Career
He was featured as one of several artists (including Kehinde Wiley and poet, Nikki Giovanni) in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery 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 Smithsonian Institution. In 2011, he was featured and curated the G scale train exhibit in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s, Art in The Streets survey of graffiti and street art
His Blank Canvas train paintings are in multiple collections, including the Norfolk Southern Corporation"s headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.
Conlon has recently exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, along with shows and projects in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Paris, Bordeaux and Berlin. Conlon’s art can be found on the streets of Washington, District of Columbia in city-sponsored public art projects.
Cruel Summer, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City (Group) 2014
Transit, Vertical Gallery, Chicago (Group) 2014
One Track Mind, The Seventh Letter, Los Angeles 2014
Pump Maine Up: District of Columbia Subculture of the 1980s, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia (Group) 2013
Art in the Streets, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles Multimedia over Coax Alliance ), 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, District of Columbia (Split) 2010
Recycled Meaning: Oil and Water, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia (Group) 2009
BOMBS AWAY!, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin (Curator/Group) 2009
MANIFESTHOPE:District of Columbia, The Manifest Hope: District of Columbia Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia (Group) 2009
Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia (Group) 2008
400ML Project, Maison des Métallos, Paris (Group) 2008.