Adam Helms, a self-described artist-as-ethnographer, explores the psychology and iconography of radical politics and subcultures. Using a variety of media—ranging from photography, drawing, sculpture, and found images—the New York-based artist engages the viewer with archetypal representations of identity, symbolism and history. His previous awards and residencies include the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant NY, NY (2010), the Chinati Foundation Marfa, TX (2007), the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Visual Art Grant Award NY, NY (2006), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award NY, NY (2005), and the Robert Schoelkopf Traveling Fellowship New Haven, CT (2003).
