitions," Nohra Haime Gallery and Adelson Galleries, New York   Read the Press Release​

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Adam Straus

American, b. 1956

Adam Straus is an American artist based in Riverhead, NY.  Starting as a photographer and sculptor in the the late 70's and early 80's, he began making small paintings in 1986 of nocturnal landscapes inspired by his surroundings in north Florida.  These paintings were often instilled with a dark humor, social commentary, and framed in the sheet lead he had been using on sculpture.

Straus creates paintings that are seductive and gloomily romantic with views of skylines and seascapes, fields and mountains. The paintings go beyond contemplation, and present his concerns about the cruel reality of our planet. In his oils, Straus represents the struggle and survival of mankind and mankind’s effect on nature.

His technique has evolved throughout the years, but always with a marked personality. In framing the paintings in lead or steel he adds a unique touch, and more recently, his pixelating technique evokes the particulate matter suspended in the air and water. 

Straus has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally. His works can be seen in such collections as City of Orlando, FL, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, The Art Museum at F.I.U, Miami, FL, American Express, Fidelity Investments, Boston, Lavandoo Corporation, Geneva, Switzerland, among others. Straus received his B.A. at Miami-Dade Community College, Miami and a B.S. in Mathematics at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He later received his M.F.A. from Florida State University, Tallahassee. Since 1990, he lives and works in New York.