Tim Conlon (born 1974 in

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) is an American artist and

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known for large-scale murals and works on canvas. He was featured as one of several artists (including

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and poet,

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) in the

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exhibit, ''Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture'', which included four large graffiti murals painted by Conlon and collaborator, David Hupp in 2008. This marked the first modern graffiti ever to be in the

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. In 2011, he curated the G scale train exhibit in the

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’s, ''Art in The Streets'' survey of graffiti and street art. In 2020 his work was featured in

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first ever Hip-Hop Auction. Conlon also produced the 2021 documentary, ''Rolling Like Thunder'', a film about freight train graffiti produced by Mass Appeal and released on

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. His Blank Canvas train paintings are in multiple collections, including the

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's headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Conlon's art can be found on the streets of Washington, D.C. in city-sponsored public art projects. Conlon has exhibited at the

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, along with shows and projects in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, London, Paris, Bordeaux and Berlin.

Exhibitions

*''Tracks of Time'', Control Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Solo) 2023 *''BEYOND THE STREETS Shanghai,'' Jingan International Center, Shanghai, China (Group) 2023 *''BEYOND THE STREETS London,''

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, London, England (Group) 2023 *''Sotheby's Hip Hop Auction,''

, New York, New York (Group) 2020 *''BEYOND THE STREETS NYC,'' 25 Kent, New York, NY (Group) 2019 *''BEYOND THE STREETS,'' Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA (Group) 2018 *''Moniker Art Fair,'' The Old Truman Building, London, UK (Group) 2017 *''Between the Lines'', Roman Fine Art, East Hampton, NY 2017 *''Cruel Summer'',

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, New York City (Group) 2014 *''Transit'', Vertical Gallery, Chicago (Group) 2014 *''One Track Mind'', The Seventh Letter, Los Angeles 2014 *''Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s'',

, Washington, DC (Group) 2013 *''Art in the Streets'',

(LA MOCA), Los Angeles (Group) 2011 *''Sanrio's Small Gift'', Miami (Group) 2010 *''The Underbelly Project'', New York City (Group) 2010 *''les grandes Traversées'', Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux (Group) 2010 *''Black in Black'' w/ Mark Jenkins, The Fridge, Washington, DC (Split) 2010 *''Recycled Meaning: Oil and Water'',

, Washington, DC (Group) 2009 *''BOMBS AWAY!'', Strychnin Gallery, Berlin (Curator/Group) 2009 *''MANIFESTHOPE:DC'', The Manifest Hope: DC Gallery, Washington, DC (Group) 2009 *''Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture'', Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (Group) 2008 *''400ML Project'', Maison des Métallos, Paris (Group) 2008

Bibliography

* Gastman, Roger. BEYOND THE STREETS. May 2018. * LTD. Sanrio Company, and Roger Gastman. Hello Kitty, Hello Art! Abrams, October 2012. * Workhorse, PAC, and Haze. We Own the Night: The Art of the Underbelly Project. Rizzoli Books, February 2012. * Deitch, Jeffrey, Roger Gastman, and Aaron Rose. Art in the Streets. Skira Rizzoli, April 2011. * Gastman, Roger and Caleb Neelon. The History of American Graffiti. Harper Design, April 2011. * Boone, Jobyl A., Brandon Fortune, and Frank H. Goodyear, III. RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 2008. * Gastman, Roger, Darin Rowland, and Ian Sattler. Freight Train Graffiti. Harry N. Abrams, June 2006. * Gastman, Roger. Enamelized. R77 Publishing, June 2004.

References

External links

Official website
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