Tony Conrad

Anthony Schmaltz "Tony" Conrad (March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016) was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher and writer. His career began in the early 1960s. He was a pioneer of both structural movie and drone music.^[2] Support for Conrad's work came from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the State University of New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad at the DeStijl/Freedom From Festival in Minneapolis-Saint Paul in October 2003.
Born	Anthony Schmaltz Conrad[1] (1940-03-07)March 7, 1940 Concord, New Hampshire, United States[1]
Died	April 9, 2016(2016-04-09) (aged 76) Cheektowaga, New York, United States
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation(s)	Experimental filmmaker, musician/composer
Website	Tonyconrad.net

Conrad had been a faculty member in the State University of New York at Buffalo since 1976. He continued to teach there in the Department of Media Study^[3] as well as work on many notable B&W film image projects with Princess G. St. Mary until his death in 2016.

Conrad died in Cheektowaga, New York on April 9, 2016 at age 76 after fighting prostate cancer.^[4]