about the artist
Adam Fung is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. He received his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from University of Notre Dame and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from Western Washington University. Fung also attended Virginia Commonwealth University for Art Foundations.
Fung works primarily as a Painter and has a dynamic range of research interests that touch upon issues such as climate change, landscape, patterns and the make up of the universe. Fung’s work often arises from direct experience and primary sources. Recent examples of this practice include the 2023 & 2016 Arctic Circle Artist Residency and Expedition around the archipelago of Svalbard and a road trip around west Texas and New Mexico that allowed the artist to visit sites of interest including Observatories, Dark Sky Parks, Marfa, and Spaceport America. His paintings can be found in public art collections at Microsoft, South Bend Museum of Art, and the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab, as well as numerous private collections.
Fung’s recent solo presentation of paintings, “for you, the sun won’t burn out” in Norway, was on view in summer 2023. He has had recent solo exhibitions across the United States in Chicago, Seattle, and Fort Worth, Texas. Fung maintains a rigorous exhibition schedule - exhibiting nationally and internationally- in art fairs, galleries, & group exhibitions, actively doing field research and artist residencies, and presenting curatorial projects such as Beyond Nature, concerning the state of the high Arctic and artist expeditions, which was presented at TCU in April 2017. In June 2023, Fung returned to the Arctic Circle for a second Arctic Circle residency, collecting new video and photo source materials for upcoming projects including a film installation at the Arlington Museum of Art in March 2024.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
B.F.A. Studio Art, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Art Foundations, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
GALLERY
REPRESENTATION
J.Peeler Howell Fine Art, Fort Worth, Texas (link)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
+ COLLABORATIVE
(collaborative / two person exhibitions denoted with * )
2025 principles of destruction, Sagtikos Art Gallery, SUNY Suffolk, NY (w/ Nick Bontrager)*
2024 fathom, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
mystic sea, J. Peeler Howell Fine Art, Fort Worth, TX
2023 for you, the sun won’t burn out, Spitsbergen Artist Center, Longyearbyen, Svalbard/Norway
2022 possible magic, Cufflink Art gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2021 field studies, Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago, IL (w/ Steve Carrelli)*
2020 the far future, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2019 gold_ghost>>breath, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas (w/ Nick Bontrager)*
2018 nature, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
site_midnight_sun>>orangegreengrey, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas (w/ Nick Bontrager)*
2017 iceberg X, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, Texas
site_fjord_fjall>>blueblackgreen, Collin College, Plano, Texas (w/ Nick Bontrager)*
2016 constellation atlas, Cloud Gallery, Seattle, Washington
the shape of everything, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
full of infinite space, Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
2015 a wave rolled toward you out of the distant past, Link Gallery, Kent State University, Trumball, Ohio
2014 Observatory, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Color Out of Space, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas (w/ Nick Bontranger)*
Rotational Studies, Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
2013 Volumes, voids and vectors, Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas
In Visible, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
2012 Recent Paintings, Blue Gallery, Three Oaks, Michigan
Nebula, Optima Horizons Gallery space, Evanston, Illinois
2011 Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Mt. Comfort Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, The Draewell Gallery, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois
2010 Alois is Here, To Be Continued, Vienna, Austria (w/ Sonja Bendel)*
2008 Ominous, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Wake, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, Indiana
2007 Surface, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana
SELECTED
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Emerging Dialogues in the Midnight Sun, Central Connecticut State University, New Britian, Connecticut
2024 the shape of rocks, Dolomiti Contemporary, Vajont, Italy
Global Ecology Incubator, Arctic Circle Assembly, Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland
blue of distance, Sara Walker Gallery, Castletownbere, Cork, Ireland
Art Speaks Out, Extreme Hangout at United Nations COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan
