Caroline Adams grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She received her BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001. She spent three years studying and teaching printmaking and bookmaking at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts in Greece, two years in Quito, Ecuador painting and mentoring students, and four years in Frankfurt, Germany painting and working with children’s art classes. Caroline has shown at numerous galleries worldwide, including Calloway Fine Art & Consulting in Washington, DC, Metaxa Gallery in Paros, Greece; Ileana Viteri Gallery in Quito, Ecuador; Artists' House Gallery in Philadelphia, PA; Shelburne Art Center in Vermont; the Yellow Springs Historical Society in Pennsylvania; Somerville Manning Gallery and Hardcastle Gallery in Delaware, and Galerie M50 in Frankfurt, Germany.  

Caroline has lived in Washington, DC on and off since 2003 while not abroad with her husband, a Foreign Service Officer. She spent the past three years  Bogotá with her husband, and two children.