Conor Dowdle
Bio: Conor Dowdle (b. 1993, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a visual artist who lives and works in New York City. He received his BFA from the University of Denver. His artwork has been featured in New American Paintings and is in the permanent collections of the University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He has been awarded grants and fellowships from Ellen Gelman, Jacques and Natasha Gelman, Columbia University, Midway Contemporary Art, and the Andy Warhol Foundation.
www.conordowdle.com
Instagram: @conordowdle
Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: In his recent paintings, Conor Dowdle uncovers and estranges the historical antecedents of our image-ruled world. Dowdle investigates visual culture through a study of historical painting typologies— depictions of social space, intimacy and friction, the heroic and its inverse. Dowdle makes observational drawings that act as source material which get recomposed and translated into large scale oil paintings. The aim of this process is to understand how art historical images affect contemporary lived experience, making the familiar feel strange and the strange feel enchanted.
L to R: Duo Divorce Club (57" x 60", Oil on linen, 2022); The Order of Multiple Adjectives, Noun (58" x 78", Oil on canvas, 2023); Blue Note (30" x 40", Oil on canvas, 2023); A Horse Apiece (Wedge), (66" x 72", Oil on linen, 2023)
First Year Exhibition
That's Us - Wild Combinations (70" x 66" x 2", Oil on linen, 2022)
