Jean Conner
Jean Conner (b. 1933) creates intimate, whimsical collages featuring images of women and the natural world, often appropriated from magazines and advertisements. Conner emerged as part of a small but influential Bay Area scene in the 1950s and ’60s, and until recently, has rarely shown her work in public. Conner’s work is included in the public collections of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
Born 1933, Lincoln, Nebraska
Lives and works in San Francisco
EDUCATION
BFA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
MFA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
California Elementary Teaching Certificate, San Francisco State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, California
2015
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2008
Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York
2006
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Bird & Beckett, San Francisco
2005
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
1998
Café ?, San Francisco
1996
Café ?, San Francisco
1994
Café ?, San Francisco
1980
Glen Park Branch Library, San Francisco
1978
Glen Park Branch Library, San Francisco
1973
City Lights, San Francisco
1961
City Lights, San Francisco
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, ASSEMBLED: Bruce Conner / Jean Conner / Anonymous / Anonymouse / Emily Feather / Signed in Blood
2018
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, West by Midwest; curated by Charlotte Ickes and Michael Darling
2017
Karma, New York, Jean Conner, Wally Hedrick, Deborah Remington, Franklin Williams
2015
American University, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC, YES! Glue: A Half-Century of Collage by Bruce and Jean Conner
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2014
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco
2013
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2012
DiRosa Preserve, Santa Rosa, California
Smith Andersen Gallery, San Anselmo, California
2011
Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
1978
Higher Grounds, San Francisco
1973
Jacqueline Anhalt Gallery, Los Angeles, Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and His Circle
1972
Quay Gallery, San Francisco
1959
Spatsa Gallery, San Francisco
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Publications
2017
Jean Conner, Wally Hedrick, Deborah Remington, Franklin Williams
Karma, New York
60 pages
11 × 8 1/2 inches, softcover
