Adam Daley Wilson is a conceptual artist and art theorist represented by ENGAGE Projects Gallery in Chicago. The gallery represents about 20 mid-career artists from seven countries working in painting, photography, sculpture, and video.

His first two solo shows were Artforum 'Must See' shows in Chicago, and his second show, This Is Text Based Art, also received positive international press.

His third solo show, This Is Post-Theory Art, will be at Engage Projects in Chicago from May 16 to June 28, 2025. More about the show is here.

Adam Daley Wilson is also an appellate lawyer with a JD from Stanford Law School and a public interest lawyer who works to end the exploitation of mental illness stigma by attorneys. His advocacy regarding mental illness stigma exploitation dates to a first installation and performance art piece at The Other Art Fair in New York City in 2017 and also includes print and television coverage.

In 2024 and 2025 Daley Wilson was recognized by Europe-based Artfacts as one of the top 100 living artists practicing activist art in the areas of text-based art, post-conceptual art, and post-minimalism.

Recent activist work, as both an artist and a lawyer, includes developing legal theories of first impression about constitutional rights and mental illness; and then filing complaints in courts about the public issue of mental illness exploitation by attorneys in the legal system. The work is both art activism and legal activism. Short videos relating to a current project are: a, b, c, d, e.

Recent art theory work includes: Daley Wilson, Adam, Conceptual Theory Art as a Method for Interdisciplinary Research, Hypothesis, and Critical Analysis Both Within and Beyond Traditional Western Social Sciences (August 01, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4913371.

His art portfolio site is here.

Updated March 2025.