rag & bone in Philadelphia
Checkout my new mural for rag & bone 1601 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Finished the 3rd mural in Industrious Light series
Located at 1241 Carpenter Studios + Artspace To be dedicated in the Spring of 2017
Cessez le Feu
I finished the last mural in my series in Montréal on the Elements. It has been an amazing 7 years of going to Montréal and working with the organization MU! I […]
When I Close My Eyes: A Walkthrough With Phillip Adams
Edited and Prefaced By: Alyssa Laverda, Associate Director, Seraphin Gallery By: Phillip Adams, Seraphin Gallery Artist Phillip Adams’ solo exhibition opened on Friday April 22 with a celebration of his […]
When I Close My Eyes
Exhibition at Seraphin Gallery April 22 – May 29, 2016 Opening Reception: April 22, 2016 from 6pm – 8pm Seraphin Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by Phillip […]
Won the People’s Choice Award!
After a great week in Sherbrooke, QC, the Mural Symposium closed with a final announcement of the People’s Choice award. To my surprise, my piece won! Thank you to everybody […]
Symposium Art Mural Sherbrooke, Quebec
I was invited with nine other artists to participate in Sherbrooke’s 2nd Annual Mural Symposium. Thanks M.U.R.I.R.S! Click HERE to learn about the symposium and to check out the other participating artists.
Collaboration with Philadelphia Eagles Mural
In the fall of 2014, the Philadelphia Eagles, in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, set out to imagine a new mural for the building on […]
Eagles mural featured in Philly Voice
Massive Eagles mural unveiled across from Linc 17,000 square foot mural depicts Eagles, fans and the Philadelphia skyline BY MICHAEL TANENBAUM PhillyVoice Staff Eagles mural located on Darien Street, directly across […]
Philadelphia Eagles Mural
Our City, Our Team: Meet The Mural By Alex Smith As Eagles fans fill up Lincoln Financial Field for the 2015 NFL season, which is almost upon us as we enter […]
Great piece by Claude Deschênes
Le retour du muraliste Phillip Adams by Claude Deschênes, 21-07-15 L’extraordinaire muraliste Phillip Adams est de retour à Montréal pour poursuivre son oeuvre aux Habitations Jeanne-Mance. L’immense complexe de HLM […]
Back in Montréal!
Starting the 3rd mural in my series on the Elements (Earth), commissioned by MU!
Rowhouse Spirits!
This is the second work in the Industrious Light series, and continues the dialogue of Philadelphia’s brewing history. The mural is located at the former Weisbrod & Hess Oriental Brewing Company (late […]
Great Article in Drink Philly
Local Liquor Spotlight: Rowhouse Spirits by Swabreen Bakr on Jun 8, 2015 in Liquor Pennsylvania has a long history of distilling. At one point, […]
Photographer David Maialetti
Great capture while working on Industrious Light: Rowhouse Spirits by David Maialetti, photographer with the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Philly.com […]
Drone footage of Ortlieb’s Mural
Check out the amazing footage Tyson took at Ortlieb’s!
Title Magazine Interview
Thanks to filmmaker/writer J Makary for putting this together. Interview with Phillip Adams By J. Louise Makary Painter and muralist Phillip Adams took me to lunch at Ray’s Café on […]
Off the Wall magazine
Industrious Light: A Tribute to Philadelphia’s Industrial History Phillip Adams There’s history everywhere in Philadelphia, if you know where to look. With his new mural series Industrious Light, artist Phillip Adams brings some […]
Featured in Urbania
Grateful to be included in this list in Montréal! Merci! ART DE RUE LES MURALES DE MONTRÉAL (DEUXIÈME PARTIE) Elles sont tellement grandes qu’il faut souvent reculer pour les voir […]
Street Art Isn’t Forever. But This Google Project Is Trying To Change That.
Pretty cool that Huffington Post featured one of my murals when talking about over 10,000 street art pieces being catalogued around the world. Click HERE to see the article and […]
Google’s Cultural Institute
My murals in Philadelphia and Montréal are on Google’s new Street Art Project! Click the link HERE to check it out!
Featured on Storify
Great chronicling of the mural and a bit of history. Industrious Light Mural Series Shines A Light On Philadelphia’s Past by Clayton Hoff Click HERE to view page.
Communication Matters Mural
Pens Down, Paintbrushes Up by Lauren Kay, the director of communications for Community Partners, a nonprofit fiscal sponsor and philanthropic intermediary in Los Angeles. The Communications Network in 2014 Conference Phillip Adams – Communication […]
Highlighted in Complex.com
Street Artist Phillip Adams Paints a New Mural Celebrating Philadelphia’s Historic Breweries BY DHRUV SUD Always working to better the Philadelphia art scene, this week the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program will […]
Ortlieb’s Timelapse
This is a time-lapse of the inaugural mural in my new series called Industrious Light. It features Ortlieb’s Brewery in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Enjoy! Music by Air is Human
Dedicated!
Thank you for everyone who came out! Such a great time! This is the inaugural mural in my Industrious Light, which features Ortlieb’s Brewery in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. This mural […]
Spotlight in Philadelphia Magazine!
