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Conor
Backman
(b.1988) currently lives in Richmond, Virginia. He is studying
sculpture and painting at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
He is currently co-owner of REFERENCE, an art gallery in downtown
Richmond. For more information on the gallery click [ here ].
Exhibitions-
Upcoming -
- will be showing work at Open Space Gallery, Baltimore MD summer 2010
Past -
-VCU F.A.B. Gallery, "View 2010" Juried group exhibition through the VCU Painting and Printmaking department.
-Plant Zero, "Something Special" Group Exhibition, Richmond VA, December 2009
-Corporate and Musuem Frame Gallery, "Some Watercolors" Solo Exhibition, Richmond VA, October 2009
-Gallery 222, "Variances" Solo Exhibition, Leesburg, VA, February 2009
-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
Awards and Recognitions
- Charles Renick Scholarship, VCU Sculpture Department, Spring 2009
- Honors painting, VCU Department of Painting and Printmaking, Fall 2009
- Tyler Binsted Scholarship, VCU Sculpture Department, Spring 2008
- VCU Provost Scholaship, 2007 (Four year tution scholarship)
- Best in show, 10th District Congressional Art Show 2006, 2007
All images on this site (c) Conor Backman