For his first solo show with the gallery David Raymond Conroy will be showed a number of works that dealt with framing and re-framing existing material. The original source material is drawn from the creative output of others, both professionals and amateurs, from literature or art, blog articles or Youtube clips. His aim is not to usurp ownership but rather to engage with those artists and run alongside them in an effort to investigate the role and importance of mediating material: introductions, interpretations and presentations. Conroy is interested in the role of the fan, the pundit, and the enthusiast, and how one engages with their opinions in relation to one's own, if it is possible to separate the two. Over the course of the exhibition he alsogave two talks about genius and influence.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Anti Photography, Focalpoint Gallery, Southend-on-sea, England
2009
It was part of it before. And now., Seventeen, London
2009
For all it was he and not, Schnittraum // Lutz Becker, Cologne, Germany
2009
All Alteration can be Made, We Do Art!!!, Atelier Espace Delrue, Nantes, France
2008
The Distance From Here To There, Tricycle Gallery, London
2007
David Raymond Conroy, Hay Gallery, Colchester Institute, Colchester
2007
Assisted Readymades, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Exquisite Corpse, Core Gallery, London
2010
Ueli Alder, David Raymond Conroy, Lilly Mcelroy, Cecile Weibel, Dienstgebäude, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Contemporary Art Theory, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2009
Late Night Radio - Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London
2009
It’s a Mess and Most Probably Irreversible, Jotta, London, England
2009
Creekside Open, A.P.T. Gallery, London
2009
Contested Ground, 176, London
2009
Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da, London
2008
Matter of Time, James Taylor Gallery, London
2008
The Brotherhood of Subterranea, Kunstbunker, Nürnberg, Germany,
2007
King Fisher’s Tales, Union Gallery, London
2007
Art Gene Open Prize Exhibition, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
2007
The Great Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
2007
Underground, Subway Gallery, London
2007
Evangelisch Katholisch VI (finale), Galerie Montgomery, Berlin, Germany
2007
Kunstwurst, Café Gallery Projects, London
2007
After Afterlife, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
2006
Pinocchio Related, Accademia Di Belle Arti Di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2006
Art Below Zero, Westbourne Studios, London
2004
Surface Photography Prize, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2002
Four Possibilities For A Museum (as part of INTERSTELLAR), National Centre For Popular Music, Sheffield
2001
Tree Stripped Bare (as part of INTERSTELLAR), S1 Artspace, Sheffield
2001
If It Seems Like I’m Getting Smaller It’s Because Your Leaving Me Behind, (solo show) Sumo Gallery, Sheffield
EDUCATION
2005 - 2007
MA Fine Art (Printmaking), Royal College of Art, London
1997 - 2000
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Combined Media Arts), Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