Moving waters, Real Ideas Immersive exhibition, Market Hall, Plymouth, United Kingdom
GUI/GOOEY, Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, NY (*collab with Nick Bontrager
The art of water, Waldemar Ager Museum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
the worlds we are, Forth Worth Art Fair, Fort Worth, Texas
Vernal, J. Peeler Howell Fine Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Virtual phases, Cliburn Performance Hall, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas (*collab w/ Nick Bontrager and Till Meyn)
Faculty Biennial exhibition, Moudy Gallery, School of Art, TCU, Ft. Worth, Texas
2023 Deposition: Drawn, Carlson gallery, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois
500 below, smoke the moon, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Unveiled, J. Peeler Howell Fine Art, Fort Worth, Texas
150 years / 150 artists, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas
Holiday Art Bazaar, smoke the moon, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022 Generative Art Exhibition and Conference, Borrominian Hall of Vallicelliana Library, Rome, Italy
Postcard Exhibition, Kubiak Gallery, Oneota, New York
Small Works, Malone Art Gallery, Malone University, Canton, Ohio
T.I.M.E. Murals, Sundance Square, Fort Worth, Texas
Faculty Biennial, Moudy Gallery, TCU Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas
Summer Show, Cufflink Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2021 Winter Works, Cufflink Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Gallery artists, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas
The new normal, Sundance Square, Fort Worth, Texas
Interpreting Renditions of Nature, Community, & Self, Moudy Gallery, TCU Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas
Interpreting Renditions of Nature, Community, & Self, Moncrief Cancer Institute, Fort Worth, Texas
ATEM (film collaboration w/ Nick Bontrager and Till Meyn), Van Cliburn Concert Hall, TCU, Fort Worth Texas
2020 ARCTIC MAKES: Observations, Lessons and Solutions from the Geographic Periphery,
(curated by Aleksandra Raeva and Svetlana Usenyuk),Ural Centre for Design Development, Ekaterinburg, Russia
ARCTIC MAKES: Observations, Lessons and Solutions from the Geographic Periphery. (postponed - Covid),
10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X), Arkhangelsk, Russia
Gallery Artists, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Arctic Circle Artists, Tremaine Art Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Connecticut (postponed due to Covid)
Gray Matters, Divisible projects, Dayton, Ohio
The new normal, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2019 Beyond North, Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
(curated by Julie Forgues)
A Magnetic North, Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
(curated by Kate Collyer)
The Arctic Circle, Salamanca Arts Center, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (curated by Ryo Yamauchi)
Educators, Forth Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Celebration of the Arts, Forth Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Landscapes, Sluice Art Fair, Berlin, Germany (curated by Gareth Kemp)
C’EST DE LA PEINTURE! Bankley Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Aspen Art Fair, Ro2 Art, Aspen, Colorado
Petit Trois, Shiloh Square, Springdale, AR (curated by Dayton Castleman)
Choas! Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
2017 Aspen Art Fair, Ro2 Art, Aspen, Colorado
Dallas Art Fair, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Thaw, University of Notre Dame Center for the Arts and Culture, South Bend, IN (curator: Lucas Korte)
Beyond Nature, Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Chaos!, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Bi-Annual School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
2016 Other Worlds, Other Stories, Washington Artists Project, Washington D.C. (curator: Jeffry Cudlin)
Pole saw, Lloyd’s Hotel, Spitsbergen, Svalbard (curator: Fritz Hortzman)
Dallas Art Fair, Ro2 Art Booth, Dallas, TX
Chaos!, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Small works, Button Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2015 Biannual Faculty Exhibition, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Ro2 Art, Houston, TX
Water, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO (curators:: Adam Finkelston + James Meara)
Mountains to Sea, Art Science Gallery, Austin, TX (curator: Haley Gillespie)
Co Action, 500X, Dallas, TX
2014 Hunting Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Houston, TX (jurors: Marie Bosarge, Leila Cartier, + Stephen Wicks)
Art in the Metroplex, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX (curator: Sara-Jayne Parsons)
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Fort Worth, TX
2013 Art Matter, Design Cloud Gallery, Chicago, IL (curator: Angela Bryant)
Biannual Faculty Exhibition, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Objective/Subjective, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art, DeKalb, IL (curator: Peter Olson)
