Conny Purtill
Exhibitions, CV, Press
Conny Purtill (b. 1969, Phoenix, AZ) is an artist and book designer who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Purtill has exhibited most recently at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; Florence Loewy, Paris; Ecole D’art et de Design, Geneva; Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; Vox Populi and Temple Gallery at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, both in Philadelphia. Select performances have been presented at Renwick Gallery, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and WIELS, Brussels.
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Putty Must, 2020
graphite on excised page from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
7h x 8 3/4w in
17.78h x 22.23w cm
CP_2020_05
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Putty Must, 2021
graphite on found paper
7h x 9w in
17.78h x 22.86w cm
CP_2021_09
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2021
watercolor and graphite on found paper
12h x 7 3/4w in
30.48h x 19.68w cm
CP_2021_12
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Smoker, 2021
watercolor and graphite on found paper
12h x 7 3/4w in
30.48h x 19.68w cm
CP_2021_13
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2021
watercolor and graphite on found paper
12h x 7 3/4w in
30.48h x 19.68w cm
CP_2021_14
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2021
watercolor and graphite on found paper
12h x 7 3/4w in
30.48h x 19.68w cm
CP_2021_15
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Juggler, 2021
watercolor and graphite on found paper
12h x 7 3/4w in
30.48h x 19.68w cm
CP_2021_16
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape re-drawing, 2021
graphite on found paper with nail
8 3/8h x 5 3/8w in
21.27h x 13.65w cm
CP_2021_17
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Kite 1, 2022
drawing on found paper, bamboo
12h x 9w in
30.48h x 22.86w cm
CP_2022_04
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Conny Purtill
4 drawings in Karl Martens "Tokyo Papers", 2020-21
watercolor and graphite on book pages
12h x 8 1/2w in
30.48h x 21.59w cm
CP_2022_10
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Barry McGee and Conny Purtill
The Ground: Untitled, 2019
acrylic, gesso, India ink, and pencil on canvas
22h x 17w in
55.88h x 43.18w cm
BM_CP_02
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Carroll Dunham and Conny Purtill
The Ground: Untitled, 2017-18
mixed media, gesso, India ink, and pencil on canvas
22h x 17w in
55.88h x 43.18w cm
CD_CP_01
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Jay Heikes and Conny Purtill
The Ground: Z, 2015
asphaltum, gesso, India ink, and pencil on canvas
22h x 17w in
55.88h x 43.18w cm
JH_CP_02
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Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Conny Purtill
Table of Contents, 2014
gesso, India ink, pencil, acrylic, oil, paper, glazed ceramic and found plate on canvas
17h x 22w in
43.18h x 55.88w cm
JJH_CP_01
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Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Conny Purtill
The Ground: Under the Table, 2019
mixed media, glazed ceramic, gesso, India ink, and pencil on canvas
24h x 18w x 4 1/2d in
60.96h x 45.72w x 11.43d cm
JJH_CP_03
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Josiah McElheny and Conny Purtill
The Ground: Sun Ra’s Color Time (Blue Black over Blue), 2015
hand rubbed casein paint, colored oil pencil, gesso, India ink, pencil on canvas
22h x 17w in
55.88h x 43.18w cm
JMCEL_CP_01
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Josh Rickards and Conny Purtill
Pink Plaid, 2009
flashe, gesso, India ink, and pencil on canvas
22h x 17w in
55.88h x 43.18w cm
JR_CP_01
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Matthew Ritchie and Conny Purtill
The Ground: Chicken of Destiny, 2016
oil, china marker, gesso, India ink, and pencil on canvas
17h x 22w in
43.18h x 55.88w cm
MR_CP_01
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: 2 drawings in “James Lee Byars: Perfect Is My Death Word”, 2010
graphite on book pages
7 1/2h x 7 1/2w in
19.05h x 19.05w cm
CP_21
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: 2 drawings in “A Drawing Show”, 2014
graphite on book pages
8 3/4h x 5 3/4w in
22.23h x 14.61w cm
CP_22
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: 56 drawings in “Brice Marden, Book of Images, 1970”, 2015-2016
graphite on book pages
7h x 4 1/4w in
17.78h x 10.79w cm
CP_23
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: 3 drawings in “Sherrie Levine”, 2015
graphite on book pages
13h x 8 3/4w in
33.02h x 22.23w cm
CP_24
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: On Rummy, 2016
collage
9 3/4h x 12 1/2w in
24.77h x 31.75w cm
CP_27
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Richard Rummy, 2012
collage
12h x 9 1/2w in
30.48h x 24.13w cm
CP_28
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Conny Purtill
Sam Fox, 2009
pine, birch, steel, nylon, and oil stick
31h in
78.74h cm
CP_03
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
8 3/4h x 7 1/16w in
22.23h x 17.94w cm
CP_2018_17
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
8 3/4h x 7 1/16w in
22.23h x 17.94w cm
CP_2018_22
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite and kite string on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
8 3/4h x 7 1/16w in
22.23h x 17.94w cm
CP_2018_32
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite and collage on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
8 3/4h x 7 1/16w in
22.23h x 17.94w cm
CP_2018_19
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
8 3/4h x 7 1/16w in
22.23h x 17.94w cm
CP_2018_20
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
7 1/16h x 8 3/4w in
17.94h x 22.23w cm
CP_2018_23
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
7 1/16h x 8 3/4w in
17.94h x 22.23w cm
CP_2018_26
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, 2018
graphite and kite string on excised pages from “End Pages” by Nick Herman
7 1/16h x 8 3/4w in
17.94h x 22.23w cm
CP_2018_21
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2017_06
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2017_08
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2017_13
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2017_14
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2017_15
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2018_04
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2018_06
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Conny Purtill
The Ground: Landscape, n.d.
graphite on found paper
7 1/2h x 6w in
19.05h x 15.24w cm
CP_2018_07