Yura Adams creates abstract shapes inspired by natural forms and weather patterns. Adams observes the various interactions in the landscape around her studio and brings dreamy and pointed interactions into her work. She paints in an industrial building on a farm in Western Massachusetts. Her work is distinguished by its enigmatic dialogues created with shapes, a harmonious inner balance, and a palette that skillfully unites soft grays with bold, bracing colors.

Solo exhibitions include Olympia (New York, NY, 2022), NADA New York (New York, NY, 2022), LABspace (Hillsdale, NY, 2022), and John Davis Gallery (Hudson, NY, 2019). Recent group shows include Front Gallery (Houston, TX, 2024), Turley Gallery (Hudson, NY, 2023), Woodstock Art Museum (Woodstock, NY, 2021), and Albany Airport (Albany, NY, 2021).

Adams has been awarded the Peter S. Reed Foundation (2022), Drawing Center Viewing Program (2021), Pollock-Krasner Grant (2019), Berkshire Taconic Foundation (2017), New York State Council on the Arts (2010), New York Foundation for the Arts Mark Program (2009), and the National Endowment for the Arts (1985).

In the early part of her career in New York City, Adams presented her work in locations such as Just Above Midtown, City Gallery, The New Museum, Experimental Intermedia, Franklin Furnace, and FOTO Gallery. She earned both her BFA (1975) and MFA (1980) at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Yura Adams, Warm, Dark and Roaring, Olympia, 2022.