Adam Cable (b. 1989) creates vignettes of American domestic life using found digital images. His work entwines perception and narratives into the reconstruction of these environments, highlighting ways that impressions and expectations inform experiences of space. These compositions blur the lines between picture and collage by overlaying keyword-sourced materials onto component shapes. Challenging the conventional idea of “home” as a blank canvas, Cable presents it as a complex space influenced by countless factors. Even seemingly static forms become imbued with emotions and meanings through the images he incorporates, reflecting the intricate dance between social norms and cultural values in our everyday surroundings.
Cable has shown in several group and solo exhibitions, including at The Painting Center, NYC; University of North Carolina, Asheville; PULSE Art Fair, Miami; Local Project, NYC; and The Plaxall Gallery, NYC. In 2021, he co-curated an exhibition with Float Photo Magazine, and his work was included in Secrets of the Friendly Woods, a book by The Wassaic Project. Cable holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (2017) and a BFA from the University of North Carolina, Asheville (2013). He lives and works in Brooklyn NY.
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Selected exhibitions
2023 | Emerging Artists 2023, dodomu, Brooklyn NY (online) |
2022 | Break of Day, Edge of Night, The Painting Center, New York NY |
The Patriot, O'Flaherty's, New York NY | |
2021 | The Space In Between, The Space In Between Gallery (online) |
95th ANNUAL International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia PA (online; semi-finalist) | |
2019 | Art and Revelry, Saint-Paul de Mausole, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France |
2018 | Place Title Here, The Plaxall Gallery, Queens NY (with Quinn Tivey and Julianne Nash, curated by Dana Stirling) |
L'art du Partage, Saint-Paul de Mausole, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France | |
2017 | Real Realities, UNC-Asheville, Asheville NC (solo exhibition) |
PULSE Miami Beach, Miami FL (SVA Galleries booth) | |
BOTANICAL, Local Project, Queens NY | |
Whispering Whims, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York NY | |
SPACE (curated by Float Photo Magazine), Littlefield, Brooklyn NY | |
MFA Photo, Video, and Related Media Thesis Exhibition, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York NY | |
2016 | You Are One of a Kind, K&P Gallery, New York NY |
404: IRL Not Found, SVA Flatiron Project Space, New York NY (installation with Tim Hodge and Sullivan Gardner) | |
Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Fantastic Art China, Javits Center, New York NY | |
2015 | Working Artists, Academic, Queens NY |
2013 | Lavender War, UNC-Asheville, Asheville NC (solo exhibition) |
Carolina's Got Art! 2013 Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte NC (juried by Lance Esplund) |
Curatorial Projects
2020 | Annus Horribilis, Float Photo Magazine, Online (co-curator) |
Bibliography
2021 | Secrets of the Friendly Woods, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY |
Lingfei Ren, "Curation," Musée Magazine, Issue 25, New York NY | |
Annus Horribilis, Float Photo Magazine, New York NY | |
2017 | Thomas Calder, "Asheville Art Talk: Former UNC Asheville student returns to campus as visiting artist," Mountain Xpress, August 23, 2017 |
2016 | "At Work," All the best, Alice, Visual Arts Press, New York NY |
Publications and Conferences
2013 | Paper: “Lavender War: Exclusive Community Places and Queer Individuals,” Fall 2013, Journal of Undergraduate Research, UNC-Asheville |
Presentation: “Lavender War: Surveying Exclusion in Community Spaces,” Queer Studies Conference 2013: Queering Spaces/Queering Borders, UNC-Asheville | |
2011 | Presentation: “‘Let’s Do the Time Warp Again’: Que[e]rying Time through Multimedia,” Queer Studies Conference: Queer as an Active Verb, UNC-Asheville |
Awards
2020 | 95th ANNUAL International Competition, Semi-finalist; The Print Center, Philadelphia PA |
2015 | Alice Beck-Odette Award Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York |
2012 | Walter E. Ogilvie III Scholarship, University of North Carolina Asheville |
Education
2017 | MFA: Photography, Video, and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York NY |
2013 | BFA: Studio Art; Undergraduate Research Scholar, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville NC |
Adam Cable (b. 1989) creates vignettes of American domestic life using found digital images. His work entwines perception and narratives into the reconstruction of these environments, highlighting ways that impressions and expectations inform experiences of space. These compositions blur the lines between picture and collage by overlaying keyword-sourced materials onto component shapes. Challenging the conventional idea of “home” as a blank canvas, Cable presents it as a complex space influenced by countless factors. Even seemingly static forms become imbued with emotions and meanings through the images he incorporates, reflecting the intricate dance between social norms and cultural values in our everyday surroundings.
