Bio:

A.D. Herzel is a Korean American Adoptee Artist who has exhibited work for the past twenty years. Her drawings have been exhibited Nationally. She trained as a painter and printmaker at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and went on to receive her M.Ed. in Art Education at the Tyler School of Art in 2000. She was awarded the 2023 Works on Paper Fellowship from The Virginia Commission for the Arts and won the Director’s Choice Award for her piece, Grails in the Made in VA 2022 show at VAMOCA. Her digital work has been published in the Manifest International Drawing Annual, INDA 8 and she has won several awards of recognition for her drawings. Her work has been recognized by curators from the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Kimbell Museum of Fine Arts in Texas and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She has been represented by galleries in Fort Worth, TX, Nashville, TN and Philadelphia, PA.  Her most recent project, Seeds From The East: The Korean Adoptee Portrait Project was shown at The Philip Jaisohn House in Pennsylvania, and at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum in Roanoke, VA.

 

Exhibitions

Solo Exhititions:

2025      A.D. Herzel: Lotus Roots, Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas, VA.

2022      Seeds from the East- Korean Adoptee Portrait Project, Phillip Jaison House, PA.

Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, VA.

2018      Gold and Desire- Cerulean Arts Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA. 

2016      Plumbago, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN.

2013      Abstraction, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX.

 

Invitational Museum & Gallery Exhibitions

2024      All She Surveys, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA. 2024

             Selections From Artomatic, The Athenium, Alexandria, VA.

2021      Amplify, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA.

              250 +1 Years Botetourt, Historical Society of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA.

2018      Solo Showdown & Invitational, Art7, Fort Worth, TX. Curated by Jennifer Cassler-Price, Curator for Asian Art at                the Kimbell Museum of Art

2013      Fine Lines, 76102 Gallery, Arlington, TX, Curated by Rebecca Lawton, Curator at the Amon Carter Museum                     of American Art.    

 

Juried Group Shows:

2026      17th Annual Drawing Discourse, UNC Asheville, Ashville, NC. Juror Katharine Stout

             Interior Wild, Atlantic Gallery, NYC, NY, Juror: Etty Yaniv

2025      Blacksburg Region Arts Biennial, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

2025      Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke, VA .

2024      Radford Art Show 2024, Radford University Art Museum Tyler Gallery, Radford, VA.

             61st Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.

2023      No Synthetic Colors, Pafa Alumni Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA. Juror: Hallie Ringle, Phila ICA.

             Abstract, New York Center For Photographic Art, NYC4PA, online- Juror: Darren Klompching, 1st Place Award.

             Korean Adoptees Artist Exhibition of the 2023 Daedong Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea (Juried by KADU Korean                     Adoptees Diaspora Art and Culture)

             Sequence, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC Jurors: Maleke Glee, Director of Art + Programming  STABLE,                   Lauren Leving, Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Roddy Schrock, Executive Director, Eyebeam.

2022      Made in VA 2022, VAMOCA, Virginia Beach, VA. Juror Bana Kattan, Pamela Alper Associate Curator at the                       Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) – Awarded Director’s Choice.

2020      Circle, CICA Museum, Korea

2019      The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Summer Alumni Exhibition, Downriver in the Multiverse,                                Philadelphia, PA.

             New River Biennial, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Juror: Emily Smith – Mixed Media Award                   winner.

             10th Annual Drawing Discourse, Ashville, NC. Juror: Claire Gillman, Chief Curator at the Drawing                                     Center, New York.
             Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke, VA. Juror: Elizabeth Gross

             Hope & Possibility, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.    

2017      Solo Showdown, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.  Juror: Jennifer Cassler-Price, Curator                  for Asian Art at the Kimbell Museum of Art

             Roanoke Biennial : Juror: Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo & Beth Rudin DeWoody

             Artist Research Partnership Exhibit, Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA.

             Healing Arts, Carilion School of Medicine Orthopedic Wing, Roanoke, VA.
2015      Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
2013      INDA8, Manifest Drawing Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
             Between the Lines, Torpedo Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Linn Meyers
2012      897 Square, 76102 Gallery, Arlington, TX. Juror: Marty Walker
             500Expo 2012, Dallas, TX. Juror: Aaron Parazette
             Oxide at Banter, Denton, TX             
             Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2011      897 Square, Inaugural Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX. Juror: Charles Wylie

             New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Marcie Inman
             Photography & Digital Art, Texas Visual Arts Association Art, Dallas, TX. Juror: G. Castenada Pruitt
             6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Plano Art Association 125, Plano, TX. Jurors: M. Okeefe & E. Cervantes

             Flood of Emotion, Artist’s healing Japan fundraiser, Allied Stone, Dallas, TX.