First of Phillip Adams’ “Industrious Light” Murals Debuts at Ortlieb’s BY JOSH MIDDLETON | NOVEMBER 20, 2014 AT 10:49 AM Philadelphia artist Phillip Adams just completed the first in his “Industrious Light” series of murals […]
Featured on Knight Foundation Blog
Painting mural engages communicators in Philadelphia Posted by Andrew Sherry Artist Phillip Adams of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program took his talents off the streets last month to paint a mural titled “Communications Matters” at the […]
Dedication of Industrious Light: Ortlieb’s Brewery
November 21st from 4:30-5 pm at 3rd and Poplar Street, with a happy hour immediately following at Ortlieb’s. At 6 pm, Air is Human will be playing.
Time-lapse of Kite Line
Stop motion of creating Kite Line at Dickinson College’s Goodyear Gallery. [tube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bBgti0mqmw[/tube]
Dickinson College Exhibition
Kite Line Goodyear Gallery, Dickinson College September 9 – October 4, 2014 Opening: Tuesday, September 9 from 5-7 pm
And Then There Was Light!
MU is very excited to announce three new murals at Habitations Jeanne-Mance are now enhanced by lighting. You can now admire five out of seven murals produced by MU, that […]
Washington Post Review
Art review: ‘Spring Solos’ at the Arlington Arts Center By Michael O’Sullivan, Thursday, May 15 The best fiction, it has been said, tells the truth by lying. Writers, filmmakers, even visual artists make […]
Time-lapse of Silent Swing
A short video time-lapse taken while creating my installation “Silent Swing” at Arlington Arts Center [tube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Pll0Uoa3c&feature=youtu.be[/tube]
Featured in Philadelphia Magazine
Featuring “Solipsist: Wil”
Solo Exhibition at Arlington Arts Center
Spring Solos Arlington Arts Center | Washington DC April 26 – June 29, 2014
Solo Exhibition at Seraphin Gallery
Peaks and Valleys Seraphin Gallery | Philadelphia April 25 – June 8, 2014
Featured in new Mural Arts Program’s book
“Mural Arts @ 30” features two murals created in 2012. “Communion between a Rock and a Hard Place” was created after leading a series of workshops with post 9/11 veterans, […]
Featured in Book Review
Rachel Heidenry, contributor to artblog.org, reviews the new Mural Arts book which features my mural “Communion Between a Rock and a Hard Place” click image to read review
Art Intervention at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
“We go wandering at night and are consumed by fire” Philadelphia Museum of Art May 22nd, 5-8 pm In collaboration with Damon Reaves, we are staging an artistic intervention throughout […]
Featured in Fine Art Connoisseur
Phillip Adams, “The Hunt,” 2013, oil and charcoal on wood panel, 24 x 36 in. Currently on View: “Dialogues & Correspondence” at the Seraphin Gallery Allison Malafronte Reporting Editor, Fine […]
Intel: Spotlight Artist
Excited about my collaboration with Intel!
Group Show at Seraphin Gallery
Dialogues & Correspondence May 10 – June 16, 2013 “The Hunt”, charcoal, acrylic, and oil on wood panel, 36″ x 24″ Seraphin Gallery 1108 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 […]
La Presse – Montréal
Honored to be included in the new murals of 2012 in Montréal.
A Video Short by Cool Goon Productions
A Minute with Phillip Adams An interview in conjunction with the project “Communion Between a Rock and a Hard Place”. I talk more personally about my studio practice in relation […]
Great interview with Warrior Writer’s Director Lovella Calica about “Communion Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
Mural Arts and Warrior Writers Partner, Dedicate New Mural for Veterans Day By Erin Kane | Posted on Friday, November 9th, 2012 From the making of a “Communion Between a […]
Press related to new mural: Communion Between a Rock and a Hard Place
A mural tribute to returning vets at 42nd and Woodland by Mike Lyons Posted on 13 November 2012 West Philly’s newest mural is a tribute to returning vets and a […]
Dedication of New Mural: Communion between a Rock and a Hard Place
A video made by the University of the Sciences who supported and partnered with The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Warrior Writers to dedicate a new mural “Communion […]
Featured on Radio Canda
Featured on Radio Canada Television Radio Canada did a special on the murals and public art that is transforming Habitations Jeanne-Mance. Visit the website of MU to see other projects […]
Love at the Matterhorn reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Facing Forward By Edith Newhall, Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/9/11 In his first one-person show at Seraphin Gallery, “Love at the Matterhorn,” Phillip Adams has filled the gallery with new paintings from […]
Breath of Spring Animation
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD5E0xglDX8[/tube] Check out the animation put together by Stéphane Cocke of the mural David Guinn and I did this past summer in association with MU and Habitations de Jeanne Mance
Currently Exhibiting at Seraphin Gallery in Philadelphia
Love at the Matterhorn Paintings and Master Drawings September 24 – October 23, 2011 Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
artblog review
Big and bigger–Adams and Monnier on First Friday By Libby April 7, 2009 Topical art rises above mere politics and goes for broke–Obama and City Hall swamp the competition in my First […]
Review in Art Blog
A Closer Look 7 at Arcadia By Libby Phillip Adams, whose charcoal drawings are technical wows of draftsmanship and control, also is after the gap between the presentation and the experience. His […]