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JILLIAN CONRAD
EDUCATION
2004 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture (Honors)
1995 St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts (Honors)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Splits, Devin Borden, Houston, TX On Tenterhooks, (Curated by Marie Heilich), Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, MO Construct, Art Palace, Houston, TX
2007 The solid matter of a celestial body, (catalog) Clough‐Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Hollow Mountain, (catalog) Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2005 Open Maps, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, C
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 Not-Not-Not Image-Objects, (Curated by Rachel Cook), Meulensteen, New York NY
2011 Related Clues, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX Vista, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY Heat Island, (Curated by Natalie Campbell), Smack Mellon, Art Brooklyn, NY Soft Power, (Curated by Elizabeth Hirsch and Amanda Friedman), Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY PODS Project, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX Southern Pacific, (Curated by Paul Middendorf), Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2010 It’s Better to Regret Something You Have Done…, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Jillian Conrad and Jeff Foerster, Houston Art Alliance, Houston, TX
Core Residency Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2009 Diamond Life, (Curated by Kurt Mueller), Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Core Residency Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Colliding Islands, (Curated by Louise Rollins), Cast Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Interface Nature, (Curated by Andrea Horisaki‐Christens), Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Here and Elsewhere, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
Art Daze Group Show, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2006 Drift, Bronx River Art Center, NY, NY. Curator: Eileen Torpey
2004 A Moveable Feast, Boston Art Windows Project, Boston, MA Curator: Karine Jouenne
Fresh Greens, Wilkinson Building, Providence, RI
MFA Thesis Show, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2003 New Sculpture, Grant Selwyn Gallery, NY, NY
Summer Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI. Curator: Debra Balken
Welcome to Our Fantasy, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI Curator: Erin Harmon
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2011 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2008‐2010 Core Program Artist in Residence, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2008 Triangle International Artist Residency, New York, NY
2007‐2008 Lower Eastside Printshop Keyholder Residency, New York, NY
2007 Santa Fe Art Institute Artist in Residence, Santa Fe, NM
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, to support Santa Fe Art Institute Artist in Residence, New York, NY
2006‐2007 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, New York, NY
2006 Artist in the Marketplace Program (AIM), Bronx Art Museum, Bronx, NY
Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
2005 Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, Omi, NY
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Arts, Red Wing, MN
Community Learning Grant, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2005‐2006 Humanities Development Committee Grant, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2002‐2004 S.L.Y. Herman Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 DataTel Scholarship, DataTel Corporation, Fairfield, NJ
Vermont Studio Center, Scholarship Recipient, Johnson, VT
2000 All School Honors: Outstanding First‐Year Student Award, California College of Art, Oakland, CA
TEACHING
2009‐present Assistant Professor, Sculpture, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2007‐2008 Graduate Studio Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2007 Sculpture Workshop, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2006‐2008 Artist Teacher, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
2004‐2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, Sculpture, Full Time, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2004 Instructor, On Location: Everyday Landscapes, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008‐2009 Professional Research Grant Evaluator, City University of New York, New York, NY
2007 Studio Mentor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2002‐2003 Woodshop and Foundry Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SELECTED LECTURES AND VISITS 2011 Rice Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 The Menil Collection, Houston, TX Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
2009 University of Houston, Houston, TX
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Kendall College, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2006 Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2005 Red Wing Arts Association, Red Wing, MN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jennifer King, “Jillian Conrad, Devin Borden Gallery”, ArtForum, March, 2012
Marie Heilich, “On Tenterhooks”, catalog essay, Hunt Gallery, St. Louis MO, 2012 Rachel Hooper, “Jillian Conrad”, ...might be good, #162, February, 2011
Melissa Venator, “Jillian Conrad”, Art Lies, #68, Spring, 2011
Rachel Hooper, “Musings on Antinomies in Art”, Art Lies, #64, Winter, 2009
Martha Schwendener, “Creative and Commercial: The Starving Artist Has to Eat”, New York Times, May, 2007
Frederic Koeppel, “ Elegance in 3D at Clough‐Hanson”, Memphis Commercial Appeal, November, 2007
Tom Sleigh, “Sequins and Cardboard”, catalogue essay, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, 2007
Hamlett Dobbins, “The solid matter of a celestial body”, catalogue essay, Clough‐Hanson Gallery, Memphis, TN 2007
Ruth Nerhaugen, “Writers, artists, pianist to arrive at Tower View”, Red Wing Republican Eagle, May, 2005
Christine Temin, “Windows of Opportunity for Boston, Artists”, Boston Globe, August, 2004
Joel Furfari, “Breathing Life into History”. Pawtucket Times, May, 2003 |
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