Season 4: Curator Rachel Adams

During her residence 2014-15, Adams will program four major exhibitions and a series of events, panel discussions and tours centered on themes of architecture and structure. Adams will draw on concepts of physical space, site-specific installation, and radical interventions in her program.

Rachel Adams is an independent curator and writer based in Austin. From 2010 to 2013, she was the Associate Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs at The Contemporary Austin, curating a number of exhibitions and video projects, including exhibitions with Seher Shah, Amie Siegel and Ragnar Kjartansson. Prior to moving to Texas, Adams lived in San Francisco and Chicago, curating at Queens Nails Projects and David Cunningham Projects in San Francisco and co-directing Lloyd Dobler Gallery in Chicago from 2006-2008. Her writing has been included in Artforum.com, Arts + Culture Texas, Art Practical, Modern Painters, and Texas Architect. Adams holds an MA in Exhibition and Museum Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Past Curators in Residence Rachel Adams (Season 4), Lucy Cotter (Season 10), Summer Guthery (Season 3), and Suzy Halajian (Season 8) reflect on their CIR seasons in a Zoom panel moderated by Blake Shell. Watch the recording here.