Conor Collins

Conor Collins is a Manchester based artist who uses unconventional materials and techniques in his art in order to express meaning and messages in his work. Conor’s work has appeared in publications such as TIME Magazine and been shortlisted for the Celeste Art Prize and winning the START Art Prize which saw him exhibiting at BOZAR (Brussels). Collectors of Conor’s work include Stephen Fry, Ian McKellen and Giorgio Armani.
Conor has in the past used materials such as HIV Positive Blood, Diamond Dust, Written Words and more in order to convey a strong social or political message. His work challenges the ideas of aesthetic beauty and political rhetoric. As such his work has exhibited both in Galleries and The Speakers House of the House of Commons (UK).
Conor continues to challenge both himself and the boundaries of what art should/should not do. He hopes in time to create a platform where the voices of creatives are as influential for social change as the politicians making changes into law.

Conor is a self taught artist, with a degree in Opera from the Royal Northern College of Music - UK

Under Our Skin - Brixton Tate (Group) 2026
Art as a response to Mental Health (Group) Online 2025
Manchester Open (Group) HOME Manchester 2024
Art as a response to Mental Health (Group) Doncaster Art Fair 2023
Art Out - Queering the Pandemic (Group) Gulfport Library, Florida 2022
New Light Art Prize Tour (Group) Multiple UK Locations 2020 - 2021
Superbia (Group) Manchester 2019
Shape Open (Group) Ecology Pavilion Mile End 2017
Celeste (Group) Bargehouse OXO Tower 2017
Winter Pride (Group) Islington Arts Factory 2016
Freedom to Donate (Solo) The House of Commons 2016
OutsideIn (Group) Pallant House Gallery 2012
British Artists (Group) Cloud Gallery Fine Art 2012
Perspective (Group) Curious Duke Gallery 2011