Born in 1970 in San Francisco, China Adams has lived in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years. She earned a BFA from UCLA (1995) and an MFA from the University of Nevada, La Vegas (2000). She has been featured in exhibitions around the world, including several solo shows at Ace Gallery, Los Angeles and one at Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (2008). Adams makes conceptual art works in a range of media, with humor and a unique aesthetic. Doug Harvey writes, "the political implications of Adams' work, issues of class gender and globalization, as well as broader anthropological concerns with taboos, stigma, consensus and authoritarianism, and an unavoidable critique of the art world's Uber-materialism seem to arise incidentally alongside the humor and aesthetics from the artist's stubborn willingness to try to make do with less." China Adams produces objects as evidence of her actions and then records the occurrence with a notarized document.

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