Adam 5100 biography in Biographies from the artzine on artrepublic.comAdam 5100's knowledge of printmaking and savvy ability with spray paint has developed into a love and talent for painting using stencils. His stencils represent hundreds of hours of meticulous work and the fine detail created is a hallmark of his work. Adam 5100 takes his influences from a wide variety of art from classic American photography, to the freedom of modern and contemporary painting. His paintings take a satirical look at these influences, challenging concepts of modernity, using spaces as a language to describe forgotten places, and light to evoke their story and context within the present, our time. Adam 5100 was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He took to the art of graffiti; a path that would eventually take him to the California College of Arts and Crafts (recently renamed the California College of the Arts). His studies in printmaking and illustration won him the Yozo Hamaguchi award in printmaking, and a BFA with distinction. He continues to live and paint in Oakland, CA, and exhibits frequently.  |
