ADAM FINKELSTON
SEPTEMBER 2 - 30, 2022
ARTIST BIO
Adam Finkelston is an artist, educator, and publisher based in Prairie Village, Kansas. He has a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, a BA in Art Education from the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC), an MA in Photography from UMKC where he studied with Elijah Gowin, and is currently pursuing his MFA at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, where he is studying with Christopher James.
Mr. Finkelston’s work has been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions and is included in publications on alterative process photography by notable authors, Jill Enfield and Christina Z. Anderson. Mr. Finkelston has taught art at various levels for 18 years. Currently, he is a guest lecturer in printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute as well as a teacher and visual arts department coordinator at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, KS. In addition to teaching, Mr. Finkelston is the owner and publisher of, The Hand Magazine: A Magazine for Reproduction-based Arts, through which he has curated and juried numerous exhibitions. Mr. Finkelston’s work encompasses both printmaking and photography. His use of various printing techniques is inspired by the Pictorialist photographers, while his imagery is influenced by Surrealists such as Magritte and deChirico.
