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Day swim
John Stark
The Diver September - October 2024
Nick Ervinck
Nick Ervinck
GNI-RI_DC2024 April 10 - May 24, 2024
SELECT: Thomas Downing: Blue and Gold
SELECT: Thomas Downing: Blue and Gold
February 2024
Erik Thor Sandberg
Erik Thor Sandberg
Strange Attractors January 31 - March 22, 2024
Gualtiero Passani
Gualtiero Passani
Women through November 4, 2023
Reunion:
Reunion:
Sam Gilliam, Alma Thomas, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Hilda Shapiro Thorpe, Gene Davis October 11 through December 9, 2023
HOWARD MEHRING
HOWARD MEHRING
Radiant June - August 2023
SELECT | John Stark: The March of the Demons into the City
SELECT | John Stark: The March of the Demons into the City
through April 2023
As Above so Below
John Stark
Feed Your Demons + exhibition essay March 15 -April 29 2023
night vision
Maria Friberg
Silent Revolution + artist interview January / April 2023
Erik Thor Sandberg: A Question of Balance
Erik Thor Sandberg: A Question of Balance
through December 2022
Hunger
SELECT | JJ McCracken: Fruit for Geophages
HUNGER October - November 2022
Kenneth Victor Young: Beyond
Kenneth Victor Young: Beyond
October - November 2022
Jessica Maria Hopkins: Barriers
Jessica Maria Hopkins: Barriers
September - October 2022
Sheldon Scott hammock with tar
Sheldon Scott: Altar of Repose: I'm gonna lay down ...
June 20 - August 6, 2021
SELECT | Erik Thor Sandberg : Interlude
SELECT | Erik Thor Sandberg : Interlude
Summer 2022
online: limited edition prints
online: limited edition prints
Lichtenstein, Warhol, Haring, Oldenburg, Christo, Rauschenberg, Wesselmann ongoing Fall Winter 2022/23
Howard Mehring: From the Gestural to the Sublime
Howard Mehring: From the Gestural to the Sublime
March - June 2022
ERIK THOR SANDBERG: Construct
ERIK THOR SANDBERG: Construct
October-November 2021
Hunter Black Swan
SELECT | Kenny Hunter: Black Swan
December - January 2022
SELECT | Sheldon Scott: no. 1 man
SELECT | Sheldon Scott: no. 1 man
August-September 2021
Beacon
Beacon
Chul Hyun Ahn, Susan MacWilliam, Francis Ruyter, Leo Villareal, Wilmer Wilson IV July - September
SELECT | Erik Thor Sandberg: New Drawings
SELECT | Erik Thor Sandberg: New Drawings
June - July 2021
HOWARD MEHRING: CUTTING EDGE
HOWARD MEHRING: CUTTING EDGE
April - June 18, 2021
jessica marie hopkins determination
Jessica Maria Hopkins: Determination
March - April 2021
Kenneth Victor Young
Kenneth Victor Young
Inner Space / Outer Space February - March 2021
Gene Davis, Gothic Seasaw
SELECT | GENE DAVIS: GOTHIC SEESAW
December 2020
Howard Mehring, Untitled, 1958
Howard Mehring: Brilliance
October - December 2020
J.J. McCracken, Mouth of the Scold
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
September - November 2020
Gene Davis Untitled 1957
ACCESS | Gene Davis: Early Paintings
December 2019
Hopkins November 2
ACCESS | Jessica Maria Hopkins: Equinox
November - December, 2019
KATE FITZPATRICK  Unmoored  2018, acrylic paint, cotton thread on canvas, 6 x 9 feet
ACADEMY 2018
our annual online MFA / BFA invitational December 28, 2018 - February 28, 2019
Erik Thor Sandberg Short Supply (detail), oil on panel
brickandmortar
Janet Biggs, Maria Friberg, Kenny Hunter, Julie Roberts, Susan MacWilliam, Erik Thor Sandberg, Wilmer Wilson IV, Sheldon Scott December 20, 2018 – March 20, 2019
1013 O street sign
Wilmer Wilson IV / Erik Thor Sandberg / Sheldon Scott
recent works by appointment Summer 2018 June / July 2018
JEN NOONE  Vacation  2016, Suave "Ocean Breeze" body wash soap, 42 x 23 x 23 inches
ACADEMY 2017
our annual online MFA / BFA invitational September / October 2017
ELIZABETH ELSIE SHANNON There is No Zipper 2016, inkjet print, 32 x 44 inches.
