Why do i Freelance?
From am law 100 associate to gallery-represented conceptual artist.
When I’m not writing appeals and trial-level briefs for repeat customer law firms, I’m a contemporary conceptual artist — I left the full-time practice of law upon becoming a commercially successful artist in 2017.
My first two solo shows (2021, 2023) were both selected ‘Must See’ by Artforum, the 2023 solo show was also a curatorial section of Mousse. Current third solo show, titled This Is Post-Theory Art, is shown below. (Engage Projects Gallery in Chicago, June 6-July 18, 2025.)
This Is Post-Theory Art (June 6-July 18, 2025, Engage Projects Gallery in Chicago).
For the past several years, a London / Berlin art advisory firm ranks me in the top 10% of living artists worldwide and in the United States, and in the top 100 globally for artists associated with Post-minimalism, Post-conceptualism, Conceptual Painting, Appropriation Art, and Text-Based Art.
My pieces are in private and corporate collections in places such as New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Chicago, Miami, and elsewhere.
I’m represented by Engage Projects Gallery in Chicago, which has a growing international reputation in contemporary conceptual art (painting, video, photography, installations, and sculpture) with a roster of twenty artists from eight countries on several continents, several of whom have been acquired by the leading museums in the United States and Europe and have been featured in The New York Times and similar.
engage-projects.com (gallery)
adamwilsonart.com (portfolio)
Partial listing of current pieces via ENGAGE Projects Gallery Chicago, late 2022.
Installation view, courtesy collector, 2021.
Gallery view, group show, Palm Beach, 2022.
Video Still — Courtesy Engage Projects Gallery — The artist talk covered art, law, and mental illness stigma during Mental Health Awareness Month.
More information about the research and art practice is here and via the gallery — engage-projects.com.