About
Conor Martin is a Wisconsin-based multimedia illustrator and designer who is just as comfortable crafting gallery works which reflect the ironies and paradoxes of American culture as he is creating eye-catching concert posters and imaginative glimpses into spectacular fictional worlds.
Education
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York — BFA In Art, Minor in American Studies — Class of 2022
Cornell University AAP NYC Program, New York, New York — Spring 2020
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia — Rising Star Program, Summer 2017
Experience
Quality Manager, Epic Systems; Madison, Wisconsin — 2023-Present
Assistant Photography Lab Manager, Cornell University; Ithaca, New York — 2019-2022 — Managed the Cornell Art Department photography darkroom while assisting students with their own work, working with darkroom chemicals, and repairing photography equipment. Promoted to Assistant Manager in August 2021.
Studio Assistant, Brooklyn, New York — 2020 — Assisted Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Paul Lee in his studio; prepared and conceptualized pieces for his show Divided at the David Shelton Gallery in Houston, Texas.
Selected Exhibitions
2021 — Group Exhibition, Uncharted Territory, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca NY
2021 — Group Exhibition, Dog Breakfast, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca NY
2022 — Curator, Resistance is Personal: The Photobook as Protest, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca NY
2022 — Group Exhibition, Bound Books: Unbound, Olive Tjaden Hall, Ithaca NY
2022 — Solo Exhibition, Cowboy Country: Characters in Context, Olive Tjaden Hall, Ithaca NY
2022 — Group Exhibition, B.F.A.T.H.E.S.I.S Show, Olive Tjaden Hall, Ithaca NY