Faculty Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Faculty Lounge, Montgomery Building, Fort Worth, TX
2011 Repertoire, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
Within the Landscape/the Landscape Within, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, OH
Art Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Earth, Air, Fire & Water, Blink Contemporary Art, Michigan City, IN
2010 Flesh and Bone, Hyde Park Art Center and Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Papergirl, Vienna, Austria
Collaborate, IG bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Midnight snacks, 1366 space, Chicago, IL
2009 A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York, New York
Art Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Paintpresent, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky (juror: Bobby Campbell),
Contemporary American and Italian Artists on Paper, Thaddeus C. Gallery, LaPorte, Indiana
2008 Art Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Revision, Zolla/Lieberman in 3 Chapters, 32 years, Zolla/Lieberman, Chicago, Illinois
Awards
2024 Dean’s Exceptional Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Teaching Enhancement Grant, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2023 Artist project Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
Research and Creative Activities Fund (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Dean’s Exceptional Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2022 Best Artist, Fort Worth Weekly, Sept. 28th - Oct. 4th issue, 2022, Fort Worth, TX
2021 Mid Career Summer Research Grant, TCU College of Fine Art, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2020 Artist grant, The new normal, Fine Line Group, the Family Office of Sasha and Edward P. Bass, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Dean’s Exceptional Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Research and Creative Activity Fund (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2017 Artist in Residence, Herhusid Artist Residency, Iceland
2016 The Arctic Circle Artist Residency and Summer Solstice Expedition, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Research and Creative Activity Fund (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Junior Faculty Summer Research Program (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Coleman Ambassador, Coleman Foundation, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, TX
2015 Instructional Development Grant, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Coleman Fellow, Coleman Foundation + Neely Business School, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, TX
2014 Junior Faculty Summer Research Program (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Research and Creative Activity Fund (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Coleman Fellow, Coleman Foundation + Neely Business School, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, TX
Instructional Development Grant, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Merit Award, Art in the Metroplex, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Forth Worth, TX
2009 Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008 Efroymson Fund Emerging Graduate Artist Award, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
Best in Show, MFA/BFA Exhibition, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship, University of Notre Dame
2007 Graduate Research Grant for Antarctic Field Study, University of Notre Dame
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship, University of Notre Dame
2006 Best Hand Drawn Illustration, "Iceberg", Indiana Collegiate Press Association
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship, University of Notre Dame
2005 Beyond Borders Juried Competition Award, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship, University of Notre Dame
Mary Gillis Davis Johnston Endowment for Art, Western Washington University
Art Brevis Scholarship, Western Washington University
Teaching
2018- present
Associate Professor of Art-Painting, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
2013-2018
Assistant Professor of Art-Painting, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
2013 Painting Faculty, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Visiting Artist, Chicago Math and Science Academy, Chicago, IL
2012 Painting Faculty, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Professional
Experience
2019 Visiting Artist, University of Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
TCU Tuscany Artist Residency, faculty coordinator, Tuscany, Italy
Juror for Fort Worth School District Chair of Excellence, Visual Arts, Teaching award, Fort Worth, Texas
2017 Curator, Beyond Nature (artists from the 2016 Arctic Circle expedition), Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas
Artist in Residence, Herhusid, Siglufjordur, Iceland
Visiting Artist, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California
