Adam Gurvitch is a self-taught artist. His process involves careful observation and intuitive handling of materials to express relationships with the natural world. Adam films while snorkeling and hiking, drawing inspiration for painting, sculpting, and printmaking. He favors direct, immediate ways of improvising by hand, allowing chance to shape imagery.
In 2015, a brain injury abruptly ended Adam’s career leading health, immigration, and civil rights campaigns. Since then, he has been awarded artist residencies at China International Printmaking Base in Guanlan, Shenzhen, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - Jerusalem, Coroora Institute - Queensland, Australia, Double Dog Dare Studio - Kauai, Hawaii, and Donkey Mill Art Center - Holualoa, Hawaii. His work is in the collections of the China National Printmaking Museum, University of Hawaii - Manoa, University of Colorado - Boulder, Donkey Mill Art Center, Institute for American Indian Arts - Santa Fe, and Pilchuck Glass School.
Adam has a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Urban Policy from The New School — Milano Graduate School of Policy, Management and International Affairs in New York City, and a Bachelors of Business Administration from University of Wisconsin-Madison.