| MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
| BA Honours Fine Art (First Class), University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK. |
| Foundation Studies in Fine Art (Distinction), Cumbria College of Art & Design, Carlisle, UK. |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
| 2016 | The 2016 Exhibition (with Mick O'Dea), Claremorris Gallery, Ireland. |
| 2015 | Fragments from an Enclosure, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron. |
| 2015 | Intrusion, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York. |
| 2015 | Retreat, University Gallery, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland. |
| 2013 | Redoubt, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ireland. |
| 2012 | Full Spectrum Dominance (with Roberto Visani), Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami. |
| 2011 | The Judgement of History, Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects, New York. |
| 2010 | On Foreign Soil, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta. |
| 2009 | Towards an Eternal Dawn, Gallery Karas, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia. |
| 2008 | Green & Pleasant Land, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta. |
| 2007 | New Arcadia, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York. |
| 2006 | Purity, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago. |
| 2006 | Social Security, Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyneside, UK. |
| 2005 | A New Order, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta. |
| 2004 | Civil Abuse, Ratio 3, San Francisco. |
| 2004 | Cul-De-Sac, GFL Gallery, New York. |
| 2004 | By Imperial Design, Red Dot Gallery, New York. |
| 2002 | Drawings, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. |
| 2002 | Paintings, NFA Space, Chicago. |
| 2000 | Conflicted Views Part II: Retribution, NFA Space, Chicago. |
| 1998 | State Portraits, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago. |
| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2015 | RE/Viewing Jerusalem, Al-Hoash and Old City, Jerusalem. |
| 2014 | The Jerusalem Show VII: Fractures (Qalandiya International Biennial), Jerusalem. |
| 2014 | IK-00: The Spaces of Confinement, Casa dei Tre Occi, Venice, Italy. |
| 2013 | Biennial of Contemporary Art D-O ARK Underground, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| 2011 | First Class/Second Class, Asya Geisburg Gallery, New York |
| 2009-10 | Archiving Place & Time: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement, Holden Gallery at Manchester Metropolitan, Manchester (UK); Wolverhampton Art Museum (UK); Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown (N. Ireland). |
| 2009 | Partisan, Curated by Mary Jane Jacob for Art Chicago, Chicago. |
| 2008 | State of the Union, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago. |
| 2008 | New Works on Paper, OH+T Gallery, Boston. |
| 2007 | Time Sensitive Material, IMPACT 5 Conference, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2007 | Spectral Evidence, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. |
| 2006 | Seeing the Invisible, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy. |
| 2006 | Liquid Paper, Ratio 3, San Francisco. |
| 2005 | After Effects, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NY. |
| 2005 | Summer Pleasures, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California. |
| 2005 | Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York. |
| 2005 | Dark Nature Part II, Chashama Gallery, New York. |
| 2004 | The New Collusion, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. |
| 2003 | Phantom Arch, White Columns, New York |
| 2003 | Re:Figure, Gahlberg Gallery, MacAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, Illinois. |
| 2002 | Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| 2000 | Unlimited Partnerships Part II: Culture & Conflict, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY. |
| 2000 | Agitator, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago. |
| 2000 | 15th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, Illinois. |
| 1998 | G2 Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago. |
| 1996 | Northern Print at the Hatton, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. |
| 1996 | Conflict, Coventry Gallery, London, UK. |
| 1995 | New International Contemporaries, Exhibition Centre, Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 1995 | Smart, Curtain Road Arts, London |
| 1994 | Northern Exposure, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia. |
| Selected Writing & Editorial Work |
| 2007-Present | Editor, Curated Spaces, Radical History Review. Duke University Press. |
| 2016 | "Fragments from an Enclosure," IK-00: The Spaces of Confinement, Katerina Chuchalina & Vladislav Shapovalov, Eds, Marsilio Press. |
| 2015 | "Fragments, Layers and Temporal Disruption: Observations on Milcho Manchevski's Work in Film" and "Time, Narrative and Representation: Milcho Manchevski's Work in Performance and Photography," Manchevski Monograph, Marina Kostova, Editor, Bitsia Systems & Ars Lamina, Skopje, Macedonia. |
| 2015 | "A Communique from the Bunker," 126 Quarterly, Issue 1, Daniel Jewesbury Editor. |
| 2014 | "The NSK State and the Collective Imaginary" and "Division and Enclosure: Frankie Quinn's Peaceline Panorama Photographs", The Design of Frontiers: Control and Ambiguity, Carolyn Loeb and Andreas Luescher, Eds, Ashgate Press. |