Juror for Fort Worth School District Chair of Excellence, Visual Arts, Teaching award, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 The Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Expedition 2016, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Visiting Artist, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Visiting Artist, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
TCU Faculty Led Study Abroad, Panama + Nicaragua
Juror for Fort Worth School District Chair of Excellence, Visual Arts, Teaching award, Fort Worth, Texas
Curator, Idea Launch Gallery, TCU School of Business, Fort Worth, Texas
Portfolio Reviewer, ISAS Fine Arts Festival, San Antonio, Texas
2015 Mock Interviewer, College Art Association Conference, New York, New York
Visiting Artist, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Juror for Fort Worth School District Chair of Excellence, Visual Arts, Teaching award, Fort Worth, Texas
Portfolio Reviewer, ISAS Fine Arts Festival, Country Day School, Fort Worth, Texas
Curator, Idea Launch Gallery, TCU School of Business, Fort Worth, Texas
Chancellor Scholarship Interview Panelist, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas Christian University
2014 Juror for Fort Worth School District Chair of Excellence Visual Arts teaching award, Fort Worth, Texas
Curator, Idea Launch Gallery, TCU School of Business, Fort Worth, Texas
2013 Painting and Drawing Coordinator, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2012 Visiting Artist, Department of Art and Art History, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesse
Guest Critic, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois
Painting and Drawing Coordinator, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2011 Visiting Artist, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Guest Artist / Lecturer, School of Art, Design, & Architecture, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois
2009 Artist in Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Guest Critic, School of Art, Design, & Architecture, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois
2008 Assistant Curator of Exhibitions, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana
2006-08 Graduate Student Union, Departmental Representative, University of Notre Dame
2006-08 Honesty Committee, Department of Art, Art History and Design, University of Notre Dame
2007 Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana
Juror, Badin Art Exhibition, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Publications
+ Media
2023 Last Word (illustration), Carter Magazine, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX
Under the Tuscan Sun (photography), TCU MFA in Tuscany, TCU Magazine, Fort Worth, TX
Fresh Voices Art Discovery Guide, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX
2022 A Peek into the World of Adam Fung, Jessica Fuentes, March 28th, Glasstire (online)
Passage, Issue 9, Summer 2022 (online), Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2019 Artists in Italy, Cover image and article photography, Fine Arts News, Fall 2019, Fort Worth, TX
Beyond the Classroom, class project article, Summer 2019, TCU Magazine, Fort Worth, TX
2017 Autonomous Art Systems, guest co-editor, Media-N journal, fall issue
Roundup: Science & Technology at CAA: 2017, Sci Art Magazine, Feb. 2017
New American Paintings (online), Arthur Peña, April 15th, 2017
An uncommon journey, TCU magazine, Winter issue, Fort Worth, TX
Art Students explore mortality, TCU this week, May 15th, Fort Worth, TX
2016 Moby Dick Marathon (reader), Frank Stella exhibition, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2015 Art Professor headed to Arctic Circle, TCU this week, November 23rd, 2015, Fort Worth, TX
2013 Fort Worth Fall Gallery Guide (Image), Fort Worth, TX
2012 In Visible, an artist’s perspective of the universe, Jessica Orwig, Fermilab Today, 11-15-2012
2011 Within the Landscape/the Landscape Within, Catalog, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron
Dark Energy, Dark Matter (review), Dan Grossman, NUVO, September 5th issue, Indianapolis, Indiana
Case Study: Adam Benjamin Fung, Jeriah Hildewine, Chicago Art Magazine, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Paintpresent, exhibition catalog and book, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
Notre Dame Review, no. 28, Summer/Fall 2009, Front and Back Cover Art
2008 Antarctica (video), Department of News and Information, University of Notre Dame
Selected Public
+ Private
Collections
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, Washington
Fermilab Permanent Collection, Fermilab - US Department of Energy, Batavia, Illinois
Mercedes Benz Financial Services Permanent Collection, Fort Worth, Texas
South Bend Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, South Bend, Indiana
Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
Texas Christian University Permanent Collection, Fort Worth, Texas
Glassflake International, Jacksonville, Florida
Stephan Sigrist, Zurich, Switzerland
William Lieberman, Chicago, Illinois
Sasha Bass, Fort Worth, Texas
Larry Karaszewsk, Los Angeles, California
