Biography
"Adrian" Reynolds is an androgynous two-dimensional mixed-media artist from a small town in East Tennessee called Lenoir City. Adrian attended Farragut High School where they met many talented artists who inspired them to continue with their creative pursuits. After high school, they were unclear on what to study as they had several extreme passions, including pediatrics, psychology, French, education, art, and museum studies. This led them to switch majors several times before determining to move forward with a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art with a concentration in Museum Studies from Emory & Henry College.
In March 2018, Adrian was lucky enough to work alongside the curator, gallery attendants, and visiting artist Joe Page to volunteer in installing Flow Chart in the McGlothlin Center for the Arts Gallery, where they found a love of museum studies. The following semester, they applied to be gallery attendant where this love further flourished, and they began gaining more experience in installations, data maintenance, and social media marketing. Adrian has assisted in fourteen different exhibitions including shows by Hui Chi Lee, Jennifer Davey, and Amanda Burnham whose artworks heavily inspired Adrian’s collages. Most recently, they have been interning at the William King Museum of Art where they work alongside two fellow interns and two curators, solidifying their passion for museum studies and curatorial work.
Adrian has been creating since the summer of 2014, though they have been encouraged by their family to be an artist since they were born. During these years of artistry, Adrian began struggling with difficult emotions such as depression and anxiety and has since put these topics into their work. Adrian creates mixed media collages with acrylic paint on canvas with different materials layered within the paint. These collages often display many of their written works including fictional short stories and poetry, but these are frequently illegible to add a sense of mystery. They choose to work in variety as to allow their work to be unrestricted to a specific medium, size, or color scheme. Instead, they work in whatever the particular piece calls for or feels right. Currently, Adrian bases their work off their developing identity and continues to learn daily about what it means to be human.
In March 2018, Adrian was lucky enough to work alongside the curator, gallery attendants, and visiting artist Joe Page to volunteer in installing Flow Chart in the McGlothlin Center for the Arts Gallery, where they found a love of museum studies. The following semester, they applied to be gallery attendant where this love further flourished, and they began gaining more experience in installations, data maintenance, and social media marketing. Adrian has assisted in fourteen different exhibitions including shows by Hui Chi Lee, Jennifer Davey, and Amanda Burnham whose artworks heavily inspired Adrian’s collages. Most recently, they have been interning at the William King Museum of Art where they work alongside two fellow interns and two curators, solidifying their passion for museum studies and curatorial work.
Adrian has been creating since the summer of 2014, though they have been encouraged by their family to be an artist since they were born. During these years of artistry, Adrian began struggling with difficult emotions such as depression and anxiety and has since put these topics into their work. Adrian creates mixed media collages with acrylic paint on canvas with different materials layered within the paint. These collages often display many of their written works including fictional short stories and poetry, but these are frequently illegible to add a sense of mystery. They choose to work in variety as to allow their work to be unrestricted to a specific medium, size, or color scheme. Instead, they work in whatever the particular piece calls for or feels right. Currently, Adrian bases their work off their developing identity and continues to learn daily about what it means to be human.