EDUCATION
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, MFA, Photography
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, Studio Art
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017
People who Photograph the Maroon Bells, Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX
2016
good news bad news great news, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
2015
Texas Bigfoot, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015
Terra Incognita, Ro2 Art at the Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX
2015
A Known World, Southern Light Gallery at Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX
2013
A Known World, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX
A Known World, Cora Stafford Gallery at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX
A Known World, the Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Borderlands, Texas Woman’s University, Union Gallery, Denton, TX (two person with
Ashley Kauschinger)
2012
Snaps: Polaroids from the Archive of Adam Neese, Cora Stafford Gallery at the
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2011
What Sees*, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design, North Gallery,
Denton, TX (two person with Morehshin Allahyari)
2010
Between Two Cities, Play/Pause/Replay, Grapevine, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Print Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography
2020
From a Distance, online, http://ro2.us/fromadistance
Print Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography
2019
CHAOS, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Print Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography
2018
The Visual Metric, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA
2017
CHAOS, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Art Aspen, Aspen, CO
Selections from the Back Room, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2016
place/holder, UT Dallas Visual Arts Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
You are Here, Texas Photographers Respond to the Texas Landscape, Duchesne
Academy, Houston and Wright Gallery, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX
Continuance, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX
2015
Provincial Field Notes, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
Educators’ Exhibit, SPE South Central Conference, Norman, OK
The Smaller Exotics of Texas, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Ticka Arts at O2 Gallery, Austin, TX
CHAOS, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Yeah, It’s Salon Style, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Dallas Art Fair, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
2014
College of Visual Arts and Design Faculty Exhibition, University of North Texas, College
of Visual Arts and Design Main Gallery, Denton, TX
Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography at the College of William & Mary,
Andrews Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
SPE South Central Members Exhibition, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN
Ain’t-Bad: The American South at Art Now, Morris Museum of Art Education Gallery,
Augusta, GA
From the Faraway Nearby, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center, Tarleton State University,
Stephenville, TX
CHAOS, Ro2 Art Downtown, Dallas, TX
Five Photographers Presented by Ro2 Art, Addison Arts Center, Addison, TX
9/50 Southeast Arts Presenters Summit, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta,
GA (curated by editors of Ain’t-Bad Magazine)
We Put This _____ On Everything and You Should Too, Mokah Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
(curated by Kathy Lovas)
2013
College of Visual Arts and Design Faculty Exhibition, University of North Texas, College
of Visual Arts and Design Main Gallery, Denton, TX
PhotoBOMB, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Redbird Editions at De Fotohal, Amsterdam, NL
Of Memory, Bone & Myth, The Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN (juried by Olivia
Parker)
Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (juried by Paul Manoguerra)
2012
Alliance Art Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX (juried by Leslie Murrell)
PB&K, Kettle Arts, Dallas, TX
The Unreal, The Kiernan Gallery (Online Annex, Juried by Ken Rosenthal)
Summer Graduate Show, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design
Main Gallery, Denton, TX (curated by Victoria DeCuir and Tracee Robertson)
Scripts and Systems, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY (curated by Charlie
Campbell)
Voertman Student Art Competition, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts
and Design Main Gallery, Denton, TX (juried by Clint Willour)
Movement, Michael David Rose Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Decoys and Human Rust, The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2011
Vision: Reflections in Photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (juried by Sylvia
De Swaan)
Fresh Meat: 500X College Expo, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX (juried by Cris Worley and
Erick Swenson)
Camera, Action, The Metronome Collective, Fort Worth, TX (curated by Paul Leicht)
PhotoPlace Open 2011, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (online annex, juried by
Alison Nordstrom)
A Summer Sampler: CVAD Highlights, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts
and Design, North Gallery, Denton, TX
Earthwurx, University of North Texas, Union Gallery, Denton, TX (second place award
winner)
2010
Perspective Range, The Rose Marine Theater, Fort Worth, TX
Spring Salon: Photography, The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted, Cora Stafford Gallery at The University of
North Texas, Denton, TX
Habitats, Meow Wolf Artist’s Collective, Santa Fe, NM
2009
The Secret Admirer’s Show, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
ouRArt show, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, IL
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Chronicles of Como, Fort Worth Public Art, Fort Worth, TX, 2020
SCREENINGS
2010
Radical Semantics, “Dividing Light”, Pentagon Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Electric Lights, “Dividing light”, The Nightingale Theater, Chicago IL
2009
