Yura Adams creates abstract forms inspired by natural phenomena and weather patterns. Observing dynamic interactions within the landscape surrounding her studio, Adams’ translates these sharply articulated impressions into her work. Painting from an industrial building on a farm in Western Massachusetts, Adams' enigmatic visual dialogues arrive through shape, a sense of harmonious inner balance, and a palette rooted in soft grays and vivid, electric hues.

Her recent solo exhibitions include Olympia (New York, NY, 2022–2025), NADA New York (New York, NY, 2022), LABspace (Hillsdale, NY, 2022), and John Davis Gallery (Hudson, NY, 2019). Group exhibitions include Strohl Art Center (Chautauqua, NY, 2025), Vassar College Art Library (Poughkeepsie, NY, 2025), Front Gallery (Houston, TX, 2024), Turley Gallery (Hudson, NY, 2023), Woodstock Art Museum (2021), and Albany Airport (2021).

Adams has received numerous awards, including the Tree of Life Grant (2023), Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant (2022), participation in the Drawing Center Viewing Program (2021), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2019), and fellowships from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation (2017), New York State Council on the Arts (2010), and the New York Foundation for the Arts MARK Program (2009).

Early in her career, she exhibited in notable New York City venues 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) from the San Francisco Art Institute.

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