About Adam

My fascination with art and light began at 16. As an apprentice electrician at the South Australian Museum and Art Gallery, I spent early mornings alone, maintaining the lighting around works by Kahlo, Warhol, and Picasso before the doors opened.

That surreal experience sparked a lifelong career as a lighting designer and outdoor lighting activist, advocating for dark skies and environmentally sensitive design alongside leading scientists.

Searching for a way to process the complexities of life—I returned to my first love: painting.

Today, I live and work in Footscray, grounded by the diverse, queer, and deeply creative community of Melbourne's Inner West. If you see me knocking around the neighbourhood in one of my hats, come up and tell me your story.

ELUMENARTi® & My Process

I create under the name ELUMENARTi®, a culmination of the things that keep me curious: E (Science), Lumen (Light), and Arti (Creativity).

My work is heavily informed by my background in illumination. I am drawn to strong contrast, deep shadowing, and muted stone colours that give organic, life-like shapes a sense of permanency. My preferred medium is oil on canvas, though every piece begins as a 2D digital concept before I transition to the easel.

Following my first solo exhibition in 2019, my style naturally evolved into cubism. For me, cubism captures the tension of the human experience—reflecting brokenness and deep connection simultaneously. My current collections explore duality, the intertwined complexity of relationships, human flaws, and the constant friction between enlightened science and conventional religion. The muted tones enable me to create gods from the organic, immortalising them into stone.