1995
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts (Honors)
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

Hydras, BioScience Research Center (BRC) at Rice University,
commissioned by Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, TX

2019    
Airspace, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX
 

2016 
Silent h, Central Features Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2015 

Exact Nature, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX

2014 

Sites and Settlements, Behal Fejer Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
 

2013
Ley Lines, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX

2011
Splits, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX
On Tenterhooks, (Curated by Marie Heilich), Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Construct, Art Palace, Houston, TX

2007
The solid matter of a celestial body, (catalog) Clough‐Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Hollow Mountain, (catalog) Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2005
Open Maps, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020    
Animal Crossing, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2018  
40 Years of Discovery: The Gifts of Clint Willour. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX

2017    
Works on Paper, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX

2016 

Drawings, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY

2014 

In/Situ, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL (Curated by Renaud Proch)
Artadia Anniversary Exhibition, Longhouse Projects, New York, NY (Curated by Gianni Jetzer)

2013
On Drawing, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX

2012 

Not-Not-Not Image-Objects, (Curated by Rachel Cook), Meulensteen, New York, NY

2011 

Related Clues, Inman Gallery, Houston, TXVista, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

Heat Island, (Curated by Natalie Campbell), Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY 

Soft Power, (Curated by Elizabeth Hirsch and Amanda Friedman), Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY

PODS Project, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, 

TXSouthern Pacific, (Curated by Paul Middendorf), Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
 

2010 

It’s Better to Regret Something You Have Done…, Art Palace, Houston, TX 

Jillian Conrad and Jeff Foerster, Houston Art Alliance, Houston, TX

Core Residency Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
 

2009 

Diamond Life, (Curated by Kurt Mueller), Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, TX 

Core Residency Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX 

Colliding Islands, (Curated by Louise Rollins), Cast Gallery, Hobart, Australia

Interface Nature, (Curated by Andrea Horisaki‐Christens), Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY

2007 

Here and Elsewhere, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

Art Daze Group Show, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

2006 

Drift, Bronx River Art Center, NY, NY. Curator: Eileen Torpey

2004 

A Moveable Feast, Boston Art Windows Project, Boston, MA. Curator: Karine Jouenne
Fresh Greens, Wilkinson Building, Providence, RI
MFA Thesis Show, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

2003 

New Sculpture, Grant Selwyn Gallery, NY, NY
Summer Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI. Curator: Debra Balken
Welcome to Our Fantasy, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI. Curator: Erin Harmon



GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2022    
Dora Maar House (France), Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Faculty Development Leave (Sabbatical), University of Houston, Houston, TX

2020    
Small Grant, Department of Research, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Impact Grant, Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2017-2018  
Faculty Development Leave (Sabbatical), University of Houston, Houston, TX

2015

Governor's Island, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York NY

 

2013 

Artadia Award, New York, NY

2011 

Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2008‐2010 

Core Program Artist in Residence, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX 

2008 

Triangle International Artist Residency, New York, NY
 

2007‐2008 

Lower Eastside Printshop Keyholder Residency, New York, NY

2007 

Santa Fe Art Institute Artist in Residence, Santa Fe, NM
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, to support Santa Fe Art Institute Artist in Residence, New York, NY
 

2006‐2007

Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, New York, NY

2006 

Artist in the Marketplace Program (AIM), Bronx Art Museum, Bronx, NY
Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT

2005 

Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, Omi, NY 

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Arts, Red Wing, MN
Community Learning Grant, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

2005‐2006 

Humanities Development Committee Grant, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

2002‐2004 

S.L.Y. Herman Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2003 

DataTel Scholarship, DataTel Corporation, Fairfield, NJ
Vermont Studio Center, Scholarship Recipient, Johnson, VT

2000 

All School Honors: Outstanding First‐Year Student Award, California College of Art, Oakland, CA



TEACHING
2009‐present 

Associate  Professor and Chair, Sculpture, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Courses include: Graduate Studio, Art & Magic, Artists in the Studio, Sculpture and Drawing, Fundamentals of Sculpture 

2007‐2008 

Graduate Studio Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2007 

Sculpture Workshop, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
 

2006‐2008 

Artist Teacher, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY

2004‐2006

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sculpture, Full Time, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

2004 

Instructor, On Location: Everyday Landscapes, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI



SELECTED LECTURES AND VISITS

2020    
Art & Magic, Pandemic Salon with Danielle Tegeder

2018

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

CUNY, New York, NY
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2017

Menil Collection, Houston, TX

2011 

Rice Gallery, Houston, TX

2010 

The Menil Collection, Houston, TXBlaffer Gallery, Houston, TX
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX

2009 

University of Houston, Houston, TX
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Kendall College, Grand Rapids, MI

2007 

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2006 

Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

2005 

Red Wing Arts Association, Red Wing, MN


 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Yau, "A Studio Visit with Jillian Conrad", Hyperallergic, 9 June 2020.
Christopher French, “On Drawing: Line”, catalogue, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX, June 2013
Molly Glentzer, “Jillian Conrad Lays Tracks with Ley Lines”, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, June 2013
Jennifer King, “Jillian Conrad, Devin Borden Gallery”, ArtForum, March, 2012
Marie Heilich, “On Tenterhooks”, catalog essay, Hunt Gallery, St. Louis MO, 2012

Rachel Hooper, “Jillian Conrad”, ...might be good, #162, February, 2011
Melissa Venator, “Jillian Conrad”, Art Lies, #68, Spring, 2011
Rachel Hooper, “Musings on Antinomies in Art”, Art Lies, #64, Winter, 2009
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Frederic Koeppel, “ Elegance in 3D at Clough‐Hanson”, Memphis Commercial Appeal, November, 2007
Tom Sleigh, “Sequins and Cardboard”, catalogue essay, Real Art Ways,Hartford, CT, 2007Hamlett Dobbins, “The solid matter of a celestial body”, catalogue essay, Clough‐Hanson Gallery, Memphis, TN 2007 Christine Temin, “Windows of Opportunity for Boston, Artists”, Boston Globe, August, 2004