Patrick Adams

Patrick Adams was born in the small, southwestern Minnesota farming community of Worthington in 1965. This rural setting of tall-grass prairie and natural lakes would make a lasting impression. When he was 12, Adams began entering local and regional art competitions and selling his paintings. In 1983, he entered Bemidji State University in northern Minnesota with scholarships in both art and music (trumpet performance). He later transferred to Winona State University in southeastern Minnesota where he received the Mausycki Art Scholarship (now the Max Weber scholarship) and was awarded a solo exhibition.

In 1988, Adams married Dr. Terre Wilson in Rochester, Minnesota where Terre was completing her residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. They moved to Lexington, Kentucky for Adams to enter the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Kentucky. While there, he was awarded a full scholarship and began working as a teaching assistant. After graduating Adams continued to teach at the University of Kentucky and later taught at Asbury College.

In 2000, Adams was awarded an Al Smith Fellowship which enabled him to spend a month in Provence, France where he laid the groundwork for his abstract landscapes; shortly afterwards he left his teaching responsibilities to pursue his art full-time.

Patrick has also continued his interest in music both as a performer and composer. He has released an album of original solo piano pieces and performs regularly in jazz combos, big bands, and rock venues. His latest recording project of original jazz compositions, Solipsis, was released this year.