Featuring: ADAM HARRISON
January 10 - February 14, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 10, 3-6pm
View Paintings: Featuring: ADAM HARRISON (2026 Exhibition)
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PRESS RELEASE 2026 VIEW PAINTINGS
Adam Harrison, noted for his large scale urban landscape paintings done on site over many months, has turned his brush on more intimate subject matter. In this new series, Harrison is revisiting interior still life setups over days and sometimes weeks to capture the subjects as they change over time.
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EDUCATION
2012, MFA, California State University of Long Beach
2005, BFA, Laguna College of Art and Design
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS SOLO/GROUP
2026 Featuring: Adam Harris, Billis/Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)
2025 “Museum Shop”, Vanessa Chow studio, Santa Monica, CA
2025 “Stickers: Smoke To Clouds”, public installation, Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica, CA
2024 “California Landscapes: Then & Now”, Great Park gallery, Irvine CA
2024 “LAndscapes”, Billis Williams gallery, Culver City, CA
2023 “Building on Rest”, Studio E Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 “Changing/Never Changing”, Maximilian Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 “Place”, One-person show, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2019 “Cityscape Show IX”, George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2018 “The Way I See It”, One-person Show, George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2017 "Cityscape Show VII" George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2016 "Cityscape Show VI", George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2016 "Next To Nothing", Two man show, B Minus Gallery, Santa Anna, CA
2015 "Thousand Skies", One-person Show, George Billis, Culver City,
2015 "Cityscape show V, George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Thesis Show: "Knowing the Familiar", Werby Gallery, CSULB Group Show
2012 Mobile Arts and Architecture Exhibits: Temporary Art Installations, Arts Council of Long
Beach.
2014 "Cityscape Show IV", George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2013 "Cityscape Show III", George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011 Brand 40, "Entrances & Exits", Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2010 "Insights" 2010: The Annual Student Show, UAM, CSULB
2010 Brand 30, "Finished/Unfinished", Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
PUBLIC LECTURES
2019 Panel Discussion: “Contemporary Landscape Painting Now”
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
2018 Guest Lecturer: California State University Long Beach
2017 Interview: with John Seed, George Billis gallery. Culver City, CA
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
2013 Residency: Borgo Finocchieto Tuscany, Italy
2011 Associates of Brand Library and Art Center Award
2010 Insights 2010, Best M.F.A Painting Award, UAM, CSULB
2010 Brand 39, Award in Memory of Howard Jacobson
2006 Best of show, Representational Works, The Art Studio Solo Exhibit
SELECTED REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA
L.A. WEEKLY
https://www.laweekly.com/meet-an-artist-monday-
adam-harrison/
Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-09-12/museums-things-to-do-in-la-
this-weeksept-15-22-nineteen-nineteen-huntington
The Grunion
http://www.gazettes.com/entertainment/arts/reviews/eye-on-art-solo-look-
atenvirons/article_a7d64962-f388-11e9-875feff5ffd033a5.html
Providence Headlines
http://www.providenceheadlines.com/news/story/215039/the-long-
beach-museum-of-art-presents-thefirst-solo-run-of-adam-harrison.html?
HuffPost
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-harrison-thousand-sk_b_8377160
Savvy Painter
https://savvypainter.com/podcast/cityscape-landscape-art-adam-harrison/
Voyage L.A.
http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-adam-harrison/
American Art Collector
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/american-art-collector/20180201/283600990698793
Adam Harrison / Marc Trujillo: Building An Image by Peter Frank
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fLOoI5jrvHp5xYV98f-HegzZz3bcznRxld86zkxMw9Y/edit