Jillian Conrad

Born: Farmington, New Mexico
Lives: Houston, Texas

The physical world that surrounds us is a language formed by layers of time, choice, and chance. I see its variety and strangeness as a mirror for the private, craggy world inside each of us.

I use sculpture as a tool for creating connections between the ordinary stuff of everyday life and the singularity of human experience, from the wonderful mess of a construction site to the way the sunlight spreads in the morning. By condensing references from the familiar landscape into sculptural forms, I try to put my finger on the magical mundane.

Education

2004
  • MFA, Sculpture
    RISD, Providence, Rhode Island

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010
2007
  • The solid matter of a celestial body
    Clough-Hanson Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Hollow Mountain
    Real Artways, Hartford, Connecticut
2004
  • Open Maps
    Coburn Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
  • It's better to regret something you have done...
    Art Palace, Houston, Texas
  • Jillian Conrad and Jeff Foerster
    Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
  • Core Residency Exhibition
    Glassell School of Art/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
2009
  • Diamond Life
    Unit B, San Antonio, Texas
  • Core Residency Exhibition
    Glassell School of Art/ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
  • Colliding Islands
    Cast Gallery, Hobart, Australia
  • Interface Nature
    Nurture Art, New York, New York
2007
  • Here and Elsewhere
    Bronx Museum of Art, New York, New York
2006
  • Drift
    Bronx River Art Center, New York, New York
  • A Moveable Feast
    Boston Art Windows Project, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Fresh Greens
    Wilkinson, Providence, Rhode Island
  • MFA Thesis Show
    RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
2003
  • New Sculpture
    Grant Selwyn Gallery, New York, New York

Selected Bibliography

2010
  • Hooper, Rachel. "Musings on Antinomies in Art", Art Lies
2007
  • Schwendener, Martha. "The Starving Artist Has To Eat", New York Times
  • Koeppel, Frederic. "Elegance in 3D", Memphis Commercial Appeal
  • Sleigh, Tom. "Sequins and Cardboard", Catalog Essay: Real Artways
  • Dobbins, Hamlett. "The solid matter of a celestial body", Catalog Essay: Clough-Hanson Gallery
2006
  • Temin, Christine. "Windows of Opportunity for Boston Artists", Boston Globe

Selected Collections

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
    Houston, Texas

Selected Awards and Grants

2008
  • Core Program Artist in Residence
    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
  • Triangle international Artist Residency
    Triangle Arts, New York, New York
2007
  • Lower Eastside Printshop Keyholder Residency
    Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, New York
  • Santa Fe Art Institute Artist in Residence
    Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
  • Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program
    Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, New York
  • Artist in the Marketplace Program (AIM)
    Bronx Museum of Art, New York, New York
  • Weir Farm Trust Artist in Residence
    Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, Connecticut
2005
  • Art Omi Artists' Residency
    Omi International, Ghent, New York
  • Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Arts
    Anderson Center, Red Wing, Minnesota

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