ALEX ADKINSON

studio@alexadkinson.net | alexadkinson.net | Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

2022 MFA, Studio Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

2015 BS, Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025 Survey to a Sweet Reminder, Cleo Project Space, Savannah, GA

Far Down the Phantom Air, Sawhorse Gallery, Chicago, IL

The River Sweats with Oil and Tar, Gure Gallery, Chicago, IL

2024 Fouling the Nest, Shed Projects, Cleveland, OH

dandelion bonebath, two-person exhibition, Resource Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Group Exhibition, Sawhorse Gallery, Chicago, IL

2025 Featured Artist, DJO Lollapalooza After Party, Chicago, IL

2024 Objkt.one, spatial computing exhibition, Tech Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK

        Mesh Art Fair, digital exhibition

2023 Mesh Art Fair, international digital exhibition

CMD/CTRL, Heiress Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

2023 Goblin Mode, Moisturizer Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2022 MFA Degree Exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL

        Foreign Objekt/Posthuman Art Lab, digital exhibition

2021 High Level Structure, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL

2020 Futures Present, Present Future, WJB Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

Slips, Trips, and Falls, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL

Liquidation, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL

2019 We’re Not From Here, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL

Incessant, Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO

PUBLIC

2025 Enroute, public installation, Bloomingdale Trail (The 606), Chicago, IL

PERFORMANCE

2019 Collaborative performance, Den Haag, NL

        Room of Eyes Performance Festival, Cafe Babette, Berlin, DE

2017 Confidence to Sing, Collaborative performance, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN

RESIDENCIES

2022–23 Foreign Objekt / Posthuman Art Lab, Artist and Researcher in Residence

2019 Sagehen Experimental Forest, US Forest Service and UC–Berkeley, Tahoe National Forest, CA

2016–18 Improvising Ecosystems, University of Minnesota, Hubachek Research Facility and Lake Superior Large Lakes Observatory

AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2025 Independent Artist Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)

PUBLICATIONS

2026 Forthcoming essay, Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, “Realism” issue

2023 Second author, “Advances in Plant Imaging Across Scales,” Applications in Plant Sciences, peer-reviewed, Special Issue (doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11547)

PRESS & BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025 Exhibition review, Far Down the Phantom Air, Chicago Reader

        Exhibition review, The River Sweats with Oil and Tar, Chicago Gallery News

SELECTED LECTURES, PANELS & PRESENTATIONS

2025 Panelist and Visiting Mentor, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA

2024 Presenter, Advances in Digital Media Conference, Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, CT

        Presenter, Digital Data in Biodiversity Conference, Kansas Universities Museum of Natural History, Lawrence, KS

       Presenter, Advances in Digital Media Conference, University of Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL

2019 Athenaeum Lecture Series: Plant Sense and Hybrid Communication, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

       Collaborative research presentation, Slowness and Uncertainty in Quasi-independent Relations, Fresh Oysters Performance Research, Minneapolis, MN

PROFESSIONAL

2024– Studio Assistant and Fabricator, Dawit L. Petros (Dartmouth College)

2021– Researcher, iDigBio, Austin Mast Workgroup, Florida State University

3D digital imaging of living specimens for biodiversity study and archival; specializing in photogrammetry and 3D Gaussian splatting (3DGS)

2022–24 Lab Manager, Digital Media Fabrication Lab, Florida State University

2023 Studio Assistant, Lilian Garcia-Roig

Fabrication for In the Mind’s Eye: Landscapes of Cuba, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL

2021–22 Studio Assistant, Cosmo Whyte

Fabrication for Prospect 5, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

TEACHING

2020–24 Adjunct Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Courses: Digital and 3D Foundations, Digital Fabrication, Sculpture, Digital Art

SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2026 Post-Conceptual Practices Workshop administered by Micah Schippa-Wildfong

2025–26 External Reviewer, UCLA Tenure Review

2025 Crit Club, Chicago, IL

        Weatherproof, Watershed Arts and Ecology, Chicago Reading Group

2024 External Reviewer, University of Georgia, Dept. of Art, Digital Media position

2023–24 COCA Arts Advisory Committee

2020–21 President, League of Graduate Artists, Florida State University

2019 Future Forest Collaborative, UC Natural Reserve Service

2016–17 Curator and Organizer, Why World Artist’s Cooperative, Minneapolis, MN

2016 Deep Listening Workshops with Pauline Oliveros

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Digital Imaging & Research: Photogrammetry, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), NeRF, biological specimen imaging

Fabrication: CNC, laser cutting, 3D printing (SLA/FDM), welding, mixed-media sculpture

Software: Agisoft Metashape, Blender, Fusion 360, Adobe Creative Suite

COLLECTIONS

Nevada Museum of Art (archived works from Sagehen Experimental Forest Residency)

Private Collections in Chicago, IL, Tallahassee, FL, Savannah, GA.