| 2013 | Co-Editor, Radical Histories in Digital Culture, Radical History Review Issue 117, Duke University Press. |
| 2012 | "The First NSK Citizen's Congress in Berlin: A Summary", State in Time, Edited by IRWIN, Drustvo NSK informativni center, Ljubljana and Dolenjski Muzej, Novo Mesto. |
| 2012 | "Milcho Manchevski: 5 Drops of Dream", Exhibition Essay, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, June. |
| 2012 | "The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Nebojsa Seric Shoba," Radical History Review Issue 112, Duke University Press. |
| 2011 | "A Summary of the First NSK Citizens' Congress in Berlin," State of Emergence, Edited by Alexei Monroe, Plöttner Verlag. |
| 2011 | "The State as a Utopian Gesamtkunstwerk: A Summary of the First NSK Citizens' Congress in Berlin," The Brooklyn Rail, June. |
| 2010 | "Macedonian Mythmaking: In Conversation with Milcho Manchevski," with Dario Solman, The Brooklyn Rail, December. |
| 2010 | "30 Years of Art, Ideology and Provocation: An Interview with Laibach," with Dario Solman, The Brooklyn Rail, May. |
| 2010 | Co-Editor, Taking Sides: The Role of Visual Culture in Situations of War, Occupation and Resistance, Radical History Review, Issue106, Duke University Press. |
| 2009 | Co-Editor, The Irish Question, Radical History Review Issue104, Duke University Press. |
| 2007 | "Omission, Silence and Purity," Ruminations on Violence, Edited by Derek Pardue, Waveland Press. |
| 2007 | "Pia Lindman's New York Times 09/02-09/03," Radical History Review Issue 98, Duke University Press. |
| 2004 | "Art & Power: Culture as a Battleground," The New Collusion, Catalogue, Chicago. |
| Books, Journals & Catalogues |
| 2010 | Archiving Time & Place: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement, Catalogue, MCAC, N. Ireland. |
| 2009 | Towards an Eternal Dawn, Catalogue, Gallery Karas, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia. |
| 2009 | Drain: Journal of Contemporary Art & Culture, Issue 09 Cruelty, Art Projects |
| 2007 | Inaugural Exhibition: Eleven Artists, Catalogue, Claremorris Gallery, Ireland. |
| 2006 | Radical History Review Issue 95, New Imperialisms, Duke University Press. |
| 2005 | Radical History Review Issue 93, Homeland Securities, Duke University Press. |
| 2005 | Eleven Eleven (1111): Journal of Literature and Art, Volume 2, California College of the Arts. |
| 2005 | American Art, A Cultural History, Bjelajac, David, Second Edition, Pearson Inc. |
| 2004 | The New Collusion, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Council, Chicago. |
| 2003 | Cuirt Annual, Culture & Conflict Group: Settlement, Galway Arts Centre (Ireland). |
| 2003 | Re:Figure, Catalogue, Gahlberg Gallery, DuPage, Illinois. |
| 2003 | Poetry Review, Vol 92 No 4 Winter 2002/3, UK. |
| 2002 | 2002 Biennial Exhibition, 2002 Whitney Biennial Catalogue, Whitney Museum of Art. |
| 2001 | Cepa Journal, 'The Culture & Conflict Group', Davis, Lyell & Nickard, Gary, May. |
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| Selected Reviews, Interviews & Articles |
| 2014 | Fadda, Reema Salha & Saracine, Nour K, 'Jerusalem Show VII: Report', Ibraaz, November 27. |
| 2014 | Franceshini, Silvia, 'The Spaces of Confinement', Domus, August. |
| 2013 | 'Watch: Yugoslav Communist Leader Josip Broz Tito's Bunker Turned into a Modern Art Museum',
Agence France-Press, May 2. |
| 2012 | Nguyen, Trong Gia, 'Interview with the Artists: Full Spectrum Dominance', ArtSlant, April 13. |
| 2012 | Braithewaite, Hunter, 'Full Spectrum Dominance at Carol Jazzar', Whitehot Magazine, April. |
| 2012 | Tschida, Anne, 'Brooklyn at Jazzar', Miami Herald, March 12. |
| 2012 | Wollenweber, Heike, 'Heike Wollenweber Visits Full Spectrum Dominance', Miamiartzine.com, March 7. |
| 2010 | McClintock, Diana 'Conor McGrady: Atlanta', Review, Art Papers, July/August. |
| 2010 | Hocking, Bree, 'Visual Arts Review: Archiving Place and Time', Culture Northern Ireland (Online), April 19. |
| 2009 | Lukic, Neva, 'Conor McGrady, Gallery Karas; Dario Solman, Gallery PM', Vijenac, (Croatia) Oct 22. |
| 2009 | Kis, Patrica, 'Guests from America at Karas and PM Galleries', Jutarnji List (Croatia), Oct 6. |
| 2008 | Artner, Alan, 'Images Take on A Haunting New Life', Chicago Tribune, October 31. |
| 2008 | Feaster, Felicia, 'New York based Painter Delves into a Harsh World at Saltworks', Creative Loafing, Feb 27. |
| 2008 | Oates, Leah, 'An Interview with Painter Conor McGrady', NY Arts, Jan-Feb. |
| 2007 | McDermott, Peter, 'Policing the Populace' The Irish Echo, Oct 31-Nov 6. |
| 2007 | Cyphers Wright, Jeffery, 'The Perennial Allure of Allegorical Black and White', Chelsea Now, Nov 23 – 30. |
| 2006 | Hawkins, Margaret, 'Lines Drawn Fiercely in McGrady's Purity', Chicago Sun-Times, July 28. |
| 2006 | Artner, Alan, 'Uniforms, Government Buildings in Colorless World of Ominous Quiet', Chicago Tribune. July 28. |
| 2006 | Camper, Fred, 'A Black-and-White Worldview', Chicago Reader, July 21. |
| 2006 | Lewis, Tamzin, 'Starkness Coloured by Life Experience', The Journal (UK), April 6. |
| 2005 | Feaster, Felicia, 'A Place to Call Home', Creative Loafing Atlanta, November 16. |
| 2005 | 'Conor McGrady: A New Order,' The Week, March 11. |
| 2005 | Feaster, Felicia, 'Architecture of Doom', Creative Loafing Atlanta, February 2. |
| 2005 | Orden, Abraham, 'Conor McGrady at Ratio 3,' Flash Art, January-February.
