With a career that spans more than twenty years, Erin Adams is one of today’s foremost mosaic tile designers. In her work as both artisan and interior designer, Erin infuses sophisticated urban sensibilities with elements of the folk art tradition that surrounded her as a child.
Erin was raised in San Antonio, Texas and studied at New York’s Pratt School of Art & Design. Her mother, also an artist, opened San Antonio’s first folk-art gallery, Objects, in 1972. As teenagers, Erin and her sister spent a great deal of time with their mother in Oaxaca, Mexico, meeting such prominent folk artisans as Josephina Aguilar and Manual Jimenez. The work of Erin Adams Design, Inc., is sought after by designers worldwide and is used in residential as well as prominent commercial applications, including the Tokyo Hilton, Saks Fifth Avenue in Saudi Arabia, the Four Seasons Hotel in the Bay area, P.F. Chang’s Restaurants, and Neiman-Marcus in Dallas.
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