Meadow Cinema, “Active/Passing”, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck MI
MOTION PICTURE CREATION
2022
Colorist, Pedestrian Bridges of North Texas (forthcoming)
2020
Director of Photography, Sleep In music video for musician Daniel Markham
Director of Photogaphy, Mineko Grimmer, Artists Documentation Program interview
2018
Camera Operator and Colorist, You Are Here
2010
Cinematographer, Never Forget How Much a Dead Man Weighs
2009
Production Designer and Camera Department, All Ghost Women Play the Theramin
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016
The States Project: Texas, Lenscratch Blog
2015
Permanence/Impermanence, UNT Art Gallery, Denton, TX, co-curated with Dornith
Doherty and Paho Mann
The Smaller Exotics of Texas Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, co-curated with
Diane Durant
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2022 - present Owner, Sneezy Digital, Brooklyn, NY
2021- 2022 Associate Manager for Technical Documentation, Paper Conservation, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2018- 2021 Conservation Imaging Specialist, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
2016-2018 Matter/Framer & Conservation Photographer, The Menil Collection, Houston,
TX
2014-2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2013-2014 Adjunct Professor, Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University
of North Texas, Denton, TX
2013-2014 Adjunct Professor, Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX
2013-2014 Adjunct Professor, Northlake College Irving, TX
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Ro2 Art, Dallas TX
AWARDS & HONORS
2014
Adjunct Assistance Grant, Society for Photographic Education, South Central Region
2013
Critical Mass Finalist, Photolucida, Portland, OR
Overall Winner, Redbird Editions Open Call, Amsterdam, NL
Radius Books Workshop Scholarship, Santa Fe, NM
2012
John D. Murchison Sr. Art Scholarship, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts
and Design, Denton, TX
2009
Best Photo Page Design, F News Magazine, Student Society for News Design
2007
Merit Scholarship Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Humanities Division Award of Excellence, Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX
2003
Texas Techie of the Year, International Thespian Society Conference, New Braunfels,TX
2002
Betty Buckley Award, Best Lighting Design, West Side Story, Fort Worth, TX
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Signal Fire, Outpost Residency, Portland, OR. 2016
Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland, 2015
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Don’t Take Pictures, Issue 14
2015
Arteles Creative Center Catalogue
2014
Papersafe, 01 Sage, edited by Trevor Powers, published by CatLABS
2013
Semigloss Magazine, Inaugural Issue, Cover image
The Artist Catalogue, Vol. 1, winter issue
2011
PhotoPlace Open Exhibition Catalogue, PhotoPlace Gallery
Vision: Reflections in Photography Catalogue, PhotoPlace Gallery
ONLINE FEATURES, PUBLICATIONS,PROJECTS & PRESS
2021
Paper City, Vaunted Photography Print Auction Celebrates 40 Years with New Treasures - 10 beautiful pieces to bid on
2018
Photographic Alphabet, Musée Magazine
http://museemagazine.com/culture/2018/9/11/photographic-alphabet-n-is-for-
adam-neese
Landscape Stories, LS #28, Leisure Time
http://magazine.landscapestories.net/en
2015
Glasstire, “Top Five”, March 5, 2015
http://glasstire.com/2015/03/05/top-five-march-5-2015/
2014
Ticka Arts https://www.ticka-arts.com
Lensculture https://www.lensculture.com/adam-neese
Art Photo Index
http://www.artphotoindex.com/api/#photographer/Adam-Neese/17217
2013
ILOVETHATPHOTO.NET interview
http://www.ilovethatphoto.net/2013/11/20/interview-with-adam-neese/
Oxford American - Eyes on the South
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/apr/19/eyes-south-adam-neese/
Flak Photo | Photography Online
http://flakphoto.com/profile/adam-neese
Problemata Physica
http://problemataphysica.de/adam-neese/
LENSCRATCH
http://lenscratch.com/2013/02/adam-neese/
Light Leaked
http://www.lightleaked.com/2013/02/mfa-thesis-adam-neese.html
2012
Landscape Stories Tumblr feature, Issue: Trees
http://landscape-stories.tumblr.com/tagged/Adam-Neese
2008
@600, Mus-Mus
http://mus-mus.org/at600/mm_photos.htm
COURSES TAUGHT
Advanced Output and 3D Printing for Photographers: Laser Cutting, 3D Printing
and Inkjet Technology (UNT, Spring 2015)
Photography Studio (UNT, Advanced and Capstone course, Spring 2015)
Topics: The Constructed Image (UNT, Fall 2014)
Photography III (UNT, Fall 2014)
Advanced Photographic Lighting (UNT, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)
Alternative Photographic Processes (UNT, Fall 2013)
Photography I (Northlake College, Digital, Fall 2013)
Photography I (Tarrant County College, Analog, Fall 2013)
Photography I (UNT, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2013, Fall 2012)
Design I (UNT, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2011, Fall 2012)
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2021-2022
AIC Imaging Working Group Vice Chair
2020-2021
AIC Imaging Working Group Team Lead, Metadata and File Naming
2020
North Brooklyn Mutual Aid - Free Store Carpenter
AIC Imaging Working Group Team Lead, Infrared Imaging
2019-2020
Board member, Houston Center for Photography
ARTS EDUCATION & PROGRAMS
2014
Workshop Instructor, Documenting your Art, Oil and Cotton, Dallas, TX
2013
Visiting Artist, Cow House Studios, Art on the Farm Programme, County Wexford,
Ireland
2011
Early College Program Chaperone, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’
Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2007-2009
Photography Instructor, The Chicago Photography Center, Chicago, IL
FORMATIVE BUT NOT DIRECTLY APPLICABLE EXPERIENCE
2006-2007 Land surveyor, Tuttle Surveying Systems, Glenwood Springs, CO
2008-2010 Tree Planter, Pineywoods Reforestation, East Texas
2007-2010 Corn Detasseler, Heartland Detasseling and Sunshine Enterprises, Iowa
and Illinois
2003 Flight Attendent Trainee, Northwest Airlines, Saint Paul, MN
TRAININGS and CERTIFICATIONS
Wilderness First Responder Certification
Radiation Safety Officer Certification (RSO) Training
COLLECTIONS
Aspen Art Holdings
Capital One Bank
City of Fort Worth
Griffin Museum of Photography
Harwood International
Lancaster Hotel, Houston
Target Corporation