Adam Finkelston
6236 McGee Street  Kansas City, MO 64113
Phone: 816- 361-6044  E-Mail: awfink@hotmail.com
www.adamfinkelstonphotography.com
Education
August 2009- Present
University of Missouri- Kansas City
Master of Arts- Photography
May 2004
University of Missouri- Kansas City
Bachelor of Arts- School of Education (art education)
May 2000
Kansas City Art Institute
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Photography and New Media
Exhibitions
• Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies, PhotoPlace Gallery Online
June 2011
Annex, www.vtphotoworkplace.com, Middlebury, VT
• Magic: Alchemical Spirits, VALA Studio and Gallery, Mission, KS.
June 2011
• Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction, KCAI campus,
June 2011
Kansas City, MO (see Honors/ Awards)
• The Language of Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
• Visions of the Flint Hills, Buttonwood Gallery, Kansas City, MO
March- April 2011
October 2010
• Town Day Celebration, Boykivschyna Museum, Dolyna, Ukraine
Spring 2010
• Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction, KCAI campus,
June 2010
Kansas City, MO
• 10x10, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS
May 2010
• Fundraising Auction, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
April 2009
• Photography, Panacea Gallery, Kansas City, MO
November 2002
• Group Show, Classic Cup, Kansas City, MO
September 2002
• Graduating Seniors Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
April 2000
(see Honors/ Awards)
• Love and Other Myths, Planet Café, Kansas City, MO
• Group Show, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, MO
• New Work, 51st Street Coffee Shop, Kansas City, MO
April 2000
March 2000
December 1999
• LimeLight, Locus Solus Gallery, Kansas City, MO
April 1999
• Country Fair, Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, MO
April 1998
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Publications/Presentations
• Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies catalogue, Blurb Books,
2011
www.blurb.com
• The Language of Light catalogue, Blurb Books, www.blurb.com
2011
• “Photo Transfers for Beginners”, Presentation at the Kansas Art
October 2010
Educators Association Annual Conference, Manhattan, KS
Honors/ Awards
• Emerging Artist Selection, Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design
2011
Auction, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
• Honorable Mention, Graduating Seniors Exhibition, H&R Block
2000
Artspace, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
Teaching Experience
• Shawnee Mission East High School, Shawnee Mission SD #512
• Highlands Elementary, Shawnee Mission SD #512
Dec. 2007- Present
Aug. 2004- Dec. 2007
Affiliations/Memberships
• National Education Association
2004- Present
• National Art Educators Association
2004- Present
• Kansas Art Educators Association
2004- Present
• Nelson- Atkins Museum
2005- Present
• Society for Photographic Education
2009- Present