Lauren Adams

Lauren Adams is a painter who creates abstract works inspired by the landscape of her home in the Allegheny Plateau of Appalachia. Her work is minimal yet expressive in style, imbued with an underlying energy.

Lauren's work has been featured on blogs such as West Elm, HGTV, Elements of Style, and Kelly Market. She has exhibited her work extensively at various venues including her solo exhibition at The Slingluff Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, the Annex Gallery in Charleston, WV, and a two-person show at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. Recently, a large scale work of Adams' was displayed in D.C. Design House 2014, her region's premiere showroom event located in Washington, D.C. Lauren is represented by Anne Neilson Fine Art, Jeffrey Meier Gallery, and is also a juried artist of Tamarack's David L. Dickirson Gallery.

Adams is a graduate of Fairmont State University and West Virginia University, where she holds a BA in Studio Art and a BFA in Visual Art, respectively. While at FSU, Lauren studied with acclaimed painter Lynn Boggess and alongside her future husband, Derek Overfield. Her work is included in the collections of Fairmont State University and the West Virginia State Museum, as well as numerous na...

BFA Visual Art, Painting
BA Interdisciplinary Degree – Studio Art/French

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2012
Lauren Adams: Recent Works. Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV

2011
Lauren Adams: Abstract in Nature. Redbrick Gallery, Martinsburg, WV
Recent Works by Lauren Adams. The Slingluff Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010
Brian Ferrell and Lauren Adams: The Aesthetics of Nature. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, Ligonier, PA
Lauren Adams: Recent Works. Robert C. Byrd Federal Building, Charleston, WV

2009
Paths: Landscapes in Oil. Gallery 62 West, Grafton, WV

2008
Feathers and Lead: New Works in Acrylic. Solera Gallery, Morgantown, WV

2006
Recent Works, James Brooks Memorial Gallery, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
Group Exhibition, Anne Neilson Fine Art, Charlotte, NC

2013
Winter Exhibition, Jeffrey Meier Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

2011
Three Artists. Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
FestivAll Exhibition. Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
Holiday Exhibit. Annex Gallery, Charleston WV

2010
West Virginia Landscapes, West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV
Allied Artists of West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV (Award)
Lynn and Jenni...