Connor
Dolan
Statement
With an almost neurotic curiosity about the world, fact-finding and Wikipedia click holes entertain me as much as anything. Consequently, my artwork often centers on a captivating figure I’ve stumbled across and expands outward to incorporate more complicated materials and sometimes misunderstood subject matter that lies beyond everyday familiarity. Things like radiation, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, germs, GMOs, and even narcotics are all fascinating yet unnerving. While often considered outright dangerous, I present these technologies as complex tools—able to accomplish both evil and good with the right oversight and regulation.
Elegant and striking visuals in my work function as an icebreaker for deeper engagement with these topics. I utilize sleek, modern, and post-minimalistic materials, often employing repetition and symmetry in my hybridized works in addition to strategic flashes of supersaturation. These can manifest as either sculpture or painting, in which pigment and binder chemistry is of particular importance.
Biography
Connor Dolan is an artist born in Miami, Florida and currently resides in South Florida after receiving a degree in Painting at Washington University in St. Louis. His creations are often scientific and research heavy, but aesthetic forward and driven by deep curiosity about the natural and mechanical world. Connor sometimes works with hard-to-obtain materials, leading him to frequently communicate with the EPA and OSHA as well as a network of overseas suppliers and consultants to obtain items that are often highly regulated. His work has been shown at galleries in St. Louis, Kansas City, South Florida, and Los Angeles. Connor’s work has been featured by Dazed Korea and Sculpture Magazine among other publications. Three Cubic Feet of Stone, Blood, and Meat—the artist’s first solo show—opened at MONACO Gallery in St. Louis in September 2022.
CV
Connor Dolan
Born in 1998, Miami, FL. USA. Lives and works in South Florida.
EDUCATION
2023
B.F.A. Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis MO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Three Cubic Feet of Stone, Blood, and Meat, MONACO, St. Louis MO
2020
Yvette Michelle Studio, Ft. Lauderdale FL (canceled: covid)
Bona Gallery, Wilton Manors FL (canceled: covid)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
SOFT SHELL, Los Angeles CA
GOBSMACKED, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis MO
Women in Philosophy: Power and Prominence, Wilson Hall, St. Louis MO
2022
Cyborg Environmentalism, Sapien Gallery, Kansas City MO
2021
Bilingual: Abstract and Figurative, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis MO
Zero Empty Spaces Gallery (Gulfstream), Hallandale FL
Only Briefly, Forest Park, St. Louis MO
Stay Back, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis MO
2019
Provocative Art Show, Tedd’s ART Works, Wilton Manors FL
Stonewall Pride Kickoff Party, The Manor, Wilton Manors FL
2017
Lauderdale Yacht Club Art Show, Ft. Lauderdale FL
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023
Hazel H. Huntsinger Memorial Prize in Painting, St. Louis MO
2022
International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement In Contemporary Sculpture Award
(Honorable Mention), Hamilton NJ
Residency Project's Artist Retreat @ 1303, Silverton CO
2019
Best in Show, Tedd's ART Works, Wilton Manors FL