Adam David's profile
Adam David Bencomo is a photographic installation artist currently based out of Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and lived Seaside, California for a short time.
Adam received his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Photographic and Electronic Media. He also received a Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of New Mexico. Adam currently teaches as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in the Visual Arts Program, and you might recognize him from working at Leon’s.
Adam identifies as male-ish. Adam uses both he/him/his and they/them/their pronouns. His work deals with a variety of subjects. Currently, Adam has been focusing on queer subcultures and what it means to identify as a queer person of color. He creates queer art by humanizing his subjects while preserving the unique cultures in which they belong. He is also an advocate of body radical acceptance meaning that all bodies are beautiful.
