Adam Wolpa, Associate Professor, Art and Art History
616-526-7640
arw3@calvin.edu
Office:
Spoelhof Center 104B
Education
MA University of Iowa
MFA, University of Iowa
Courses
- BFA Program Advisor
- Visual Culture
- Introduction to Drawing
- Introduction to Sculpture
- Intermediate Sculpture
- Advanced Sculpture
- Senior Seminar in Studio Art
Recent Publications
- "Space Is The Place: Activating Possibility in the Negative," SEEN, CIVA Journal Volume , 2009
- "Exquisite History Volume Two: The New World," The Printmakers Left, University of Virginia 2009
- "Eat Well: A Food Road Map," VanderGeissen-Reitsma, ed. Culture is not Optional, 2008.
- Cover Illustration. The Peaceable Kingdom: Compassionate Eating as Care of Creation, Matt Halteman, The Humane Society Animals and Religion, New York, 2008.
- Illustrations. "Wake Up Weekend!", 2007 Program, 2008 Program
- MY DREAM August 2007. Collaboration with Juan Garcia
Recent Exhibitions
- 2009 Quemado,The Garage, Charlottesville, VA, 2009.
- Graphica Creativa ‘09, 12th Annual Print Triennial, Galleria Harmonia
- Jyväskylä Center for Printmaking, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2009
- Art Faculty Exhibition, Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, 2009.
- Fanatically Yours, NYMCAMS, New York NY, 2008.
- Printmaking is the Discourse, Anderson Gallery, Virginia , Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2008.
- Printmaking IS The Discourse, The Projects Gallery, Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 2008.
- Exchange IV: Contemporary Prints, East Gallery, Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN , 2008.
- (RE)SALE Auction, Other Options, (106), Grand Rapids, MI, 2008.
- Dirty Fingers, Atelier 114, Bonn, Germany, 2008.
- Dirty Fingers, Mauritiuskirche, Cologne, Germany, 2008.
Collections
- Notre Dame University
- The University of Akron
- The University of Virginia Special Collections
- The University of Iowa Rare Books
- Arizona State University Museum of Art
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Print Archive, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
- Southern Graphics Council
- Jyvaskyla Art Museum
- Center Art Gallery, Calvin College
Noteworthy
- Adam Wolpa's Web site.
- ArtPrize Calvin-style
