In A Japanese Garden: An Exhibit of Flowers, Kimonos, and Gardens | Carol Adamec Exhibit

November 1-December 30, 2024
On view in the Grand Hallway
Reception: November 10, 2-4 pm

“With paint and brush, I have been chasing Beauty for over 50 years. Mostly I work in oil on canvas and acrylic gouache on rice paper and panel. Several years ago, while visiting the de Young Museum in San Francisco, I was awed by the stunning beauty of traditional Japanese kimonos in the Museum’s collection. That encounter became a major wellspring of inspiration for me, developing into my ongoing series of paintings of flowers, kimonos, and gardens, exhibited as in a Japanese Garden. The word kimono means “something to wear.” Often I begin with the simple shape of the Japanese kimono as a structure for an image and then embellish it with line, shape, color, pattern, and themes from Nature to enrich the design and fulfill the concept of the artwork. My pursuit of Beauty continues.”

Artist Biography: A native Chicagoan, Carol L. Adamec earned a BFA in Drawing and Painting at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Within her lifelong career in the arts, she has been involved as a working artist, studio instructor, gallery director, exhibition curator, juror, art panelist, speaker, and professional mentor to artists. Painting has been her primary studio focus, along with drawing and printmaking. Carol moved to Memphis in 1986 and served as Director of Alice Bingham Gallery from 1987-1990. Thereafter, she resumed her studio work and became a founding member of the Memphis art group, Artists’ Link, before moving to New Mexico in 1994. Carol has recently returned to Memphis and rejoined the Memphis art community, exhibiting with LRoss Gallery, Artists’ Link, the Memphis-Germantown Arts Association, and the Woman’s Exchange Gallery. Along with purchases by collectors across the United States, her work can be found in the Bernalillo County’s (NM) Public Art Collection. Carol’s studio is located in her East Memphis home, where she continues her pursuit of beauty, painting flowers, gardens, and Japanese kimonos.