Irina Adam
PHOTOGRAPHY
Spider River/ Drought Summer
CURRENTLY SHOWING:
July 11- Aug 16, 2026: 'PORTAL' group show, Forest for Trees Collective, Governors Island, 7B Nolan Park. Opening Sat July 11
Featuring photography + scent works, 'Spider River/ Drought Summer' and 'Mugwort Field at Dusk'
July 25, 2026: Olfactory art at Bushwick Book Club MARILYN & Her Books by Gail Crowther, at Howl! Happening, NYC
2026:
March 8-April 11, 2026: Every Woman Biennial, Pen and Brush Gallery, 29 E 22nd St, NYC
March 13-May 3: Tonic: A Medicinal Flora and Fungi Exhibit, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
2026 Land Art Makers at Land Art Collective
March 7 – April 5, 2026: Happy Trails: Photos of the Ashokan Rail Trail, at Center of Photography Woodstock in Kingston
May 6–10, 2026: Scent + Art Festival at Creative Factory Veldze (Riga, Latvia)
May 16-17, 2026: Upstate Art Weekend
UPCOMING:
Oct. 11, 2026: New York Mycological Society Fest, Battery Park, exhibitor + workshop facilitator
RECENT EXHIBITS:
May 9-25 2024: 'Pitch Pine Pollen: A Transforming Forest' Photography & Scent Art exhibit at Olfactory Art Keller
Aug 8- Sept 14, 2024 - Scent as a Creative Medium at Olfactory Art Keller
Nov 5- Dec 7, 'Matriarch' group show, Maspeth, curated by Erin Perrazzelli
2025 Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Show, April 19-May 15, 2025
ABOUT THE WORK
My photography explores threads of dialogue with nature, in immersive and reciprocal ways. Landscape is subject not background, inviting interaction. Recent projects include series of local wild places wandered and closely observed over years and seasons, transformed by climate change and human activity. Themes include environmental language and abstraction, deep ecology, belonging and witnessing, and the human form interacting with the more-than-human.
I also create olfactory art pieces and natural perfumes inspired by landscape stories and connection with flora and fauna felt thru the senses and transforming cinematically over time. Link to olfactory art & perfume site.
My work has been exhibited at Pen & Brush Gallery, Olfactory Art Keller NY, Hammer Museum LA, Institute of Art and Olfaction LA, NY Open Center, Romanian Cultural Institute. With a BFA in Photography from Indiana University, minoring in art history and botany, I've worked in ethnobotany research, freelance photo + editing, and as a natural perfumer, forager, darkroom assistant and educator.
CONTACT: irinaaa@gmail.com
This site is currently being updated - thank you!
Link to scent art + natural perfume site, Phoenix Botanicals.