Adrian Cox (born 1988) is a painter living and working in Los Angeles, California.
adriancox27@gmail.com
Education
MFA 2012 Studio Art Washington University in St. Louis
BFA 2010 Painting University of Georgia
Solo and Two- Person Exhibitions
2023
The Brush and the Torch, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Forthcoming SOLO, opens June 3rd)
2021
Dream Country, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (SOLO)
2020
Lights in the Forest, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (SOLO)
Into the Spirit Garden, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (SOLO)
2019
Awakenings, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (SOLO)
2018
Terra Incognita, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (SOLO)
2017
Sensory Garden, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (SOLO)
Vivarium, 111 Minna Gallery, San Fransisco, CA (SOLO)
2016
Horror Vacui, Art NXT Level Projects, Chicago, IL (TWO-PERSON)
Lusus Naturae, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR (SOLO)
Shaping the Garden, Bonsack Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (SOLO)
The Garden on Restoration, Thunder-Sky Inc., Cincinnati, OH (TWO-PERSON)
2015
Border Creatures, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (SOLO)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
A Kind of Heaven, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2019
Mother & Child, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy
Lucky 13 Anniversary Show, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Psychedelia, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Works 2019, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018
Scope Miami, Corey Helford Gallery at Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL
The 13th Hour, Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
Origin, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA (THREE-PERSON)
13th Annual BLAB! Exhibition, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The New Romantics, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Works 2018, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Invitational Auction, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Sensory Overload, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
12th Annual BLAB! Exhibition, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Small Works 2017, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Drawing Room, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Platinum Blend 3, Modern Eden Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
2016
Myth and Mutation, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (THREE-PERSON)
Small Works 2016, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
10th Anniversary Exhibtion, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selfie, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR
Below the Surface, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Platinum Blend 2, Modern Eden Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
2015
Portrait and the Primordial, Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
Lush Life 5: Reverie, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
Zg Summer Stock, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Moist, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2014
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Tales Told, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Honor Awards 2014, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
Homunculi, Millitzer Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Beyond Violet with the Emperor Scorpion, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013
Fresh Paint, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Art Saint Louis XXIX, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
Emerging Artists Juried Exhibition, SAE Institute, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Third Annual Inland Symposium: CST Central Standard Time, St. Louis, MO
Human: A Celebration of the Human Form, Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, Gallery 180, Chicago, IL
Wet Paint: National Juried Painting Exhibition, Zhou Brothers Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Publications in Print
2021
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, "The Boy with Kaleidoscope Eyes", Issue 033
