Adrienne Watts
Abstract Artist
Exhibitions
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
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January - March, 2027 50 South Palm Ave, Sarasota, Florida
Solo Exhibit - Main Gallery SFSC Museum of Florida Art & Culture
March 4 - April 7, 2027, 600 W College Dr, Avon Park, Florida
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
SARTQ Artist Talk at Art Center Sarasota - November, 2025 View it HERE.
Artist Talk and Demonstration at Drew Marc Gallery, S. Tampa - October, 2025
Curator, Creative Liberties Exhibition At Fogartyville - 2023-24
Grant Recipient NC Arts Council Artists Support Grant - 2022
Grant Recipient Jerry's Artarama and the Jerry Goldstein Foundation - 2021
It's ALL Art, Art League of Leland, Exhibition Selection Committee - 2021
PAST SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS
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August 20 - September 26, 2026, Art Center Sarasota
2026 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition
August 14 - September 29, 2026, Craven Arts Council & Gallery
317 Middle Street, New Bern North Carolina
Medium Mutiny
May 21 - August 19, 2026, Art Center Sarasota
707 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida
The Art of Music
Presented by The Perlman Music Program Suncoast and Creative Liberties Artist Studios
May 4 - 29, 2026, Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center
525 Kumquat Street, Sarasota, Florida Architecture Sarasota
AIA/SARTQ Reflections benefitting Boys & Girls Clubs
April 25, 2026, Architecture Sarasota, 265 S. Orange Avenue, Sarasota Florida
Day Dreams Presented by the SARTQ Artist Collective
January 16 - March 26, 2026 - Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
Shades of Blue 2026 International Visual Arts Competition - Bronze Award
February 2026, Online by Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Artist Invitational 12 Art Awards - Gold Award
March 2026, Online by Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Women Contemporary Artists All Member Exhibit
January 30 - March 13, 2026, Art & Frame, Sarasota, Florida
Shades of Blue 2026 International Visual Arts Competition - Bronze Award
February 2026, Online by Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Legacy x Response: SARTQ Responds to A Century of ACS
October 9 - November 15, 2025, Art Center Sarasota, Florida
Interwoven Surfaces - Drew Marc Gallery
October 17, 2025 - November 5, 2409 S MacDill Avenue, Tampa, Florida
Afterglow - Drew Marc Gallery
September 13 - November 3, 2025, 2409 S MacDill Avenue, Tampa, Florida
Color 25 Exhibition - Finalist Awards
June 13 - August 1, 2025, 3 Square Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
Solo Exhibition at Fogartyville
March 3 - May 6, 2025, 525 Kumquat Street, Sarasota, Florida
Light Space Time - 16th Annual Abstracts Exhibition
Special Merit Award and Special Recognition Award
April, 2025, Online Gallery
Light Space Time - All Women Art Exhibition - Special Merit Award
January, 2025, Online Gallery
My Best Work of 2024 International Visual Arts Competition - Bronze Award
January 2025, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Urban Pulse - Small Group Exhibition and Grand Opening of Drew Marc Gallery
January 3 - February 5, 2025, 2409 S MacDill Avenue, Tampa, Florida
Weaving Connection - Solo Exhibition at Sarasota Orchestra's Harmony Gallery
November 1 - December 16, 2025, 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida
New Beginnings - Small Group Exhibit at Hagan Fine Art
October 4 - October 15, 2024, 125 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina
Artist Invitational 10 Art Awards - Finalist Award
October - November 2024, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Weaving Dreams - Solo Exhibition at Art Ovation Hotel Lobby Gallery
May 10 - October 27, 2024, 1255 N Palm Ave, Sarasota, Florida
Bold Abstracts 2024 International Visual Arts Competition - Gold Award
August, 2024, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Women Contemporary Artists All Member Exhibition at Art & Frame - Award
February 9 - March 21, 2024, 1055 S. Tamiami Trail
Artist Residency at Art Ovation Hotel
Previewing and Demonstrating New Woven Canvas Paintings
March 5 - March 11, 2024, 1255 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
Annual Juried Members Show at Art Center Sarasota
January 25 - March 2, 2024, 707 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Exhibition at ArtCenter Manatee
Awarded Signature Membership Status
January 30 - March 8, 2024, 209 9th St W, Bradenton, Florida
Creative Liberties at Fogartyville
December, 2023 - January, 2024, 525 Kumquat Street, Sarasota, Florida
Small Works at Five Deuces Gallery
November, 2023 - January 2024, 2101 3rd Avenue S, Studio 6, St. Petersburg, Florida .
Joyful Expressions - Art Center Manatee
November - December, 2023, 209 9th Street West, Bradenton Florida
All Abstracts 2023 International Visual Arts Competition - Bronze Award
December, 2023, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Vino Bistro
October - November, 2023, 1419 5th Street, Sarasota, Florida
Creative Liberties Group Exhibition @ Crescendo Gallery
May - November, 2023, Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
Shades of Red 2023 International Visual Arts Competition - Finalist Award
July 2023, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
SLAMD Artists' Residency
May 2 - 14, 2023, Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
Light Space Time Online Gallery - All Women Art Exhibition
February 1 - 28, 2023
Annual Members Juried Exhibition
February 2 - March 11, 2023, Art Center of Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida
Annual Member Exhibit
February 2 - 24, 2023, Art Center Manatee, 209 9th Street West, Bradenton Florida
Creative Liberties Artist Residency
February 21 - February 27, 2023, Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
Artist Residency
February 28 - March 6, 2023, Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
My Best Work of 2022 International Visual Arts Competition - Silver Award
January 2023, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
/Ab' strakt/ Deena King, Joyce Berger, Adrienne Watts
November 5, 2022 - January 2, 2023, Define Art Gallery, 2170 Main Street #101, Sarasota, Florida
Artist of the Day
September 7, 2022, The National Association of Women Artists. New York, New York
State of the Art/Art of the State
April 8 - October 9, 2022, Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina
Here Comes the Sun - Creative Liberties
June 9 - 30, 2022, 901B Apricot Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
50th Annual Melvin Art Exhibition - Lakeland Art Guild
May 14 - June 4, 2022, Lakeland Art Guild, Lakeland, Florida (Online)
Benefit Exhibition for Ukraine Refugees - Acme Art Gallery
April 22 - May 20, 2022, 711 North 5th Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina
ROY G BIV - Craven Arts Council & Bank of the Arts Gallery
May 1 - 31, 2022, 317 Middle Street, New Bern, North Carolina
NC Azalea Festival Art Show/Wilmington Art Association 40th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale
April 2 - 10, 2022, Hannah Block USO Building, Wilmington, North Carolina
11th Annual All Women 2022 International Visual Arts Competition - Special Merit Awards
March 2022, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Light Space & Time Online Gallery (Online) My Best Work of 2021 International Visual Arts Competition - Bronze Award
Anything Goes - Art Center of Sarasota
January 27 - March 5, 2022, 707 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida
11th Annual All Women 2022 International Visual Arts Competition - Special Merit & Special Recognition
February 2022, Light Space & Time Online Gallery (Online)
My Best Work of 2021 International Visual Arts Competition - Bronze Award
January 2022, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Modes of Abstraction - Art Center of Sarasota
December 9, 2021 - January 15 2022, 707 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida
Third Annual Gallery Show & Sale of the ArtWorks Village Artists
October - December, 2021, 200 Willard Street, Wilmington, North Carolina
Art & the Bloom - The New Hanover Garden Club
January 7 - 9, 2022, The Blockade Runner, 275 Waynick Blvd., Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Autumn 2021 International Visual Arts Competition - Silver Award
November-December, 2021, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
5th Annual Patterns Art Exhibit
September 2021, Light Space & Time Online Gallery (Online) (Awards)
Landfall Foundation: 21st Annual Art Show and Sale (Award)
August 25 - 27, 2021, Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington, North Carolina
Second Annual Gallery Show & Sale of the ArtWorks Village Artists
May 2019 - September 2021, 200 Willard Street, Wilmington, North Carolina
555 Special Art Exhibit
July 2021, Light Space & Time Online Gallery (Online) (Awards)
Large Scale Abstracts - Leland Cultural Arts Center
June 5 - July 1, 2021, 1212 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, North Carolina
My Studio: Enter at Your Own Risk – Sunset River Marketplace (Invited)
May 5 – June 5, 2021, 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, North Carolina
NC Azalea Festival Art Show/Wilmington Art Association 39th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale
April 3 - 11, 2021, Hannah Block USO Building, Wilmington, North Carolina (Award)
10th Anniversary Art Exhibition - Light Space Time
July 25 - October 2, 2020, Online Gallery (Online) (Awards)
McColl Center Benefit Art Sale - The McColl Center for Art + Innovation
October, 26 - 29, 2020, 721 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina (Online and Live Event for 2020)
Adrienne Watts Solo Exhibition - The Burgwin-Wright House
September 29 - October 17, 2020, 224 Market Street, Wilmington, North Carolina
12th Annual Abstracts Art Exhibition - Light Space Time
March 2021, Online Gallery (Online) (Awards)
Art Around Town Solo Exhibition
March 31 - July 31, 2020, Offices of Active Care Chiropractic, 5814 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina
Abstraction: Featuring Eight Gallery Artists
March, 2020 (Extended due to Covid-19 Closures!) Sunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, North Carolina
11th Annual Abstracts Online Art Competition (Special Merit Category)
March, 2020, Light Space & Time Online Gallery (Online)
Abstracts Matter - 311 Gallery
March 5 - March 28, 2020, 311 West Martin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina
Pink: Recent Work by Adrienne Watts - The District Kitchen & Cocktails
February 18 - March 20, 2020, 1001 N 4th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina
Art & the Bloom 2020 - The New Hanover Garden Club
January 9 - January 11, 2020, The Blockade Runner, 275 Waynick Blvd., Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Annual Art in the Arboretum
November 1-3, 2019, New Hanover County Arboretum, Wilmington, North Carolina
Art League of Leland’s “I Heart Art”
September 21 - 22, 2019, Brunswick Forest Fitness & Wellness Center, Leland, North Carolina
Landfall Foundation 20th Annual Art Show & Sale
August 15 - 17, 2019, Landfall Clubhouse, Wilmington, North Carolina
Artiste Fine Art Gallery & Studio
July 30 - September 20, 2019, Artiste Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Wilmington,
North Carolina
Associated Artists of Southport Summer Regional Art Show
June 24 - July 14, 2019, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina (Award)
Town of Leland, NC
May 31 - June 28, 2019, Leland Town Hall, Leland, North Carolina
Silver Arts by the Sea
May 17 - 19, 2019, the ArtWorks, Wilmington, North Carolina (Award)
It’s ALL Art Juried Exhibit
May 4 - 31, 2019, Leland Cultural Arts Center, Leland, North Carolina
A Year of Abstraction - An Exhibit of Recent Artwork
April 10 - June 9, 2019, Waterline Brewing Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
NC Azalea Festival Art Show/Wilmington Art Association 37th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale
March 30 - April 7, 2019, Hannah Block USO Building, Wilmington, North Carolina (Award)
Artists at the ArtWorks Exhibition and Sale
March 1 - 30, 2019, Gallery Verrazzano, The ArtWorks, Wilmington, North Carolina
Associated Artists of Southport Spring Art Show
February 25 - March 16, 2019, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina
Cape Fear Artists Winter Art Show 2019
January 11 - February 1, 2019, Cape Fear Artists Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
Art in the Arboretum
November 2 - 4, 2018, New Hanover County Arboretum, Wilmington, North Carolina
Art Around Town Joint Exhibition with Marty Relan
October 18, 2018 - March 31, 2019, Wilmington Dental Excellence, Wilmington, North Carolina
4th Annual ARTfall Juried Show and Sale
October 4 - 7, 2018, Hannah Block Community Arts Center, Wilmington, North Carolina
Hang Local Art Program Exhibit
July - September, 2018, Port City Java Lumina Station, Wilmington, North Carolina
Associated Artists of Southport Summer Regional Juried Show
June 25 - July 14, 2018, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina
Sunset Vision Uniquely Brunswick Art Show & Sale
June 21 - 23, 2018, Sunset Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina Silver Arts by the Sea
May 21, 2018, the ArtWorks, Wilmington, North Carolina (Award)
NC Azalea Festival Art Show/Wilmington Art Association 36th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale
April 7 - 15, 2018, Hannah Block USO Building, Wilmington, North Carolina (Award)
Associated Artists of Southport Spring Regional Juried Show
February 26 - March 17, 2018, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina
State of the Art/Art of the State
October 8, 2017 - July 8, 2018, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina
3rd Annual ARTfall Juried Show and Sale
September 21 - 24, 2017, Hannah Block Community Arts Center, Wilmington, North Carolina