The Loren Adams Collection
                                                      Artist's 47 years Profile:

Loren D. Adams, Jr. Occupation: Visionary Artist, Publisher Born Linton, Indiana September 28th, 1945

Education:

  • Famous Artist Schools, Westport, Connecticut
  • University of Hawaii Maui College - Fine Arts Certificate

Solo Exhibitions: 1967 Roseville Municipal Museum, Roseville, California - 1st public exhibition. 1974 Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1974 - 1979. 1979 R.W. Norton Art Gallery & Museum, Shreveport, Louisiana - Retrospective Exhibition. 1979 Vancouver Centennial and Maritime Museum - formal acquisition & exhibition. 1974 Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 1980 - 1987 Lahaina Gallery, Kapalua, Maui Hawaii July - August 1987. 1987 Lahaina Gallery, Mana Lani Resort, Kona, Hawaii. October 1987 - 1989 Lahaina Galleries, Front Street, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, October 1989. 1990 Lahaina Gallery, Kapalua, Maui Hawaii, July, August 1990. 1991 Lahaina Galleries, Mana Lani Resort, Kona, Hawaii, July 1991.

Group Exhibitions: • 1971 National TTT Art Foundation, Santa Cruz, California - group exhibition. • 1972 The Western White House, San Clemente, California - Gallery of the Masters of the Future, Coronado, California Requested by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon.
• 1980 - National Archives Museum, Victoria, British Columbia - The Western Arts Society of B.C.. • 1987 Lahaina Galleries, Kaanapali Whaler's Villiage, Maui, Hawaii. November 1987 • 1988 - Lahaina Gallery, Newport, Beach Meridian Hotel June 1988. • 1992 Young Presidents Organization (YPO) World Congress, Grand Wialea Resort, Maui, Hawaii - group exhibit.

Current Exhibitions: • 1996 Loren Adams Museum of Fine Art, Maui, Hawaii - Retrospective Exhibition 1967 to present on-line.
• 2005 to present, David Brian's Jewelry and Gallery, Key West, Florida.

Museums: • 1979 The R.W. Norton Art Gallery & Museum, Shreveport, Louisiana.
• 1979 The Cummins Fanin Hall Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. • 1979 Vancouver Centennial and Maritime Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. • 1994 Grace E. Flint Memorial Library, Eugene, Oregon. • 1996 to present, Loren Adams Studio/Museum of Fine Art, Makawao, Hawaii

Book references: • 1979 The R.W. Norton Art Foundation - Loren D. Adams, Jr. A Retrospective Exhibition; exhibition catalogue - The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana - 80 pg color.
• 1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold - Contemporary Western Artists page 608 color.
• 1994 Vogelsberger Paul, Frances (publisher) Artists In Hawaii 10 pages: Page 18 -27
• 2005 Davenport, Ray - Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition - Page 242.
• 2005 AskART.com Inc. Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor) The Artists Bluebook

Magazine references pre-2007: • 1976 Southwest Art Magazine - editorial with 12 color plates in the June 1976 edition.
• 1980 McGarry Susan, H. (Editor) Southwest Art Magazine 8 page feature editorial including the cover of the April 1980 issue - color.
• 1987 Haynes Woodburn, Diane Publisher - Pacific Art News magazine - AKA Art to Onions C@1987 - The Dream Awake - National editorial pages 72-78 color. • 1993 McGarry Susan, H. (Editor) Southwest Art Magazine - Master Index • 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art - page 64. 2001 Doherty, M Stephen - American Artist magazine - Conferences & Competitions March 2001- color. • 2008 Finley, Jim (Appraiser) Preview Gallery Guide magazine - Confessions of an Art Appraiser - End of the Storm by Loren Adams - Chapter 15 Friday November 7th, 2008 - one page color.

National Television: • 1996 Cash Edwards - Kicking Horse Productions - Syndicated U.S. and Canadian Television - Accelerated Evolution - documentary - 8 minutes. 1992 Get Wet; Canadian and U.S. nationally syndicated television - documentary. 1995 Entertainment Tonight - National Television - ( The Red Rocker ) wedding - Sammy and Kari Hagar - Ceremony performed by Loren D. Adams - Mill Valley, California - 11/21/1995.

Most Important Album Cover: • 1982 Scott, Jerry - Word Record Corporation, Waco Texas - Wurlitzer on the Waves album cover for Dean Mc Nichols celebrating 35 years of organ music on the national radio program - From Chicago - The Haven of Rest Broadcast Hour… National distribution U.S. and Canada.

Important Award: • 2005-06 - International Biannual World Art Contest "The Grand Prize winner" 110 countries - World of Art Publishing Stockholm, Sweden

Critical Acclaim: • 1992-93 - Critical Acclaim - Video taped interview; "Art in Action" Metatronix Study Group and The Carmel-by-the-Sea Art Collectors Research Association: Formal Evaluation of the Art works of Loren D. Adams, Jr. by Louis J. Miller, State of California Fine Arts Council, Principal Advisor to Paul Minnicuchi and Leon Pennetta of the Joint Committee for the Arts in Washington, D.C. - Loren Adams Art termed: "Recognized Quality"

Special Honors: • Loren Adams is now included in most of the international Who's Who registries including the original Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, Stanford Who's Who, Global Who's Who Executives & Professionals, Madison Who's Who, and is featured on the Home-page of Covington Who's Who as Professional of the Year 2013 in the Honored Members section of only 20 out of a global membership of 200,000. • 1980 The International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England - Inclusion in the 7th edition of Men of Achievement, a world-wide reference publication. • 1991 The Saint Andrews Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Artist Donation of a Certified Limited Edition of Telos-Mu to The Queen Mother's Charity - Guest of Honor at The Saint Andrews Society Ball and Auction and Formal Presentation to Lord & Lady Dundee of Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Pictures and story on the front page of the Montreal Gazette and letter from Lord Dundee of The House of Lords.
• 2012 Inclusion in Covington Who's Who, Executives and Professionals - Nominated in August, confirmed in October, Voted and declared Honorary Lifetime membership in December of 2012 • 2013 -14 Featured on the Home-Page of • Covington Who's Who - Public viewable honorary editorial listing on the world wide web . Lifetime featured member on the Home-page from April 1st, 2013…

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