Terry Conrad American

Terry Conrad’s prints bear the history of their materials from the inks on the paper to the printing press used to produce them. This responsive art process pulls objects from the environment into the production of the prints, making them inextricable from the final artwork. Conrad’s prints preserve a moment in the lifespan of the materials and signal a new start. As time passes, both biomarkers and the prints continue to develop and transform; as the inks oxidize during the printing process, their colors change. Copper, for example, turns bright sea foam green. The hue’s evolution continues throughout the print’s lifetime as it interacts with the oxygen and humidity in its environment.

Terry Conrad lives and works in New York and Iowa. He received his BFA from Alfred University and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He is a 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Drawing, Printmaking and Book Arts. He was the 2015-16 Grant Wood Fellow in Printmaking He is an Assistant Professor in Printmaking at the University of Iowa. Terry has also been in group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has been awarded residencies at The Elizabeth Murray Residency (New York), Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium), Penland School of Craft (North Carolina) and the Vermont Studio Center.