Adam Kurtz
Sales Associate, ADAM JK
Adam Kurtz is listed as Sales Associate, ADAM JK. Adam spoke at Adobe MAX 2026 in November 2026 (speaker, “Personal Work: Art for Fun, Profit, and Whatever Comes Next”).
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About
Adam J. Kurtz ("Adam JK") is a Toronto-born, Honolulu-based artist whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor, and a little bit of darkness. His books and journals including Things Are What You Make of Them have sold over a million copies in twenty languages. In late 2026, Penguin Random House will release NOW WHAT?, a guided journal for navigating the creative life journey. Obsessed with aphorisms and ephemera, Kurtz's work seeks to craft new reminders from familiar sources, offering his brand of "back-handed optimism" as a token of encouragement and camaraderie for other creative, emotional, and deeply human people. In 2024, Kurtz opened SMALL KINE GIFT, a gift shop and bookstore in Honolulu, where he lives with his husband and their dog.