Bio

Born in 1971, the Winnipeg-based artist KC Adams graduated from Concordia University with a BFA. She has had several solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and was included in the PHOTOQUAI: Biennale des images du monde in Paris, France. She has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, the Confederation Art Centre in Charlottetown, the National Museum of the American Indian and the Parramatta Arts Gallery in Australia. She has received several grants and awards from Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. Her work is in many permanent collections Nationally and Internationally.  Twenty pieces from the Cyborg Hybrid series is in the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery in Ottawa and her installation Birch Bark Ltd is in the collection of the Canadian Consulate of Australia, NSW.  Adams was the set designer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Going Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation, completed a public art sculpture for the United Way of Winnipeg called Community and completed a public art campaign called Perception. She recently won the Winnipeg Arts Council’s Making A Mark Award.