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Education
Master of Fine Arts – Studio Arts, Photography
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Design Art Major, Photography Minor
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 2013
Teaching Experience
Artist In Residence Professor
Concordia University – Montreal, Quebec, 2024–Present
- Photographic Vision: Theory & Practice II (PHOT 300)
- Advanced Workshop in Photography (PHOT 400)
Artist In Residence Professor
Concordia University – Montreal, Quebec, 2021–2022
- As Seen on Screens: Cyberspace & Image Economy (PHOT 398)
- Digital Photography I (PHOT 331)
Teaching Assistant for Geneviève Cadieux, Advanced Workshop in Photography (PHOT 400)
Concordia University – Montreal, Quebec, 2017
Teaching Assistant for Marisa Portolese, Photographic Vision: Theory and Practice (PHOT 300)
Concordia University – Montreal, Quebec, 2016
Training
Research Assistant for Marisa Portolese
Montreal, Quebec, 2012–2014
Wilderness & Conservation Photography Workshop
The Banff Centre – Banff, Alberta, 2012
Exhibitions
IGNITION 14 – Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery – Montreal, Quebec, 2018
Les Inéluctables – Occurrence, espace d’art et d’essai contemporains – Montreal, Quebec, 2017
ARTSIDA7 – Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal – Montreal, Quebec, 2017
ARTSIDA6 – Galerie D – Montreal, Quebec, 2015
Festival des Promenades Photographiques – Mark Gosset – Vendom, France, 2013
ARTSIDA5 – Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal – Montreal, Quebec, 2013
Denouement – VAV Gallery – Montreal, Quebec, 2013
Latency – VAV Gallery – Montreal, Quebec, 2012
Conclusions – Eastern Bloc – Montreal, Quebec, 2012
ARTSIDA4 – Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal – Montreal, Quebec, 2012
Defaced – Art Matters Festival – Montreal, Quebec, 2011
Washed-up – KaVieArt – Montreal, Québec, 2010
Public Art Installations
À Louer – UMA – Montreal, Québec, 2011–2012
Art For Healing Foundation – Montreal, Québec, 2012
Other Activities
La Mois de la Photo Portfolio Review – Montreal, Québec, 2011
Awards
Concordia Merit Scholarship – Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, 2016
Flash Forward Emerging Photographers – Magenta Publishing for the Art, 2013
Best of College Photography Finalist – Photographer’s Forum, 2011
Canadian Millennium Scholarship, 2009
Canadian Millennium Scholarship, 2008
Canadian Millennium Scholarship, 2007
Publications
Pour ne jamais oublier – Issue 020 - Trésor – Dînette magazine, 2021
Sublime – Issue 14 – Riddle Fence, 2013
Unsettled – Issue 12 – The Goose, 2013
ARTSIDA5 – Le Journal de Montréal, 2013
Des photographies géantes dans les commerces vacants – Radio Canada, 2013
À Louer – James D. Campbell, Ciel Variable (CV92), 2012
Sublime – Headlight Anthology, Issue 15: ‘LOST, FOUND, and STOLEN’, 2012
Sublime – Interfold Magazine, Spring Issue, 2012
Photographs jog our memories and our morals – John Phol, The Montreal Gazette, 2011
Washed-up in a city of loneliness – Lori Callaghan, The Montreal Gazette, 2010
Exhibition Interview: Washed-up – CTV NEWS, 2010
Urban Driftwood – Stacey Dewolfe, The Montreal Mirror, 2010
Washed-up: desolation meets the male nude – Montreal NIGHTLIFE, 2010
Snapping success – Clyde Follett, The Nor’wester, 2010
Washed-up – Hector Cartier, FUGUES Magazine, 2010
Experience
Head of Technology – Age of Union – Montreal, Quebec, 2021–2023
Technology & Design Advisor – adamsimms.xyz – Montreal, Quebec, 2020–Present
Head of Design – Lightspeed – Montreal, Quebec, 2018–2019
Product Designer – Trello (Atlassian) – New York, New York, 2013–2018
Senior Designer – Lightspeed – Montreal, Quebec, 2007–2013
Freelance Designer – ADAMSIM.MS INC – Montreal, Quebec, 2004–Present
Adam’s photographs are part of public and private collections.