Inga Adda is a fiber based artist with an emphasis on materiality and experimentation. She received her BFA in Fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2020. Her work spans from performance to photography, textile and sculpture and often explores identity and the body in relation to its environment.
b. 1996, Washington, DC
Lives and works in Maryland
Education
2020 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
BFA Fiber
Exhibitions
2022 NextGen 9.0, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2021 Meridian Prologue, Current Space, Baltimore, MD
2020 Lands Untethered, Aerogramme Arts Center, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Landscape Portrait, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2020 Juried Fiber Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Meyerhof Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019 Carved and Composed: An Exhibition of Sculpture and Photography, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
2019 Sign Language: Breaking Down Behavior, Maryland Institute College of Art, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2018 Wallmountables, DC Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
Awards & Grants
2021 Cultivate Project Grant, Cultivate Projects, Kensington, MD
2020 F.E.A.S.T. Grant Finalist, Visarts, Rockville, MD
2019 Merit Award Winner, Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2019 Dean’s List, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2016 Creative Scholarship Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2014 Humanities and Arts Scholar Award, Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville, MD
Residencies
2022 Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
2022 La Baldi Residency, Montegiovi, Italy
Interviews and Talks
2021 More-than-Human Media Architecture Biennale, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia
2021 Cultivate Investigations Artist Talk, Cultivate Projects, Kensington, MD
2020 A Guide to Art, Activism, & Culture (Podcast), The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture, Ep.3 "By Thread, I Walk"
2020 December 2020 Artist Interview, Inga Bragadottir, Phoenix-Gallery Artist Collective
Work Experience
Marketing Assistant, JRACraft, Chevy Chase, MD April 2021 - June 2022
Curatorial Intern, GW Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. August 2020 - August 2021
Studio Intern, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY June 2019 - August 2019
Gallery Intern, VisArts, Rockville, MD August 2013 - June 2014