Mary Conrad lives and works in San Francisco and West Marin County, California. Her work investigates social infrastructure through the use of vernacular materials such as neon signage, plastic and packaging.
Solo shows include Immaterial at Ictus Gallery, San Francisco, and Lapidary Terrarium at Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco. Group shows include In The Fullness of Time: 20th Anniversary Show at the Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco. She also recently installed a sculpture as part of the Tenderloin National Forest/Luggage Store Annex where she had completed a residency in 2006. Mary served on the board of Southern Exposure.
She received her Bachelors of Arts, cum laude in English Literature from Cornell University and a Masters of Architecture from Columbia University after attending the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Born in the United States, Conrad lived abroad for many years in France and Indonesia, as well as childhood in Sri Lanka.
