亞當•卓斯高1965年生於倫敦，於曼徹斯特大學主修藝術史，其後在倫敦金匠學院獲藝術碩士學位，現於英格蘭南部肯特郡韋斯特堡生活及工作。
卓斯高的作品力圖探索事物內在的意義，突出它們反覆無常而荒誕不經的本質。作品取材於生活，媒介涵蓋繪畫、雕塑、表演及電影，充分利用周圍環境，且常邀觀者參與。作品每每帶隨機性，結果難以預測。
《夜班》(2004)是費里斯藝術博覽會授權卓斯高創作的。卓斯高為年度博覽會現場製作一幅以另類場地地圖為主題的海報。開展前的幾個清晨，他讓七種動物在場地自由活動，其中包括公鹿、蛇和蝎子等。牠們在展場的迷陣中隨意走動，組成了夜間巡遊。牠們走動的路線被記錄在展場地圖上，為日間的訪客提供了另類參觀路徑。
卓斯高的其他作品有2006年的《M—路徑》。參觀者須在展場門外將鞋子脫下，在參觀期間換上一雙用過的舊鞋。卓斯高希望觀者能轉換看事物的觀點，從而體現古格言中「穿別人的鞋子走路」的說法。他的最新作品是韋斯特堡雙年展2010中的《幽靈》。卓斯高設計了一艘小舟，邀請一名觀眾躺在舟裡，從韋斯特堡划至曾用作墓地的「死人島」去。過程均用錄像拍攝，為每位乘客的獨特經驗作記錄。
除韋斯特堡雙年展外，卓斯高廣泛參與國際性個展及聯展。2008年泰特聖艾富思美術館首次展出他的重要作品。2002年獲「哈姆林基金獎」及「紐約當代藝術基金獎」。2007年，卓斯高獲坎特伯雷肯特大學電影系人文研究會研究獎學金。
Adam Chodzko was born in London in 1965. He attended University of Manchester to study art history and later attended Goldsmiths College, London to pursue an MA in Fine Art. He now lives and works in Whitstable, Kent in the south of England.
Chodzko’s work examines systems of meanings, highlighting their fundamentally arbitrary and absurd nature. Working in a range of mediums from drawing to sculpture, performance to film, he draws on the environment that surrounds him, often engaging and involving the viewer. His works often display an element of chance where outcomes are unknown and unpredictable.
Nightshift was a piece commissioned by Frieze Art Fair in 2004, whereby Chodzko was asked to make a poster proposing an alternative mapping for the annual art fair site. During the early hours of the mornings in the lead up to the opening, seven animals were left to freely roam the site, including a stag, a snake and a scorpion. Choosing their own paths through the maze of stands in the hall, they collectively formed a nocturnal parade. Their paths were then recorded and plotted onto a Frieze map to serve as route suggestions for daylight visitors.
Other works by the artist include M-Path (2006), which involves gallery visitors having to swap their shoes at the door for a pair of second-hand shoes for the duration of their visit, thus changing perception and taking literally the old adage ‘walking in someone else shoes’. His most recent work Ghost was shown at the 2010 Whitstable Biennale. Chodzko designed a kayak that was paddled from Whitstable to the nearby Deadman’s Island, a former burial site, with a member of the public lying in the back. The journey was recorded using a video camera providing a document for each passenger’s unique experience.
As well as the Whitstable Biennale, Chodzko has exhibited extensively in both solo and group international exhibitions including his first major survey of work shown in the UK, at Tate St Ives in 2008. In 2002, he received awards from the Hamlyn Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York, and in 2007 was awarded an AHRC Research Fellowship in the Film Department at the University of Kent, Canterbury.