Artist Miles Conrad

Miles Conrad - Artist Statement

My work is best described as biomorphic abstraction, closely informed by a tradition of feminist, post-minimalist sculpture. I recycle industrial materials and found objects into relief-based encaustic forms referencing the body as it relates to injury, trauma and the apparatus of pathology. I am interested in invoking the ways these are sublimated within the body and the ways in which they fail to be fully contained.

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Education

2009 MFA Candidate- (Pending) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2000 Citizen Leaders Institute- Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle, WA

1999 BA Liberal Arts- Non Profit Leadership – Antioch University Seattle, WA

1998-1992 Painting- California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Exhibitions

Solo:

2006 BioSlice, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2006 Extractions, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2005 Hive: Modified, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2005 The Language of Texture, Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ

2005 Hive, (In Collaboration with Corbin Frame) Shane House, Tucson, AZ

2005 Fracture, Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005 Direct from Nature, FALA Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2004 Specimen, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2003 New Work, Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003 Horizon, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2003 Emerging Artist, Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ

2002 Emergence, Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA

1992 Thesis Exhibit, Cal Arts, Lime Gallery, Valencia, CA

2008 (pending) The Diptych Project - A Collaboration in Wax- Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR

2008 (pending) The Diptych Project - A Collaboration in Wax- Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME

2008 (pending) The Diptych Project - A Collaboration in Wax- Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA

2008 (pending) Wane- Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA Curated by Joanne Mattera

2007 Facsimulacra, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2007 Chow Fun, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2007 National Encaustic Exhibit, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2007 Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2007 SFAI Now, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA

2007 Off The Grid: New Directions in Wax, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA

2006 Impulse, National Encaustic Invitationa, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2006 Chow Fun, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2006 Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006 Bonfire of the Vanitas, Etherton Gallery, Temple of Music and Art Tucson, AZ

2004 Miles Conrad/ Claire Parfit, LGBT Community Center, Seattle, WA

2003 Downtown Invitational, Herberger Theater Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ

2003 Stroke: A Brazenly Queer Art Show, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA

2002 Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002 Premier Exhibition, LGBT Community Center, Seattle, WA

2002 Stroke: A Deliciously Queer Art Show, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA

2001 Stroke: A Shamelessly Queer Art Show, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA

2001 A Gender Odyssey, Conference Exhibition, Doubletree Hotel, Seattle, WA

2000 Smith Tower First Floor Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA

1991 The Queer Show II, Cal Arts, Tatum Gallery, Valencia, CA

1990 The Queer Show I, Cal Arts, Tatum Gallery, Valencia, CA

1989 Foundation Show, Cal Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Valencia, CA

Professional Experience

2008 (pending) Instructor- Off the Wall: Encaustic in Three Dimensions- Second National Encaustic Conference Workshop, Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA

2008 (pending) Panelist- Gallerists- Second National Encaustic Conference Workshop, Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA

2008 (pending) Presenter- 3D Demonstration- International Encaustic Association Annual Retreat, Carmel, CA

2008 (pending) Panelist- International Encaustic Association Annual Retreat, Carmel, CA

2008 Guest Lecturer, University of Arizona Department of Art, Carrie Seid’s Professional Practices Class

2006 Guest Artist , "Exploring at the Edge" PaperWorks Book and Paper Artists Collective, Tucson, AZ

2006 Panelist, Artist/Gallery Relationships Forum- Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ

2006 Juror, Pima College Annual Student Exhibition - Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006 Guest Lecturer, University of Arizona Department of Art, Barbara Rogers' Professional Practices Class

