Artist Info: Drew Conrad
Bio
Born: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Resides: New York City, NY
Statement
“The idea of the American male is something more of a myth, a legend and the silver screen than it is the actual realization of the quintessential man. It is an unobtainable standard handed down from father to son and men to boys, an unbearable mantle. An American Dream in which masculinity and manhood manifests itself from childhood backyard Wild West showdowns to adult laments of the good old days. It is a complex idea of heroes, icons, death, obscurities, anxieties, achievements, trophies, bravado, machismo, cowboys, lovers, losers and nobodies. It is masculinity at it’s best. It is me at age twenty-nine.” - Drew Conrad
Artist's CV
DREW CONRAD
EDUCATION
1997-2001 BFA in Fine Arts, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2002-2005 MFA in Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITONS
2009 Cowboys, Lovers, Losers & Nobodies Get This Gallery, Atlanta GA
2005 The Thorpe Sessions, Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 I’ll Be Your Mirror…, Heist Gallery, New York, NY
The Man Show, Quality Pictures, Portland, OR
2005 Sweet Tragedy, Planaria Gallery, New York, NY
Primed, Aronson Gallery, New York, NY
Opening, Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 (In)Appropriate?, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Artstar, TyStokes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Silhouette, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Triple Point, Artspot Gallery, Atlanta, GA
BENEFITS
10th Annual Art Papers Auction, 2009 (Upcoming)
7th Annual Art Papers Auction, 2006
6th Annual Art Papers Auction, 2005
5th Annual Art Papers Auction, 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lisa Kurzner, review of (In)Appropriate?, Art Papers, September/October, 2004
Felicia Feaster, “Shadowy Past,” Creative Loafing, February 26, 2004
Felicia Feaster, “Triple Threat,” Creative Loafing, November 20, 2003
OTHER
Fischerspooner Salon, Brooklyn, NY, 2004
Printer Ralph Steadman, Late/Early Georgian, 2000