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Conor McGrady



USA (United States)
001+347 784 2017

www.conormcgrady.com

Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Ölmalerei
Stil: Minimal / Konzeptkunst


Statement:
Currently my work, which primarily consists of painting and drawing, is focused on the role of authority in contemporary society. In particular I am interested in how power manifests itself in individuals and nation states and how it translates into symbols, iconography, actions and a sense of self and place. The work as a whole is based on situations of civil unrest and military control, largely drawing on, but not confined to, my experience growing up in Northern Ireland. The recent work explores urban and rural terrain along with figurative compositions often involving uniformed subjects. The rural landscapes examine the duality implicit in areas that are repositories of romantic ideal and yet contain hidden threats. In the drawings of urban areas neo-classicism is referenced as an architecture of imagined order, stability and permanence. All of the works are executed in black and white, with the surrounding white space referring to ideals of purity and cleanliness.

The figurative compositions and portraits directly reference the history of portrait painting and examine individual and collective selfhood in situations of social instability. The aim of all the work is to explore the various manifestations of social order and raise questions relating to the control of space, personal and national boundaries.



Vita / Lebenslauf:
Conor McGrady was born in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, in 1970. He studied at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK, before receiving his MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998. Most recently his work has been exhibited in the one-person exhibitions, ‘New Arcadia’ at M.Y. Art Prospects, New York and ‘Green and Pleasant Land’, Saltworks, Gallery, Atlanta. In 2009 he has upcoming one-person exhibition at Gallery Karas, Zagreb, Croatia. In 2002 he was selected to participate in the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He currently lives and works in New York.


Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Green & Pleasant Land, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta
2007 New Arcadia, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York.
2006 Purity, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago.
Social Security, Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyneside, UK.
2005 A New Order, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2004 Civil Abuse, Ratio 3, San Francisco.
Cul-De-Sac, GFL Gallery, New York.
By Imperial Design, Red Dot Gallery, New York.
2002 Drawings, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago.
Paintings, NFA Space, Chicago.
2000 Conflicted Views Part II: Retribution, NFA Space, Chicago.
1998 State Portraits, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.
1995 Recent Work, Newcastle Playhouse Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Human Faces, X-Site Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
1994 Mirror, Message, Manifestation, Long Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 New Works on Paper, OH+T Gallery, Boston.
2007 Spectral Evidence, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2006 Seeing the Invisible, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Liquid Paper, Ratio 3, San Francisco.
2005 Gimme Shelter, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
After Effects, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NY.
Summer Pleasures, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York.
2004 The New Collusion, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago.
2003 Phantom Arch, White Columns, New York
Re:Figure, Gahlberg Gallery, MacAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, Illinois.
2002 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2001 There Goes My Hero, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago
2000 Unlimited Partnerships Part II: Culture & Conflict, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
Ambiguous Authority, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago.
Agitator, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago.
15th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, Illinois.
1998 G2 Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago.
1996 Northern Print at the Hatton, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Conflict, Coventry Gallery, London, UK.
1995 New International Contemporaries, Exhibition Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
Smart, Curtain Road Arts, London.
1994 Northern Exposure, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Austrailia.

RESIDENCIES

2003 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Residency at the Woolworth Building, NY.
2002 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois.
2000 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois.




Sacrifice
Malerei
Ölmalerei
180 x 150 cm
2007
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Ritual
Malerei
Ölmalerei
195 x 150 cm
2007
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Master
Malerei
Ölmalerei
180 x 150 cm
2007
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Domain
Malerei
Ölmalerei
180 x 150 cm
2007
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