             A Juried Exhibition for Artists in Texas, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Marty Walker

             Under 200, LuminArt Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2008     Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition; Choice Abstractions, Main Line Art Center, Phila, PA. Juror: Seuyun Locks. 

 

Collections:

Beth Rudin DeWoody

Virginia Commonwealth Healthcare (Adult Outpatient Pavillion)

 

Grants:

Works on Paper Artist Fellowship 2023, Virginia Commission for the Arts

Sustainable Arts Foundation 2021

 

Awards:

Honorable Mention, Radford Art Show 2024

1st Prize, Abstract, NYC4PA, 2023

Director’s Choice Award, Made in VA 2022, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

Award of Honorable Distinction: Mixed Media – New River Biennial 2019

Honorable Mention & Invitation to exhibit in 2018 - Awarded by Jennifer Cassler Price

2nd Place – Roanoke Biennial 2017 – Awarded by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo & Beth Rudin DeWoody

3rd Place- 897 Square 2012- Awarded by Marty Walker, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX.

ART7 Solo Showdown – Awarded by Jennifer Cassler-Price, Curator for Asian Art at the Kimbell Museum of Art

Honorable Mention- Photography & Digital Art, TVAA

The Betsy Meyer Memorial Award - Awarded by Sueyun Locks, Director and Owner of Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Residencies:

Vermont Studio Residency- Printmaking 2014, Grant and work stipend, June 2014

 

Publications: 

17th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Discourse Catalog     

KADU Daedong Art Festival Official Book, Editor Park Chan Ho, 2023       

Constellation of Wings, Kathryne Lim, 2023 ( Book cover)

INDA8, Manifest Drawing Catalogue, 2014, Cincinnati, OH.

10th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Discourse Catalog

Reflections, Musings, Outrage, and the Beautiful Bits of Pseudo Pompous life.

Reflections on the DC Superfine Art Fair and a Coupon Code for your Holiday Shopping!
DC Superfine Art Fair 2023 Dock 5 at Union Market Washington DC OCTOBER 26 - OCTOBER 29, 2023
Postponed Until - Oct 27-29 DC Superfine Art Fair 2023 Dock 5 at Union Market Washington DC April 5-April 9, 2023
A.D. Herzel will be showing two Digital Composite Prints, Granny Square and Mother Ship in Arlington, VA at the Gallery Underground.
My history of western Art education from Sargent to Kreuger paving the way for exploration of Asian American Women creators and artists.
Seeds From the East - Exhibit and programming
Exhibition April 30- June 5, 2022 May 14, 2022 Artist Talk 4-5pm Opening Reception 5-7pm
Seeds From the East Exhibition- April 30-June 5, 2022 Philip Jaisohn House May 14, 2022 Artist Talk 4-5pm Opening Reception 5-7pm
Afghan Bride drawing by A.D. Herzel exhibited in Philadelphia A benefit for Tools for Schools and Education Works Oct. 7-Nov. 19, 2021 990 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia
A spotlight on the Asian America and Korean Adoptee Experience.
A little more about A.D. Herzel, the life, the work and the meaning.
Flower Photographs, Illustrations and Digital Composites in an on demand print format with options for licensing. A.D. Herzel's Spring Flowers, Pandemic Blossoms and #AsianGirls illustrations.
250 Years of Botetourt History in Artifacts and Art Exhibition of Historical works and works of Art by Contemporary Botetourt County Artists. A.D Herzel's mixed media work , "Conversations with the trees" and "What is a Chair" are included.
The latest image drop on The Universal Asian. Learn more about the inspiration for my works.

03/19/2021

Premier Inaugural Print Edition Limited Varied Multimedia Edition of 11 Exclusively sold on: Notyourkitty.store Pseudo Pompous Press
Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke College Exhibit, Ephemeral Tranquility. Sutra's, Open, Heart Sutra and Because you never truly left the womb of the universe by A.D. Herzel all on display.
Essay on Beauty as a Korean American Adoptee. Growing up in America with White Western beauty standards and learning to appreciate what true beauty is in my middle age.
Writing about the Seeds from the East, Adoptee Healing Project.

