GENERAL
2022-current – Molecule Design, the sustainable shipping container building that housed the design store has been sold. Molecule Design continues as usual though, offering innovative contemporary industrial design products via their Molecule Design Online Store.
2010-current – Owns and runs Molecule Design, a brick & mortar and online retail venue that sells avant-garde industrial design. Molecule has worked with the most innovative American and European contemporary design brands in furniture, lighting and accessories for residential and commercial projects. On a grander scale, Molecule explores general design themes including industrial design, architecture, sustainable design, smart materials, business and technology through InContext – Molecule’s Design magazine.
2006-2008 – Designed the first cargo container building in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a partly sustainable architectural project for the Santa Fe Railyard District in the Baca Street area. The building houses her Molecule Design store.
2002 – Founded InStock/Furniture & Design (the initial contemporary design venue in Santa Fe, NM), which also operated as an online store. Then, the very first partner companies were Vitra, Moooi, Calligaris, Innovation, Carl Hansen & Son, Pablo Pardo, Cherner and others. Now, it represents over 80 designer/manufacturers, including De La Espada, Bensen, Droog, Tom Dixon, Loll, and Flux. Adriana’s interest is to promote the work of young industrial design companies both at a local and national level.
80’s-2000’s – Art making and exhibitions. New Music terrestrial radio dj at Radio Artifacts, Miami Florida, and later at Radio Molecule at various internet radio platforms. Still photographer for movie production, Caracas, Venezuela and Miami Florida. Co-founded West Manhattan ArtSpace (artist’ studios) and Black Mesa Ceramics, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1990’s-2003 – Operated a faux painting endeavor for residential & commercial projects in USA and Venezuela. Designed a custom all-surface, non-lath plaster material that was shared in many projects with a local Santa Fe contractor, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1977-1981 – Owned and operated Entonces, a fashion design store in Valencia, Venezuela. Entonces offered Brazilian and Italian beachwear as well as in-store designed and produced lines.
EDUCATION
1996 Santa Fe Art Institute, Lynda Benglis, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1987 BFA Florida International University, Miami, Florida
1980 CEGRA-Graphics Arts: lithography, serigraphy, etching, drawing, art theory. Mentors: Alirio Palacios & Maria Elena Ramos, Caracas, Venezuela
1976 Pilly Taboada, painting, Valencia, Venezuela
SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS
2002 Archaea, La Sala Alternativa / Elvira Neri / Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
1999 Materia Prima, La Sala Alternativa / Elvira Neri / Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
1998 Navegación al Reencuentro, Taller Abierto y La Sala Alternative / Elvira Neri / Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
1997 Recent Work: Paintings, Sculptures & Works on Paper, West Manhattan Artspace, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 Testigos, New Paintings, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS
2016 El Muro de Soma – De Izquierda a Derecha – Elvira Neri Arte, Carcas, Venezuela
2010 En Arte A Chorros – Elvira Neri Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
2007 Odalys, Subasta 153, Arte Contemporáneo Venezolano y Latinoamericano – Colección Galería Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela
2005 Impermanence, Bronze Sculpture Installation, AIDS FOR AIDS, 5th Annual Silent Auction, New York City
Exposicion ‘Pequeno Formato’ Colectiva, La Sala Alternative / Elvira Neri / Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
2001 Objects for a Ceremony, Mixed Media Installation, Spirited Wanderings: Santa Fe Art at the Threshold, University Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette
El Cacao, Primer Festival Cultural Caribe, Capital Rio Caribe, Venezuela
2000 Song of Cicada, Mixed Media Installation, Arte Diex, An Exhibition of Ten Contemporary Latina Artists from New Mexico, New Mexico State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Drawings, Proyecto Armando Reverón, Museo del Diseño y de La Estampa Carlos Cruz Diez, Caracas, Venezuela
Drawings, Proyecto Armando Reverón, Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Drawings, Proyecto Armando Reverón, La Sala Alternative/Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
Drawings, Projecto Armando Reveron, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Drawings, Projecto Armando Reveron, Galeria Musci, Caracas, Venezuela
1999 A Show of Hands, Guadalupe Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
El Objeto, La Sala Alternativa/Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
1996 Small Works Exhibition, West Manhattan Artspace, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ill Subasta de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
Maximum Drawings, College of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Orinoco-Anaburawitu, Installation, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 8th Annual Shrine Show, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Eros in Winter, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 Vernissage: A Celebration, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Group Show, The Steve Boon Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1988 Encounters and Collaborations, Museo Cubano, Miami, Florida
Zero Tolerance Series, Artifacts Art Salon, Miami Florida
A Special View of Contemporary Art, Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, Florida
Miami/New York Exchange Show, TOBE Art International, New York City and Artifacts Art Salon Miami, Florida
Group Show, Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, Florida
1987 Micro 87, Transatlantic Exhibition, Artifacts Art Salon, Miami, Florida
The Unmasking, The Art Museum, FIU, Miami, Florida
1986 The Dog Trots Freely, Sound Work, Artifacts Art Salon, Miami, Florida
Interference, video work, FIU, Miami, Florida
Group Show, The Art Museum, FIU, Miami, Florida
Discover a New Form of Art, D&D Gallery, Miami, Florida
1985 Group Show, The Art Museum, FIU, Miami, Florida
1984 Group Show, The Art Museum, FIU, Miami, Florida
1983 Twelve in Art, The Art Gallery, MDCC, Miami, Florida
1982 Group Show, The Art Gallery, MDCC, Miami, Florida
AWARDS
1996 John Marion Scholarship, Santa Fe At Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 Rex Art Award, FIU, Miami, Florida
Brown Marion Whately Scholarship, FIU, Miami, Florida
1983 Frances Wolfson Scholarship, MDCC, Miami, Florida
1982 Francis Wolfson Scholarship, MDCC, Miami, Florida