ACADEMY 2016
our annual MFA / BFA invitational September 2016
JANET BIGGS The Persistence of Hope (video still)
THE PERSISTENCE OF HOPE
October 14 - November 30, 2015
FEDERICO SOLMI American Circus (Installation view) 2014, 3 video painting, acrylic paint on plexiglass, gold and silver leaf, video loop
AMERICAN CIRCUS
Federico Solmi May / June 2015
ENDURING ALIVE AND PRESENT installation
ENDURING | ALIVE AND PRESENT
Katie Miller | Agniet Snoep April 12 – May 31, 2014
Maria Friberg_Between Solitude and Belonging_Installation view: CONNERSMITH
BETWEEN SOLITUDE AND BELONGING
Maria Friberg February 15 – March 29, 2014
KOEN VANMECHELEN Leaving Paradise 2013. Installation view: CONNERSMITH.
LEAVING PARADISE
Koen Vanmechelen May 4 – June 29, 2013
JULIE ROBERTS and KENNY HUNTER  Nothing Lasts Forever 2012. Installation view: CONNERSMITH.
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
Kenny Hunter and Julie Roberts October 27 – December 22, 2012
LISA RUYTER Let us now Praise Famous Men 2012. Installation view: CONNERSMITH.
LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
Lisa Ruyter September 8 – 20, 2012
ACADEMY 2012 Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
ACADEMY 2012
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational July 7 – September 18, 2012
JANET BIGGS A Step on the Sun 2012, 5 channel video installation, run time: 9:22. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
KAWAH IJEN | DOMESTIC EXCHANGE
Janet Biggs | Wilmer Wilson IV March 17 – May 5, 2012
PATRICIA CRONIN Memorial to a Marriage 2012, bronze, 17 x 26.5 x 53 inches. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
BODIES AND SOUL | DIE VETTERN
Patricia Cronin | Lina Vargas de la Hoz, Iris Christine Aue, Evi Leuchtgelb and Christa Aistleitner February 3 – March 10, 2012
PATRICIA PICCININI The Welcome Guest 2011. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
THE WELCOME GUEST | SCENES OF MILD PERIL
Patricia Piccinini | Victoria F. Gaitán November 5 – December 17, 2011
ERIK THOR SANDBERG Reparatory Gestures 2011. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
IS REALISM RELEVANT? | PLUNDER
REPARATORY GESTURES: Erik Thor Sandberg | WHEN DISASTER STRIKES: Nathaniel Rogers | THE FANCY OF BABES: Katie Miller | Lauren Frances Adams September 10 – October 22, 2011
JEREMY KOST Between the Lines 2011. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
BETWEEN THE LINES | COMING HOME | ALL THAT GLITTERS | A UNIFIED THEORY OF EVERYTHING | AWNING STUDIES: FLORIDA AVENUE, NE
Jeremy Kost | Joe Ovelman | Geoggrey Aldridge | Jeremy Flick | Patrick McDonough May 14 – July 2, 2011
ZOË CHARLTON Paladins and Tourists 2011. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
PALADINS AND TOURISTS | STRESS CONE | ASCENSION/IMMERSION
Zoë Charlton | Mia Feuer | Coble/Riley Projects March 19 – April 30, 2011
CORDY RYMAN Windowboxing 2011. Installation view, Conner Contemporary Art.