2004-Present Artist/ Production Assistant, Simon Donovan, Tucson, AZ

2004 Encaustic Painting Demonstration, Tucson Artist’s Guild, Tucson, AZ

2004 Co-Curator,‘Death & Taxes’ Benefit Auction- Lambert House, Seattle, WA

2001 Visiting Art Instructor, Puget Sound Community School, Seattle, WA

2000 Faculty- Images of Hope, Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle, WA

Selected Commissions

Publications/Media

2007 Encaustic In Tucson and Beyond, Arizona Illustrated KUAT-TV Channel 6, March 6.

2006 Three of A Kind- Feature Story on Tucson Encaustic Artists by Mark Mesari, Tucson Home Magazine - November, p. 44

2006 Juggling Art & Administration- Djamila Grossman, Arizona Daily Star, January 26

2006 New Gallery on 4th Avenue- Arizona Illustrated, KUAT-TV Channel 6, January 10

2005 Waxing Artistically- Margaret Regan Tucson Weekly, September 22-28

2005 The Bee’s Knees- Margaret Regan Tucson Weekly, May 19-25

2005 Lanning Gallery to Highlight Encaustic Painter, Miles Conrad- KUDOS AZ, July 6 p. 13

2005 Now Showing- p. 149 The Tucson Guidem Winter 2005-06



	Miles Conrad - Artist Statement My work is best described as biomorphic abstraction, closely informed by a tradition of feminist, post-minimalist sculpture. I recycle industrial materials and found objects into relief-based encaustic forms referencing the body as it relates to injury, trauma and the apparatus of pathology. I am interested in invoking the ways these are sublimated within the body and the ways in which they fail to be fully contained. Resume Education 2009 MFA Candidate- (Pending) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2000 Citizen Leaders Institute- Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle, WA 1999 BA Liberal Arts- Non Profit Leadership – Antioch University Seattle, WA 1998-1992 Painting- California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Exhibitions Solo: 2006 BioSlice, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 2006 Extractions, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 Hive: Modified, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 2005 The Language of Texture, Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ 2005 Hive, (In Collaboration with Corbin Frame) Shane House, Tucson, AZ 2005 Fracture, Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005 Direct from Nature, FALA Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 Specimen, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 2003 New Work, Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Horizon, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 2003 Emerging Artist, Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ 2002 Emergence, Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA 1992 Thesis Exhibit, Cal Arts, Lime Gallery, Valencia, CA Group: 2008 (pending) The Diptych Project - A Collaboration in Wax- Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 (pending) The Diptych Project - A Collaboration in Wax- Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME 2008 (pending) The Diptych Project - A Collaboration in Wax- Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA 2008 (pending) Wane- Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA Curated by Joanne Mattera 2007 Relative Geometries, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 Guts, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2007 Facsimulacra, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2007 Chow Fun, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2007 National Encaustic Exhibit, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA 2007 Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 SFAI Now, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA 2007 Off The Grid: New Directions in Wax, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA 2006 Impulse, National Encaustic Invitationa, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR 2006 Chow Fun, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2006 Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006 Bonfire of the Vanitas, Etherton Gallery, Temple of Music and Art Tucson, AZ 2004 Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004 Miles Conrad/ Claire Parfit, LGBT Community Center, Seattle, WA 2003 Downtown Invitational, Herberger Theater Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ 2003 Stroke: A Brazenly Queer Art Show, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA 2002 Miner Gallery, Seattle, WA 2002 Premier Exhibition, LGBT Community Center, Seattle, WA 2002 Stroke: A Deliciously Queer Art Show, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA 2001 Stroke: A Shamelessly Queer Art Show, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA 2001 A Gender Odyssey, Conference Exhibition, Doubletree Hotel, Seattle, WA 2000 Smith Tower First Floor Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA 1991 The Queer Show II, Cal Arts, Tatum Gallery, Valencia, CA 1990 The Queer Show I, Cal Arts, Tatum Gallery, Valencia, CA 1989 Foundation Show, Cal Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Valencia, CA Professional Experience 2008 (pending) Instructor- Off the Wall: Encaustic in Three Dimensions- Second National Encaustic Conference Workshop, Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA 2008 (pending) Panelist- Gallerists- Second National Encaustic Conference Workshop, Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA 2008 (pending) Presenter- 3D Demonstration- International Encaustic Association Annual Retreat, Carmel, CA 2008 (pending) Panelist- International Encaustic Association Annual Retreat, Carmel, CA 2008 Guest Lecturer, University of Arizona Department of Art, Carrie Seid’s Professional Practices Class 2007 Guest Lecturer, The Artist as Gallerist- University of Arizona 2006 Guest Artist , "Exploring at the Edge" PaperWorks Book and Paper Artists Collective, Tucson, AZ 2006 Panelist, Artist/Gallery Relationships Forum- Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ 2006 Juror, Pima College Annual Student Exhibition - Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006 Guest Lecturer, University of Arizona Department of Art, Barbara Rogers' Professional Practices Class 2005-Present Director/Curator, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004-Present Artist/ Production Assistant, Simon Donovan, Tucson, AZ 2004 Encaustic Painting Demonstration, Tucson Artist’s Guild, Tucson, AZ 2004 Co-Curator,‘Death & Taxes’ Benefit Auction- Lambert House, Seattle, WA 2001 Visiting Art Instructor, Puget Sound Community School, Seattle, WA 2000 Faculty- Images of Hope, Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle, WA Selected Commissions 2006 Simmons Home Design- Tucson, AZ 2006 Quadracci- Oro Valley, AZ 2006 Glennon- Tucson, AZ 2006 Ecker- Las Vegas, NV 2006 Linehan- Oro Valley, AZ 2003/5/06 Ware- Richmond, VA 2004 Marks- Seattle, WA 2001/03/06 Muro- Seattle, WA 2003 Lambert House- Seattle, WA Publications/Media 2007 Encaustic In Tucson and Beyond, Arizona Illustrated KUAT-TV Channel 6, March 6. 2006 Three of A Kind- Feature Story on Tucson Encaustic Artists by Mark Mesari, Tucson Home Magazine - November, p. 44 2006 Juggling Art & Administration- Djamila Grossman, Arizona Daily Star, January 26 2006 New Gallery on 4th Avenue- Arizona Illustrated, KUAT-TV Channel 6, January 10 2005 Waxing Artistically- Margaret Regan Tucson Weekly, September 22-28 2005 The Bee’s Knees- Margaret Regan Tucson Weekly, May 19-25 2005 Lanning Gallery to Highlight Encaustic Painter, Miles Conrad- KUDOS AZ, July 6 p. 13 2005 Now Showing- p. 149 The Tucson Guidem Winter 2005-06





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