Tim Conlon (artist)

Tim Conlon
Born October 7, 1974
Alexandria, VA
Nationality American
Known for Graffiti, street art, public art
Website
www.conoperative.com

Tim Conlon (born 1974 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American artist and graffiti writer known for large-scale murals and works on canvas. He was featured as one of several artists (including Kehinde Wiley and poet, Nikki Giovanni) in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery exhibit, Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture,[1][2] which included four large graffiti murals painted by Conlon and collaborator, David Hupp in 2008. This marked the first modern graffiti ever to be in the Smithsonian Institution.[3]

In 2011, he was featured and curated the G scale train exhibit in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s, Art in The Streets survey of graffiti and street art. His Blank Canvas train paintings are in multiple collections, including the Norfolk Southern Corporation's headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Conlon has recently exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, along with shows and projects in New York,[4] Los Angeles,[5] Miami,[6] Chicago,[7] San Francisco,[8] Paris, Bordeaux[9] and Berlin.[10] Conlon’s art can be found on the streets of Washington, D.C. in city-sponsored public art projects.[11][12]


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References

  1. ↑ Jess Blumberg, "Aerosol Art", Smithsonian Magazine, February 2008.
  2. ↑ Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
  3. ↑ Allison Keyes, "National Portrait Gallery Hosts Hip-Hop Exhibit", NPR, February 9, 2008.
  4. ↑ Jasper Rees, "Street Art Way Below the Street", The New York Times, October 31, 2010.
  5. ↑ Jeanette Sawyer, "Interview: Tim Conlon's "One Track Mind"", Juxtapoz, June 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sanrio's Small Gift - Miami", Hi-Fructose, February 2008.
  7. ↑ Asja Nastasijevic, "TRANSIT", WideWalls, May 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ Caitlin Donohue, "Graffiti, now: Guerrero Gallery shows USDA prime street writers", The San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 28, 2012.
  9. ↑ Marie Lechner, Les étranges visiteurs de Royan Libération.fr, Libération, February, 7 2010.
  10. ↑ Strychnin Gallery Berlin - Bombs Away!
  11. ↑ Ann Siegal, "A bold experiment in urban art", The Washington Post, January 15, 2010.
  12. ↑ Harry Jaffe, "Graffiti as art for summer youth jobs? Believe it!", The Washington Examiner, August 19, 2010.

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