Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Adam Brooks dreamed of drawing comic books for a living before he set his sights on the world of fine arts. He exhibited his oil paintings at The
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, University of Manitoba Solo Exhibitions 2005 Rejected & Unknown, <SITE> Gallery, Winnipeg, MB Group Exhibitions 2022 Library of Babel, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2012 If they came from Within, Fantasia, Montreal, QC 2008 What Fall'ows, The Spot, Winnipeg, MB 2006 Supernovas, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 1998 Royal Art Lodge Doll Show, Royal Art Lodge, Winnipeg, MB Selected Film Festivals 2023 Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX 2023 Vox Popular Media Arts Festival, Thunderbay, ON 2023 Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, QC 2022 Lunenberg Doc Fest, Halifax, NS 2022 Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, MB 2022 Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, SK 2021 Calgary Underground Film Festival, Calgary, AB 2021 Chattanooga Film Festival, TN 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT 2018 Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX 2015 Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, QC 2015 Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX 2014 The Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, ON 2014 The Torino Film Festival, Turin, Italy 2014 The Chicago International Film Festival 2014 The Vancouver International Film Festival 2014 Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX 2011 Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Toronto, ON 2010 Faux Film Festival, Portland, OR 2009 Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, MB 2007 Possible Worlds Film Festival, Sydney, Australia 2007 Terror Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2007 Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto, ON 2007 A Night of Horror Short Film Festival, Sydney, Australia 2004-2009 Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB Grants 2022 Hothouse Award, The Winnipeg Film Group 2022 Manitoba Arts Council 2021 Canada Council for the Arts 2019 Individual Artist Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council 2019 Learn - Travel/Professional Development, Manitoba Arts Council 2019 Production Fund, Winnipeg Film Group 2018 Media Arts Grant - Established Artist, Manitoba Arts Council 2014 Marketing Grant, MFM 2013 Emerging Talent Production Grant, MFM 2013 Micro-Budget Production Grant, Telefilm Canada 2010 Visual Arts B Grant, Manitoba Arts Council 2008 Marketing Fund, Winnipeg Film Group 2007 2nd Place, Power of the Portrait Competition, Artrom.com 2006 Visual Arts C Grant, Manitoba Arts Council 2006 Individual Artist Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council Awards 2022 Best Manitoba Director, The Gimli Film Festival 2022 Best Feature Documentary, Artstream, April 2022 2021 Gold Award, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards 2019 Best Actor, ACTRA, Gimli Film Festival 2016 Manitoba's Future 40 under 40, CBC 2016 Best Feature, Editing, Cinematography, The Windy Awards, WFG 2014 Best Film, La Semain Du Cinema Fantastique, Niice, France 2014 Best Actor, Monsterfest, Australia 2014 Best Actor, A Night of Horror, Australia 2011 Best Hero, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Toronto, ON 2009 First Prize - Best Film, Winnipeg Short Film Massacre 2007 2nd Place, Power of the Portrait Competition, Artrom.com Catalogues 2022 Cliff Eyland: Library of Babel, Winnipeg Art Gallery 2021 99.1% Pure: Breaking Bad Art 2008 Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 — Painting, Magenta Foundation, Canada 2008 Paper Wait 8 & 9, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2006 Supernovas, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2023 CBC.ca, Members of audacious Winnipeg film collective return
2023 Exclaim, Sam Singer Shares Animated Video for New Single "Sunny" 2022 The Uniter, Origin Stories: Adam Brooks 2022 The Manitoban, A Small Portrait of Cliff Eyland 2007 The Uniter, A Bloody Horror Picture Show 2006 CBC.ca, The New Breed 2006 Galleries West, Supernovas 2006 Free Press, Rising Stars 2006 CARNET, Supernovas 2006 Ultrasonic Film, UMFM 2005 Free Press, Art has powerful sense of space, emptiness |
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