2020
LA Weekly, "Adrian Cox Summons the Spirit Gardener", Trina Calderon (exhibition review)
2018
Hi-Fructose Magazine, "Gardening at Night: The Art of Adrian Cox", Vol. 47
Heavy Metal Magazine, Interview and Gallery, Issue 292, "The Psychedelic Special"
2017
Grain Magazine, Featured Artist, Vol. 44.4, Regina, Canada
2016
"Anatomy Rocks: Flesh and Bone in Contemporary Art," Lachat, Rodolphe, Editor, Cernunnos, Paris, France, 2016
Hey! Art Mag, Interview, Special Issue, Paris, France
Hey! Art Mag, six page feature and interview, Issue #26, Paris, France
All the Art, Seth Lewis, "Shaping the Garden," Spring Issue, 2016 (Cover & Review)
2015
Dialogist, Artist Feature, Vol. II, Issue IV
Fresh Paint Magazine, Artist Feature, Issue 8
2014
International Painting Annual 3, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012
Direct Art Magazine volume 19, two page spread, Slowart Productions, New York, NY
Exhibition Catalogue: Human: A Celebration of the Human Form
2011
Exhibition Catalogue: Wet Paint 2011
2008
Flagpole, Rebecca Brantley, “Doom, Gloom, and Clay”
Selected Online Reviews and Blogs
2020
EILE Magazine, "Into the Spirit Garden", March 2020
Heavy Metal Magazine, "Adrian Cox Paints Eerie Specters Up to No Good, Deep in the Woods", March 2020
Creative Boom, "Adrian Cox's Latest Oil Paintings Tell the Story of Mythical Creatures Hoping to Take Over the World", March 2020
2019
PROHBT, "Adrian Cox Takes Us on a Journey Through the Borderlands," Interview, June 2019
2017
Upper Playground, Ariadna Zierold, "Border Creatures by Adrian Cox," July 2017
Juxtapoz, "Adrian Cox 'Border Creatures' on Display in Australia," June 2017
Hi-Fructose, Andy Smith, "Adrian Cox 'Border Creatures' Return in New Shows," June 2017
VICE, Diana Shi, "These Fleshy, Flowery Mutants are Living their Best Lives," June 2017
MUSEUM, Interview, June 2017
Creative Boom, Katy Cowan, "Border Creatures: Adrian Cox's Paintings of Mythtical, Grostesque Characters," January 2017
2016
VICE, Nathaniel Ainley, "Fantasies and Nightmares Collide in a New Group Show of Oil Painters," December 2016
VICE, Diana Shi, "Enter a Painter's Mythic Other-World Inspired by Outsiders," October 2016
https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/bulbous-flower-covered-dreamer-paintings
Beautiful Bizarre, "Border Creatures: The Paintings of Adrian Cox," September 14 2016
Scene 360 Magazine, "Adrian Cox Mutates and Reassembles the Body in Nature," June 15 2016
Ineffable Magazine, Julia Serena, Artist Feature, May 2016
AEQAI, Craig Ledoux, "A Walk Through the Garden of Restoration," January 23, 2016
Creative Boom, "Border Creatures: Adrian Cox's Paintings of Mythical, Grotesque, Characters that Merge with Nature," January 2016
2015
Hi-Fructose, Caro, "Adrian Cox Portrays Surreal Fleshly Gardens in New Oil Paintings," June 25 2015
http://hifructose.com/2015/06/25/adrian-cox-portrays-surreal-fleshy-gardens-in-new-oil-paintings/
OCWeekly, Dave Barton, "OCCCA Gets Moist," June 24 2015
Beautiful/Decay, Stephanie Young, "The Paintings of Adrian Cox Illuminate Fantasy Landscapes," June 4 2015
Inspiration Hut, "Surreal Contemporary Paintings by Adrian Cox," June 1, 2015
Wow x Wow, "Caretakers of a Strange Wilderness," Interview, May 26, 2015
http://wowxwow.com/artist-interview/adrian-cox-ai
MW Capacity, "Adrian Cox Asks Himself 3 Questions," May 15, 2015
https://mwcapacity.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/adrian-cox-asks-himself-3-questions/
iARTistas, Interview, May 5, 2015
Think Faest! "The Surreal Work of Adrian Cox," May 4, 2015
Owlstand, "Borderland," March 22, 2015
Supersonic Art, Artist Feature, March 3, 2015
2014
Hi-Fructose, Nastia Voynovskaya, "Adrian Cox's Visceral Paintings of Vulnerable Creatures," January 10, http://hifructose.com/2014/01/10/adrian-coxs-visceral-paintings-of-vulnerable-creatures/
2013
AEQAI, Kevin T. Kelley, "Manifest's Tenth Anniversary," November 24, 2013.
http://aeqai.com/main/2013/11/manifests-tenth-anniversary/
The Art Out There, David Carmack, "Adrian Cox," February 21, 2013.
http://artoutthere.blogspot.com/2013/02/adrian-cox.html
Sweet Station, Artist Feature, August 29, 2013
Awards and Fellowships
2013 Award of Excellence, Art Saint Louis XXIX, St. Louis, MO
2012 The Desert Space Foundation Award
2010-2012 The Laura and William Jens Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis