Bill Adams
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Bill Adams received his BA in Politics in 1986 from Princeton University and studied photography with Emmet Gowin and Susan Jahoda.  Bill makes large humorous color photographic collages of elaborately staged scenes, in which he plays all of the different characters.  These collages explore issues of gender, competition and spectacle.  His most recent works are scenes of movie productions and premieres, which he stages on sets constructed in his studio. Bill's Master of Arts exhibition was awarded the Friends of Art Prize as the most outstanding graduate art exhibition.  This exhibition was on view from March to May 1992.  More recently, Bill completed a documentary project on five hilltowns in Tuscany, which was exhibited in the University of New Mexico Art Museum.  Bill is working on his M.F.A. dissertation, entitled "The Political Identity of Artists." His dissertation examines the politcal beliefs of contemporary artists.