The paintings of Adonia Douglas follow in the footsteps of second generation Bay Area figurative painter Joan Brown. Mixing personal icons with decorative elements — for example, dogs and flowers — Adonia creates work that tells delightful and sometimes hard-to-interpret stories.
// Adonia’s available work //
exhibition history
Menagerie on 23rd Street, organized by Prajakti Jayavant Jayavant // NIAD Windows Exhibition // December 2021
Microcosmic, organized by Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh // NIAD Art Center // 2018
The Witnesses, organized by Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker // NIAD Art Center // 2017
Long Term Exhibition, organized by Katie Johnson // Rep Nancy Skinner’s Office Suite, Oakland // 2017
Word Play, organized by Kate Klingbeil // NIAD Art Center // 2017
Igneous Intrusions, organized by Jon Shibata // NIAD Art Center // 2017
Transformation // Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco // 2016
Variations On a Theme, organized by Robert Wuilfe // NIAD Art Center // 2016
City In Motion // NIAD Art Center // 2014
The Wild Bunch // NIAD Art Center // 2014
Diamond Dogs Pet Supply // NIAD Art Center // 2013
Mud, Honey // NIAD Art Center // 2013
Championship Vinyl // NIAD Art Center // 2013
Holiday Pop Up Shop And Lounge // NIAD Art Center // 2012
press
San Francisco Chronicle: “City In Motion”: NIAD Artists Create Urban Environment (2014, May)