Conrad Bakker
Visual Art
Urbana, IL
Conrad Bakker makes carved/painted sculptures and paintings of everyday objects, installing them in specific sites, consumer contexts, and gallery exhibitions so as to reveal and critically comment upon the political economies and relational networks between persons, things, and places.
Bakker has exhibited his work internationally in venues that include Galerie Analix Forever (Geneva), Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France, Tate Modern (London), Fargfabriken Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture (Stockholm), the New Museum (New York), the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (Chicago), The Flag Art Foundation (New York), Contemporary Art Museum Houston, The Warehouse (Dallas), Shed Projects (Cleveland), in mailboxes, via eBay auctions, and on his front lawn. His work has been the subject of articles and reviews in Art Press, Frieze, Contemporary, Flash Art, Art Forum, Art World Magazine, ArtUS, Art Papers, Sculpture, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The New Yorker magazine. Bakker has been awarded individual artist fellowships from the Creative Capital Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Program.
Recent projects include: Untitled Project: In Search of Lost Time w/ Galerie Analix Forever at Galeristes, Paris, France, Untitled Project: Hi-Touch [VHS] + Sign [Blockbuster] @ The Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Untitled Project: La Chocolaterie [La Boutique, L’Atelier, Le Journal] @ Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland, Untitled Project: Robert Smithson Library @ International Objects, New York, Untitled Project: Bouquiniste @ Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, and Untitled Project: Copy Shop @ The Weather Station, Lafayette, IN.