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Conor
Backman
(b.1988) currently lives and works 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 ].
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*denotes solo exhibition)
2010
The Suspended Moment, Open Space Gallery, Baltimore MD
View 2010, VCU FAB Gallery, Juried group exhibition
2009
Something Special, Plant Zero, Richmond VA
*Some Watercolors, Corporate and Museum Frame Gallery, Richmond VA
*Variances, Gallery 222, Leesburg, VA
2008
Anderson Art Gallery Juried Student Exhibition, Richmond, VA
2007
*New Paintings, VCU Student Commons Gallery, Richmond, VA
EDUCATION
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA, anticipated 2011
HONORS
Dean's Scholarship, VCU School of the Arts, Spring 2010
Honors Painting, VCU Department of Painting and Printmaking, Fall 2009
Charles Renick Scholarship, VCU Sculpture Department, Spring 2009
Tyler Binsted Scholarship, VCU Sculpture Department, Spring 2008
VCU Provost Scholarship, 2007, Four-year full tuition scholarship
All images on this site (c) Conor Backman