Alli Conrad (b. 1995) is a Chinese-American artist based in Los Angeles who specializes in simplified realism oil paintings. Conrad describes her work as nostalgic and romantic. In her artistic process, she sources historical photographs and contemplates their relationship to time and how they play with fiction and non-fiction. Conrad extracts figures, specifically unknown women, found in the photographs to examine the impact of identity, femininity and modern culture. She is particularly interested in their body language, silhouettes, and outfits. For Conrad, an outfit’s fabric and folds are very much alive, vocal, in motion, and a container for an indirect emotion. In her canvases, she zooms in and crops the “effortless” folds in the clothing as well as the subject’s hands, examining how they adapt, modify, and move. Through the absence of her faceless characters, Conrad is drawn towards the clues and stories held in both clothing and hand gesture - elements she believes are “just as alive as humans" creating an endless possibility of narratives. 

ALLI CONRAD

b. 1995 USA

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

SOLO EXHIBITION HISTORY 

2023    “Altar Boy!”| Août Gallery                                                       Beirut, Lebanon

2024    TBA                                                       Los Angeles, CA

GROUP EXHIBITION HISTORY

2024      “Gentle Glow” | Mint Gallery                                       Munich, Germany

2024      “7th Annual Bozo Family Hoedown” | BozoMag Gallery                           Los Angeles, CA

2024 “As Friends and Partners v2” | WOAW Gallery Singapore, SG

2024     “Dreams and Reflection” | Richard Heller Gallery                                       Los Angeles, CA

2023     LACE Benefit Auction                                                Los Angeles, CA

2023     Estampa Art Fair | Galería Yusto/Giner                                               Madrid, ES

2023     “Adorned Self” | Sow & Tailor                                                  Los Angeles, CA

2023     “Vibrant Escape” | WOAW Gallery                                                  Hong Kong, HK

2023     Art Central Art Fair | Vain Projects                                                  Hong Kong, HK

2022     “Playa de Skid Row” | Shit Art Club                                                       Los Angeles, CA

2022     Impact: LA for Choice 2022 | Anat Ebgi Gallery                                         Los Angeles, CA

2020     Colors Of Lebanon | Freddy Seikaly                                                       Los Angeles, CA

2019     “Boiling Point” | Superposition Gallery                                              Los Angeles, CA

COLLECTIONS

2020 The Bunker ArtSpace Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody  West Palm Beach, FL

MURAL EXHIBITION HISTORY 

2021    UCLA Los Angeles, CA

2021    Full Service Coffee Co. Los Angeles, CA

2020    Arc Capital Partners Los Angeles, CA

2019 Jade Enterprises Los Angeles, CA

RESIDENCY

2022    RAMA Residency Lisbon, PT

PUBLICATIONS

2023 Juxtapoz Magazine San Fransisco, CA

2023 Overstandard Magazine Copenhagen, DK

2022 Cultured Magazine Los Angeles, CA

2021 Women’s Wear Daily Los Angeles, CA

2021 Made in Bed | Sotheby’s Institute Los Angeles, CA