11/17/2020

November Issue of The Universal Asian
Welcome to the studio of A.D. Herzel, small prints, cards, mixed media, drawings, watercolors, portraits, abstract micro-drawings and photo-composites. Watch the video #virtualartgallery
A brief introduction to the Korean Adoptee Healing Project Images and text about the Portrait project

09/29/2020

Oct 1st launch of Patreon.com/adherzel A brief history of my culture from an American perspective. Tales of messianic cults, Jewish rituals and Korean celebrations. Choseuk, Yom Kippur, Rosh Ha Shana, Sukkot
Free online Creative Arts and Mediation workshops hosted by the Gide Foundation . Every Sunday at 4pm EST. Join through Zoom link found on ADHerzel's FB Event Page.
This exhibition is a joint effort between the Moss Center and the Blacksburg Regional Art Association in conjunction with the Fine Art Center of the New River Valley in Pulaski and the Floyd Center for the Arts. Every two years the show changes from one of these organizations to the next. This marks the first time the biennial has been hosted by the spectacular Moss Center and the first biennial in Blacksburg since 2013 at Perspective Gallery. Sixty-four artists from 21 different towns or cities will be exhibiting in the three galleries of the center. These artists were selected from among 389 entries forwarded to the juror.
"Entering Amy Herzel’s gallery I was transfixed. Her works are airy, or even aerie—a secluded and isolated place high up in the sky."
Please join us for the opening reception of “Gold & Desire – a Solo Exhibition of works by Amy D. Herzel” at the Cerulean Arts Gallery & Studio on April 7, 2018 from 2pm-5pm.
Micro Drawings as spontaneous visual meditations.
Fort Worth community Art Center Solo Showdown 2017
Abstract Research collaboration with the Corilion Medical School. Partnership with Alex Shondra.

04/27/2017

Drawing on the crest of the wave.

06/17/2016

Reflections on exhibitions, sales and the work
Pseudo Pompous prints in Los Angeles.

05/15/2016

Drawing Show at the Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville

Bio/CV

Bio:

A.D. Herzel is a Korean American Adoptee Artist who has exhibited work for the past twenty years. Her drawings have been exhibited Nationally. She trained as a painter and printmaker at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and went on to receive her M.Ed. in Art Education at the Tyler School of Art in 2000. She was awarded the 2023 Works on Paper Fellowship from The Virginia Commission for the Arts and won the Director’s Choice Award for her piece, Grails in the Made in VA 2022 show at VAMOCA. Her digital work has been published in the Manifest International Drawing Annual, INDA 8 and she has won several awards of recognition for her drawings. Her work has been recognized by curators from the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Kimbell Museum of Fine Arts in Texas and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She has been represented by galleries in Fort Worth, TX, Nashville, TN and Philadelphia, PA.  Her most recent project, Seeds From The East: The Korean Adoptee Portrait Project was shown at The Philip Jaisohn House in Pennsylvania, and at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum in Roanoke, VA.

 

Exhibitions

Solo Exhititions:

2025      A.D. Herzel: Lotus Roots, Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas, VA.

2022      Seeds from the East- Korean Adoptee Portrait Project, Phillip Jaison House, PA.

Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, VA.

2018      Gold and Desire- Cerulean Arts Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA. 

2016      Plumbago, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN.

2013      Abstraction, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX.

 

Invitational Museum & Gallery Exhibitions

2024      All She Surveys, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA. 2024

             Selections From Artomatic, The Athenium, Alexandria, VA.

2021      Amplify, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA.

              250 +1 Years Botetourt, Historical Society of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA.

2018      Solo Showdown & Invitational, Art7, Fort Worth, TX. Curated by Jennifer Cassler-Price, Curator for Asian Art at                the Kimbell Museum of Art

2013      Fine Lines, 76102 Gallery, Arlington, TX, Curated by Rebecca Lawton, Curator at the Amon Carter Museum                     of American Art.    

 

Juried Group Shows:

2026      17th Annual Drawing Discourse, UNC Asheville, Ashville, NC. Juror Katharine Stout

             Interior Wild, Atlantic Gallery, NYC, NY, Juror: Etty Yaniv

2025      Blacksburg Region Arts Biennial, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

2025      Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke, VA .

