Adam Cochran is a figurative painter mainly working in oils and flashe. His work is inspired by Kodachrome photos, reading, the Bay Area Figurative movement, old high school yearbooks, memory, politics, disjunction, and aging. He is interested in the physicality and process of painting, as well as its function as a lens for truth. His two most recent series of work have involved personal family images as a means to explore complicated relationships, and fire sprinkler systems that dot the exterior walls of New York City skyscrapers.
Originally from San Diego, California, Adam received his BFA from California College of the Arts in 2014 and his MFA from UC Davis in 2019. His work is held in private collections across the country. Adam currently lives and works in Sacramento, and is a new Axis Gallery Member there.