Adel has exhibited his work in New York City since completing his studies in art history at Dartmouth College.
He has been represented by Arcadia Contemporary in New York City since 2001 and more recently by Avant Galleries, Samuel Owen Gallery and The Boston Art Group where he exhibits his new series of hyperrealist abstract works or "Hyperabstractions."
In 2001 several of Adel's portraits appeared in the Lincoln Center production of Ten Unknowns by Jon Robin Baitz, starring Donald Sutherland.
[6] Adel has painted commissioned portraits for Yale University, Dartmouth College, Union Pacific Railroad, Notre Dame, the College of William and Mary, the New York Stock Exchange as well as for numerous private clients.
In addition to portraits, the artist also known for his paintings of crumpled paper or flowing fabric against in an undefined space.