Bio

Conor Backman (b.1988) currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.  He is studying sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).  Backman works in a variety of media including sculpture, video, and music, however his main focus is still painting.  He has been painting for about five years now.  In April of 2007 Conor won "Best in Show" at the tenth district Congressional Art Show for the second year in a row.  His painting "Two Chevies" will be shown in the capitol for one year along with the other winners of shows from every congressional district in the country.  In May of 2008 he became the first recipient of the Tyler Binsted scholarship for sculpture.


Exhibitions-

- Gallery 222, Summer Group Show, Leesburg, VA, June-July 2008

-Anderson Art Gallery, Juried Student Exhibition, Richmond, VA,  April 2008

-VCU Student Commons Gallery, one-person exhibition, "New Paintings", Richmond, VA, November, 2007

-Capital Garage, group exhibition, "The End", Richmond, VA, October 2007

-Gallery 222, group exhibition, Leesburg, VA, July 2007

-"Arts in the Alley", Purcellville, VA, June 2007

-Gallery 222, four-person group exhibition, "Emerging Artists", Leesburg, VA, April 2007

-"Horsing Around Loudoun", public art project, Loudoun County, VA, March 2006