2024      Radford Art Show 2024, Radford University Art Museum Tyler Gallery, Radford, VA.

             61st Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.

2023      No Synthetic Colors, Pafa Alumni Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA. Juror: Hallie Ringle, Phila ICA.

             Abstract, New York Center For Photographic Art, NYC4PA, online- Juror: Darren Klompching, 1st Place Award.

             Korean Adoptees Artist Exhibition of the 2023 Daedong Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea (Juried by KADU Korean                     Adoptees Diaspora Art and Culture)

             Sequence, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC Jurors: Maleke Glee, Director of Art + Programming  STABLE,                   Lauren Leving, Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Roddy Schrock, Executive Director, Eyebeam.

2022      Made in VA 2022, VAMOCA, Virginia Beach, VA. Juror Bana Kattan, Pamela Alper Associate Curator at the                       Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) – Awarded Director’s Choice.

2020      Circle, CICA Museum, Korea

2019      The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Summer Alumni Exhibition, Downriver in the Multiverse,                                Philadelphia, PA.

             New River Biennial, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Juror: Emily Smith – Mixed Media Award                   winner.

             10th Annual Drawing Discourse, Ashville, NC. Juror: Claire Gillman, Chief Curator at the Drawing                                     Center, New York.
             Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke, VA. Juror: Elizabeth Gross

             Hope & Possibility, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.    

2017      Solo Showdown, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.  Juror: Jennifer Cassler-Price, Curator                  for Asian Art at the Kimbell Museum of Art

             Roanoke Biennial : Juror: Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo & Beth Rudin DeWoody

             Artist Research Partnership Exhibit, Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA.

             Healing Arts, Carilion School of Medicine Orthopedic Wing, Roanoke, VA.
2015      Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
2013      INDA8, Manifest Drawing Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
             Between the Lines, Torpedo Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Linn Meyers
2012      897 Square, 76102 Gallery, Arlington, TX. Juror: Marty Walker
             500Expo 2012, Dallas, TX. Juror: Aaron Parazette
             Oxide at Banter, Denton, TX             
             Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2011      897 Square, Inaugural Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX. Juror: Charles Wylie

             New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Marcie Inman
             Photography & Digital Art, Texas Visual Arts Association Art, Dallas, TX. Juror: G. Castenada Pruitt
             6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Plano Art Association 125, Plano, TX. Jurors: M. Okeefe & E. Cervantes

             Flood of Emotion, Artist’s healing Japan fundraiser, Allied Stone, Dallas, TX.

             A Juried Exhibition for Artists in Texas, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Marty Walker

             Under 200, LuminArt Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2008     Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition; Choice Abstractions, Main Line Art Center, Phila, PA. Juror: Seuyun Locks. 

 

Collections:

Beth Rudin DeWoody

Virginia Commonwealth Healthcare (Adult Outpatient Pavillion)

 

Grants:

Works on Paper Artist Fellowship 2023, Virginia Commission for the Arts

Sustainable Arts Foundation 2021

 

Awards:

Honorable Mention, Radford Art Show 2024

1st Prize, Abstract, NYC4PA, 2023

Director’s Choice Award, Made in VA 2022, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

Award of Honorable Distinction: Mixed Media – New River Biennial 2019

Honorable Mention & Invitation to exhibit in 2018 - Awarded by Jennifer Cassler Price

2nd Place – Roanoke Biennial 2017 – Awarded by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo & Beth Rudin DeWoody

3rd Place- 897 Square 2012- Awarded by Marty Walker, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX.

ART7 Solo Showdown – Awarded by Jennifer Cassler-Price, Curator for Asian Art at the Kimbell Museum of Art

Honorable Mention- Photography & Digital Art, TVAA

The Betsy Meyer Memorial Award - Awarded by Sueyun Locks, Director and Owner of Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Residencies:

Vermont Studio Residency- Printmaking 2014, Grant and work stipend, June 2014

 

Publications: 

17th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Discourse Catalog     

KADU Daedong Art Festival Official Book, Editor Park Chan Ho, 2023       

Constellation of Wings, Kathryne Lim, 2023 ( Book cover)

INDA8, Manifest Drawing Catalogue, 2014, Cincinnati, OH.

10th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Discourse Catalog