Adrian Tone
Brooklyn, NY
b. 1984 Bucharest, Romania
adrian.tone@icloud.com
718 714 8376
Solo Projects:
2019 Windows, The National Exemplar, New York, NY
2018 Offspring, Ethan Cohen KuBe, Beacon, NY
2018 Leather Jacket, The Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Shoeshine Punch, Elizabeth Houston, New York, NY
2015 Volta NY, Peter Makebish, New York, NY
2009 LazerHappy: Bling, Boom, Splat, Mindy Wyatt Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2017 Eight, Elizabeth Houston, New York, NY
2017 Chew Toy Attractors, Sixtyseven, New York, NY
2016 Remainder of 1, The Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2016 our shallow psychic death, Simone DeSousa, Detroit, MI
2015 Seven, Elizabeth Houston, New York, NY
2015 Color, Louis B. James, New York, NY
2014 Governors Island Art Fair, 4 Heads, Governors Island, NY
2014 Archives Of The Collective, Boiler Room, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Lucid Fence, Dean Project, New York, NY
2012 Harderer. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer., Brucennial, New York NY
2011 Rainbow, French Neon, New York, NY
2010 Visionary / Visions Are Scary, French Neon, New York, NY
2010 BYOA, X-Initiative Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York, NY
2009 Exporting Pop: A Western Fantasy, Dean Project/Al-Sabah Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2009The Grey Market, The Grey Market, New York, NY
2008 Konichiwa, Geisai 11, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Everybody Now, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
2006 2 Cool 4 Skool, Three Seasons Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 The Intern Show, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago IL
2006 Here, Here, Rainbow Club, Chicago IL
2005 Living Large, AEON Hangar, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Spring Break, Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL
2002 Into The Unknown, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Press and Publications:
Jessica Roscio. “Winter 2016-2017 Ed.” Studio Visit Magazine (12.01.2016)
Alex Allenchey. “Adrian Tone’s “Shoeshine Punch” Shows Off His Fast-Paced Artistic Evolution” Artsy (3.29.2016)
Gabrielle Bruney. “Iridescent Paintings Meld Street Art and Abstraction” The Creators Project, VICE (3.5.2016)
Ryan Steadman. “Over Half a Million Dollars in Grants Awarded to 95 NY State Artists”, The Observer (07.23.15)
Monika Proniewska. “Adrian Tone’s Universe of Monochrome Textures” This Is Paper (11.18.2015)
Eileen Kinsella. “VOLTA NY Turns Up the Power” Artnet (3.4.2015)
Michelle Grabner. “Northeast Edition” New American Paintings (2014)
Mathilde, Hamel. “Get Out: Pratt Artists’ League Exhibition” The Local (10.2.2012)
Villas, Amber. “The Armory Branches Out” Art Info (3.10.2009)
Drake,Cathryn. “Happi Campers” Art Forum Diary (9.22.2008)
“Scope Art Fair Miami” YDN Design Guide TV (12.12.2007)
Robyn Coffey. “Art Student’s Celebrity Gaining Power: Hundreds Sucked In!” F News (05.01.2006)
Armstrong, Liz. “It Doesn’t Have To Involve Food” Chicago Reader (4.14.2006)
Katrina Kuntz “LazerHappy Studios gathers momentum!” F News (12.01.2005)
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2015 N.Y.F.A. Fellowship – Painting
2014 Dave Bown Projects – 8th Semiannual Competition, Grand Prize
Education:
2015 M.F.A. Pratt Institute, New York
2006 B.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago