Amy Adler works across the disciplines of drawing, performance, photography, and film. Her practice explores media and process considering subjects that exist between paradigms and identities. Born and raised in New York City, Amy attended Cooper Union and went on to receive an MFA in fine art from UCLA in 1995 and an MFA in film production from USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2011. She has had multiple international and national gallery and museum exhibitions including solo projects at MOCA Los Angeles, the Aspen Art Museum, the UCLA Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Her drawings, films and photographs are in permanent collections worldwide including the Desde Foundation, Athens, Greece; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art; The Drammens Kunstmuseum, Norway; The Perez Art Museum, Miami and the UCLA Hammer Museum. In 2005 Twin Palms Press released a large-scale monograph entitled, Amy Adler Young Photographer. Other books include a catalogue published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles with a text by Connie Butler and a children’s book entitled, The Rainbow Hour produced by the Aspen Art Museum. Amy’s work is featured in multiple publications including: The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982, Walker Art Center 2003; LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles, Black Dog Publishing, 2005; Fandom As Methodology, Goldsmith’s Press 2019 and Art and Queer Culture Phaidon, 2019. Her short films have screened at international film festivals including Frameline, Outfest, and BFI Flare. Amy Adler is a recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. She is Professor of Visual Art at UC San Diego where she has been teaching since 2004. Adler lives and works in San Diego and Los Angeles.