Interview with Tania Ketenjian, KALX Radio, Berkeley & WPS1 Art Radio Online, Nov 28. |
| 2004 | Stein, Lisa, 'Re:Figure Plays with Figurative Painting', Chicago Tribune, May 2. |
| 2004 | Pollock, Barbara,' Phantom Arch', Time Out New York, July 17-24. |
| 2003 | Interview on 'Settlement' Exhibition, Rattlebag, RTE Radio 1, Ireland, April 24. |
| 2003 | Interviewed with Artists in 'Settlement' Exhibition, Radio Foyle, Derry, N. Ireland, Jan 30. |
| 2002 | Noble, Kevin, 'Questioning Subject: An Interview with Conor McGrady', The Thing, (Online) June. |
| 2002 | Stein, Lisa, 'Tresses the Hairy Topic of Cut, Pulled Art Show', Chicago Tribune, Sept. 27. |
| 2002 | Yood, James, 'Conor McGrady – NFA Space/Chicago Cultural Center', Artforum, May. |
| 2002 | Gioni, Massimiliano, 'The Whitney Biennial: All the Small Things', Flash Art, May/June. |
| 2002 | Strauber, Alan, 'Art Entices Eyes, Ears at Whitney Museum', Ploughkeepsie Journal, May. |
| 2002 | Strickland, Carol, 'Whitney Pushes Boundaries of Modern Art', The Christian Science Monitor,
March 29. |
| 2002 | Artner, Alan, 'Drawings Unite in One Environment', Chicago Tribune, March 28. |
| 2002 | Artner, Alan, 'Art Review – Conor McGrady', Chicago Tribune, March 22. |
| 2002 | Smith, Alicia, 'Artist's Memories Inspire Universal Emotions', Lerner News, March 13-14. |
| 2002 | Saltz, Jerry, 'American Bland Stand', The Village Voice, March 7. |
| 2002 | Plagens, Peter, 'This Man Will Decide What Art Is', Newsweek, March 4. |
| 2002 | Lopez, Ruth, 'Three Area Artists to Shine in NY's Whitney Biennial', Chicago Tribune, March 3. |
| 2002 | Hinkel, Joanne, 'Chicagoans at the Whitney Biennial', F News Magazine, March. |
| 2002 | Noll, Damien, 'The Self, Ourselves, Considered', Metropolis Section, Chicago Journal, Feb 28. |
| 2002 | 'Artist From Northern Ireland for Whitney', Art News, CIRCA Art Magazine, Ireland, Feb. |
| 2001 | Noble, Kevin, 'Political Aesthetics: The Culture & Conflict Group', Fortnight, Belfast, Sept. |
| 2000 | Mutscheller, Charles, Conflicted Views: Part II', New Art Examiner, Nov. |
| 2000 | Tejada, Roberto, 'Unlimited Partnerships: Collaborations in Contemporary Art Part II', Artvoice,
Nov 30 – Dec 6. |
| 2000 | Rausa Fuller, Janet, 'Thirteen Rising Stars', Sunday Chicago Sun Times, Oct 8. |
| 2000 | Whelan, Peader, An Phoblacht (Ireland), August 10. |
| 1997 | Gruber, Jennifer, 'Painter's Strokes Color a world of Brutal Emotions', Irish American Post, Sept. |
| Awards |
| 2009 | Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant |
| 2009 | FACE Croatia, The Fund for Croatian Arts and Cultural Exchange |
| 2003 | Stipend, Woolworth Building Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York. |
| 2002 | Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago. |
| 2000 | Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago. |
| 2000 | Ragdale Foundation/Union League and Civic Arts Foundation Fellowship. |
| 2000 | Jurors Award, 15th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial. |
| 1996 | Northern Arts Small Assistance Award, UK. |
| 1996 | Lawlor Foundation, UK. |
| 1996 | Prince's Trust Award, UK. |
| 1995 | Northern Print Studio Graduate Bursary, UK. |
| Residencies |
| 2015 | Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron. |
| 2015 | RE/Viewing Jerusalem Residency, Al-Hoash, Jerusalem. |
| 2003 | Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Residency at the Woolworth Building, New York. |
| 2002 | Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois. |
| 2000 | Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois. |
| Collections |
| National University of Ireland Galway |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. |
| Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia (Time Sensitive Material Portfolio). |
| Belfast Media Group, N. Ireland |
