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
2021 Meridian Prologue, Current Space, Baltimore, MD
2020 Lands Untethered, Aerogramme Arts Center, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Landscape Portrait, Maryland Institute College of Art, Virtual Exhibition
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
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
Interviews
2020 A Guide to Art, Activism, & Culture (Podcast), The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture, Ep.3 "By Thread, I Walk"
www.aerogramme.org/podcast/episode-3-art-in-motion
2020 December 2020 Artist Interview Inga Bragadottir, Phoenix-Gallery, www.phoenix-gallery.com/inga-bragadottir.html
Work Experience
Communications and Events Intern, JRA, Washington, D.C. April 2021 - Present
Curatorial Intern, GW Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. Aug 2020 - Present
Studio Intern, Textile Arts Center Brooklyn, NY June 2019 - August 2019
Gallery Intern, VisArts Rockville, MD August 2013 - June 2014