Cable has shown in several group and solo exhibitions, including at The Painting Center, NYC; University of North Carolina, Asheville; PULSE Art Fair, Miami; Local Project, NYC; and The Plaxall Gallery, NYC. In 2021, he co-curated an exhibition with Float Photo Magazine, and his work was included in Secrets of the Friendly Woods, a book by The Wassaic Project. Cable holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (2017) and a BFA from the University of North Carolina, Asheville (2013). He lives and works in Brooklyn NY.
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Selected exhibitions
2023 | Emerging Artists 2023, dodomu, Brooklyn NY (online) |
2022 | Break of Day, Edge of Night, The Painting Center, New York NY |
The Patriot, O'Flaherty's, New York NY | |
2021 | The Space In Between, The Space In Between Gallery (online) |
95th ANNUAL International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia PA (online; semi-finalist) | |
2019 | Art and Revelry, Saint-Paul de Mausole, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France |
2018 | Place Title Here, The Plaxall Gallery, Queens NY (with Quinn Tivey and Julianne Nash, curated by Dana Stirling) |
L'art du Partage, Saint-Paul de Mausole, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France | |
2017 | Real Realities, UNC-Asheville, Asheville NC (solo exhibition) |
PULSE Miami Beach, Miami FL (SVA Galleries booth) | |
BOTANICAL, Local Project, Queens NY | |
Whispering Whims, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York NY | |
SPACE (curated by Float Photo Magazine), Littlefield, Brooklyn NY | |
MFA Photo, Video, and Related Media Thesis Exhibition, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York NY | |
2016 | You Are One of a Kind, K&P Gallery, New York NY |
404: IRL Not Found, SVA Flatiron Project Space, New York NY (installation with Tim Hodge and Sullivan Gardner) | |
Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Fantastic Art China, Javits Center, New York NY | |
2015 | Working Artists, Academic, Queens NY |
2013 | Lavender War, UNC-Asheville, Asheville NC (solo exhibition) |
Carolina's Got Art! 2013 Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte NC (juried by Lance Esplund) |
Curatorial Projects
2020 | Annus Horribilis, Float Photo Magazine, Online (co-curator) |
Bibliography
2021 | Secrets of the Friendly Woods, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY |
Lingfei Ren, "Curation," Musée Magazine, Issue 25, New York NY | |
Annus Horribilis, Float Photo Magazine, New York NY | |
2017 | Thomas Calder, "Asheville Art Talk: Former UNC Asheville student returns to campus as visiting artist," Mountain Xpress, August 23, 2017 |
2016 | "At Work," All the best, Alice, Visual Arts Press, New York NY |
Publications and Conferences
2013 | Paper: “Lavender War: Exclusive Community Places and Queer Individuals,” Fall 2013, Journal of Undergraduate Research, UNC-Asheville |
Presentation: “Lavender War: Surveying Exclusion in Community Spaces,” Queer Studies Conference 2013: Queering Spaces/Queering Borders, UNC-Asheville | |
2011 | Presentation: “‘Let’s Do the Time Warp Again’: Que[e]rying Time through Multimedia,” Queer Studies Conference: Queer as an Active Verb, UNC-Asheville |
Awards
2020 | 95th ANNUAL International Competition, Semi-finalist; The Print Center, Philadelphia PA |
2015 | Alice Beck-Odette Award Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York |
2012 | Walter E. Ogilvie III Scholarship, University of North Carolina Asheville |
Education
2017 | MFA: Photography, Video, and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York NY |
2013 | BFA: Studio Art; Undergraduate Research Scholar, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville NC |