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
2023
DC Fine Art Fair
Adoptees Artist Exhibition of the 2023 Daedong Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea
2022
Seeds from the East- Korean Adoptee Portrait Project,
April 30 – June 5, Phillip Jaison House, PA.
September 29 -December 10., Hollins University, VA.
Made in VA 2022, VAMOCA, Virginia Beach, VA.
2021
Amplify, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA.
Ephemeral Tranquility, Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA.
250 +1 Years Botetourt, Historical Society of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA.
How was your Pandemic?, VTCSOM, Roanoke, VA.
Art in the time of Covid, Artful Lawyer, Blacksburg, VA.
Floyd Center for the Arts Juried Exhibition, Floyd, VA.
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
10th Annual Drawing Discourse, Ashville, NC. Juror: Claire Gillman, Chief Curator at the Drawing Center, New York.
Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke, VA. Juror: Elizabeth Gross
2018
Gold and Desire Solo Exhibition- Cerulean Arts Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA.
Solo Showdown & Invitational, Art7, Fort Worth, TX.
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, Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke, VA 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.
2016
Plumbago, Member Exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN.
2015
Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
2013
INDA8, Manifest Drawing Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
Abstraction, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX.
Fine Lines, 76102 Gallery, Arlington, TX, Curated by Rebecca Lawton, Curator at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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
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.
2010
Member Exhibition, Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
2008
Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition; Choice Abstractions, Main Line Art Center, Phila, PA. Juror: Seuyun Locks.
Grants:
Sustainable Arts Foundation 2021
Works on Paper Artist Fellowship 2023, Virginia Commission for the Arts
Awards:
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.
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:
INDA8, Manifest Drawing Catalogue, 2014, Cincinnati, OH.
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
2023
DC Fine Art Fair
Adoptees Artist Exhibition of the 2023 Daedong Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea
2022
Seeds from the East- Korean Adoptee Portrait Project,
April 30 – June 5, Phillip Jaison House, PA.
September 29 -December 10., Hollins University, VA.
Made in VA 2022, VAMOCA, Virginia Beach, VA.
2021
Amplify, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA.
Ephemeral Tranquility, Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA.
250 +1 Years Botetourt, Historical Society of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA.
How was your Pandemic?, VTCSOM, Roanoke, VA.
Art in the time of Covid, Artful Lawyer, Blacksburg, VA.
Floyd Center for the Arts Juried Exhibition, Floyd, VA.
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
10th Annual Drawing Discourse, Ashville, NC. Juror: Claire Gillman, Chief Curator at the Drawing Center, New York.
Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke, VA. Juror: Elizabeth Gross
2018
Gold and Desire Solo Exhibition- Cerulean Arts Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA.
Solo Showdown & Invitational, Art7, Fort Worth, TX.
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, Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke, VA 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.
2016
Plumbago, Member Exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN.
2015
Roanoke Biennial, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
2013
INDA8, Manifest Drawing Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
Abstraction, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX.
Fine Lines, 76102 Gallery, Arlington, TX, Curated by Rebecca Lawton, Curator at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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
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.
2010
Member Exhibition, Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
2008
Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition; Choice Abstractions, Main Line Art Center, Phila, PA. Juror: Seuyun Locks.
Grants:
Sustainable Arts Foundation 2021
Works on Paper Artist Fellowship 2023, Virginia Commission for the Arts
Awards:
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.
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:
INDA8, Manifest Drawing Catalogue, 2014, Cincinnati, OH.