WINDOW BOXING | HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
Cordy Ryman | Brandon Morse January 5 – March 5, 2011
FEDERICO SOLMI Douche Bag City 2010. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
DOUCHE BAG CITY
Federico Solmi October 30 – December 18, 2010
JOHN KIRCHNER Infinity 2010, installation and live performance. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
INFINITY | MERCURIUS DUPLEX | RECENT VIDEOS
John Kirchner | John Stark | Susan MacWilliam September 11 – October 23, 2010
DEAN KESSMAN Art as Paper as Potential 2010. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
TRANSMISSION | ART AS PAPER AS POTENTIAL
Maria Friberg | Dean Kessman March 20 – May 8, 2010
KOEN VANMECHELEN Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (DC) 2009. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
COSMOPOLITAN CHICKEN PROJECT (DC)
Koen Vanmechelen November 7 – December 31, 2009
HOWARD MEHRING and MORRIS LOUIS Conversations in Lyrical Abstraction 2009. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
CONVERSATIONS IN LYRICAL ABSTRACTION
Morris Louis, Alma Thomas, Howard Mehring, Jeremy Blake and Leo Villareal September 17 – October 31, 2009
ACADEMY 2009 Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
ACADEMY 2009
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational August 1 – September 4, 2009
KENNY HUNTER Like Water in Water 2009. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
LIKE WATER IN WATER | THE LAST VIKING
Kenny Hunter | Nathaniel Rogers May 30 – July 25, 2009
ERIK THOR SANDBERG Cyclical Nature 2009. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
CYCLICAL NATURE | ARCHITECTURAL INTERSECTIONS | ENTRE EL DIOS, EL DIABLO
Erik Thor Sandberg | Dean Kessmann | Isaac Maiselman April 4 – May 23, 2009
ZOË CHARLTON Family 2008-9. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
FAMILY | WAR | VIDEO
Zoë Charlton | David Levinthal | Gabriel de la Mora November 14, 2008 – January 10, 2009
LEO VILLAREAL  New Works 2008. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
RECENT WORK (INAUGURAL BUILDING EXHIBITION)
Leo Villareal: New Work September 27 – November 9, 2008
NATHANIEL FINK Evan (from Check Out These Guns) 2008, C-print, 15 x 15 inches.
ACADEMY 2008
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational July 11 – August 27, 2008
PAUL CHAPMAN Foot Washington Project: 01 2006, video, run time: 24:11
ACADEMY 2007
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational July 6 – August 18, 2007
MARY COBLE Aversion 2007, performance. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
AVERSION
Mary Coble May 18 – June 30, 2007
ALL OVER PAINTINGS / FROM THE COLLECTION OF VINCENT MELZAC installation: Conner Contemporary Art
ALL OVER PAINTINGS / FROM THE COLLECTION OF VINCENT MELZAC
Howard Mehring April 13 – May 12, 2007
MARK BENNETT New Drawings 2007. Installation view: Conner Contemporary Art.
NEW DRAWINGS
Mark Bennett March 2 – April 7, 2007
MATTHEW SUTTON The Kudzu Project May 2007. Installation view: interior, Conner Contemporary Art.
THE KUDZU PROJECT
Matthew Sutton March 1 – August 1, 2007
LEO VILLAREAL  Origin  2006, LEDs, circuitry, microcontrollers, aluminum and wood, 80 x 320 x 3 inches inches. Installation View: CONNERSMITH.
LEO VILLAREAL
November 3 – December 22, 2006
ACADEMY 2006
ACADEMY 2006
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational August 4 – 26, 2006
Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry CUT
CUT
Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry June 23 – July 29, 2006
AVISH KHEBREHZADEH A Swim Movie in Theater
AVISH KHEBREHZADEH
May 5 – June 17, 2006
Brandon Morse Static
STATIC
Brandon Morse March 17 – April 29, 2006
WHIPPERSNAPPERS installation view
WHIPPERSNAPPERS
Fatima Hoang, Michael Magnan, Maki Maruyama, Annie Schap, Zach Storm and Matthew Sutton February 3 – March 11, 2006
Dean Kessmann Plastic on Paper
PLASTIC ON PAPER
Dean Kessmann January 4 – 31, 2006
WAYNE GONZALEZ | EDITIONS FAWBUSH
WAYNE GONZALEZ | EDITIONS FAWBUSH
November 4 – December 17, 2005
note to self install
HOMO BULLA (MAN IS A BUBBLE) | NOTE TO SELF
Julee Holcombe | Mary Coble September 9 – October 22, 2005
Academy 2005 install
ACADEMY 2005
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational September 5 – 27, 2005
Villareal_Columns 2 (4)_2005
COLUMNS 2 | CERTAIN DISTANCE
Leo Villareal | John Kirchner June 18 – July 30, 2005
kehinde whitemadonna of the rosary
WHITE | SABEEN RAJA
Kehinde Wiley | Sabeen Raja May 7 – June 11, 2005
CS still lives 2005 Maria Friberg Install
STILL LIVES
Maria Friberg April 1 – 30, 2005
Joe Ovelman snow queens CS install
SNOW QUEEN | NEW WORK
Joe Ovelman | Chul Hyun Ahn March 4 – 26, 2005
Scott Treleaven install
WHO ARE YOU AN AGENT FOR?
