JIM CONDRON, from the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education is an Adjunct III in Studio Arts, Foundations. Please congratulate Jim on his most recent success with two shows running simultaneously:
You never wash it off completely, recently opened at Wilson College and runs until December 15, 2019. “Condron’s sculptures and assemblage constructions are pieces where nostalgia, stamina, repression, chance, expression, and vitality are in visual dialogue with the ephemeral materials of life that people and institutions choose to preserve or collect to create a legacy. Each work in the show is engaged with the history of Wilson College, art, and literature and examines shared and personal histories.” Read more…
Trash talk: a history in assemblage, is at the Delaware Contemporary Museum runs until November 11, 2109. “Over 40 sculptures and paintings by contemporary artist Jim Condron explore the ephemeral materials of life one chooses to collect. Nostalgia, remorse, repression, stamina, chance and vitality intermingle with paint, thickening mediums, solvents, adhesives, remnants, wood, foam, cement, scrap metal, plastic, repurposed animal fur, clothing, mannequins and trash cans through these operatic paintings and assemblage constructions.” Read more…
Recent review: BroadStreetReview.com
Originally from Long Island, NY and Connecticut, Jim Condron earned his MFA at the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art (2004) and a BA in Art and English from Colby College, Waterville, ME (1992). He also studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture (1993-’95). Since 1993, Condron has studied with Rohini Ralby, the artist’s mentor. His work appears nationally and internationally in galleries and museums as well as in corporate, university, public and private collections.
