Conrad Egyir b. 1989 Accra, Ghana
EDUCATION
2018 MFA in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Ox-Bow School of Arts and Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2015 B.A, Judson University, Elgin, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Successions and Reflection, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Homemade, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
Art Prize 2018, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
ARC: Emerging Artists, NCA Gallery, Detroit, MI
Spring Annual Group Exhibition, Next Step Studio Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Treachery of Images, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Touch Me, Hold Me, Squeeze Me, Photo Hangar, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017 MOCAD Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
What Did You Do Last Summer, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Incubator Opening, Talking Dolls, Detroit, MI
Spring Annual Group Exhibition, Next Step Studio Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Remedies, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Stick It, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2018 Museum Acquisition Award, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Director's Award. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
ACRE Residency, Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions, Steuben, WI
Ox-Bow School of Arts and Artist Residency, Fall Artist-in-Residence, Saugatuck, MI
2017 Talking Dolls, Artist-in-Residence, Detroit, MI
2016 Edith Smilack Scholarship, Merit Recipient, Cranbrook, MI
2014 Best in Fine Art Award, Judson University, IL
COLLECTIONS
2018 Cranbrook Art Museum
Jimenez-Colon Collection
Rennie Collection
SELECTED PRESS
http://www.lscgallery.com/conrad-egyir-successions-and-reflections-heirs-of-a-new-country
https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/artists/conrad-yaw-egyir
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2018/04/27/cranbrook-graduate-degree-exhibition-openstudios-institute-science-house-ash-arder-conrad-egyir-anna-young-michael-hodges/34329963/
https://hyperallergic.com/439213/cranbrook-academy-of-art-2018-graduate-degree-exhibition/
https://cranbrookart.edu/2018/05/cranbrook-academy-of-art-students-receive-more-than-250000-in-awards/
http://photos.metrotimes.com/30-metro-detroit-artists-you-should-be-following-on-instagram