Scott Treleaven January 15 – February 19, 2005
Erik Thor Sandberg Place
ERIK THOR SANDBERG
Painting November 19 – December 23, 2004
WORKS IN COLOR | OTIS
WORKS IN COLOR | OTIS
Kenny Hunter | McCallum + Tarry October 22 – November 17, 2004
Harry Shearer video still
FACE TIME
Harry Shearer October 8 – 16, 2004
Avish Khebrehzadeh A Swim Movie in Theater
AVISH KHEBREHZADEH
Avish Khebrehzadeh September 10 – October 5, 2004
academy 2004
ACADEMY 2004
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational September 6 – 28, 2004
seven more things we like install
SEVEN MORE (THINGS WE LIKE)
June 2 – July 31, 2004
CS_Leo Villareal exhibition_2004
LEO VILLAREAL
May 15 – June 26, 2004
kessmann installation
COVER TO COVER
Dean Kessman February 19 – March 27, 2004
5-YEAR < RETRO
A Survey of Artwork Exhibited During Our First 5 Years December 5, 2003 – January 31, 2004
CIVIC ENDURANCE - Billy
CIVIC ENDURANCE
McCallum + Tarry October 11 – November 22, 2003
ACADEMY 2003
August 1 – 23, 2003
Willard Scott drawing
SEVEN (THINGS WE LIKE)
July 4 – 26, 2003
Bennett_at the picture show_installation
AT THE PICTURE SHOW
Mark Bennett May 1 – June 1, 2003
CS AM DC install
AM DC
Maria Friberg May 1 – June 1, 2003
NEW AMERICAN LANDSCAPE install
NEW AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Mary Woodall | John Kirchner February 27 – March 29, 2003
Pop and Op Art
P[OP]
Pop and Op Art January 21 – February 22, 2003
CS_Digital Light Sculpture_2002_install
DIGITAL LIGHT SCULPTURE
Leo Villareal November 1 – December 14, 2002
ACADEMY 2002
Annual MFA / BFA Invitational August 2 – 23, 2002
Andrew Wollner, made in china
MADE IN CHINA
Andrew Wollner July 1 – 27, 2002
boberg himmel Sky V
HIMMEL
Oliver Boberg May 16 – June 22, 2002
Kenny Hunter chase the devil
CHASE THE DEVIL
Kenny Hunter May 3 – June 22, 2002
BETWEEN THE BENIGN install
BETWEEN THE BENIGN
John Kirchner March 15 – April 21, 2002
David Levinthal the wild west
THE WILD WEST: 1986 - 2002
David Levinthal February 1 – March 10, 2002
Anne-Lorraine Bousch women boxers
WOMEN BOXERS
Anne-Lorraine Bousch December 2 – 30, 2001
Morris Louis fish
ON PAPER
Morris Louis, Gene Davis and Thomas Downing November 1 – 30, 2001
Tracey Moffitt some lads
SOME LADS
Tracey Moffitt October 3 – 30, 2001
johns Corpse and Mirror
EDITIONS
Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg and Ellsworth Kelly July 5 – 29, 2001
Edward McHugh split block
NEW WORKS
Edward McHugh March 17 – April 17, 2001
Andy Warhol, flashback
FLASHBACK
Andy Warhol November 18, 2000 – January 23, 2001
Damien Hirst last supper
THE LAST SUPPER
Damien Hirst September 23 – October 28, 2000
opie
THE "O" PORTFOLIO SCULPTURE | SCULPTURE
Catherine Opie | John Kirchner June 2 – July 5, 2000
Robert Indiana, number 3
NUMBERS, LOVE + OTHER ETERNAL CONCEPTS
Robert Indiana March 4 – April 1, 2000
Andrew Wollner, traverse
MEASURING UP: PAINTING + SELF IDENTITY + CONFORMITY
Andrew Wollner February 4 – 25, 2000
Serrano
NEW EDITIONS
Master Print December 1 – 30, 1999
SEVEN  (things we love)
SEVEN (things we love)
the summer group show: a selection of works by gallery artists Mark Bennett, Kenny Hunter, Susan MacWilliam, Joe Ovelman, Erik Thor Sandberg, Sheldon Scott, Wilmer Wilson IV August - September 2020