550 N. Broadway
Lexington, Kentucky 40508
(859) 233-0960
http://www.bruceburris.com
Art Career Summary
Born
1955 Wilmington, Delaware
Education
1990-93 Visual Art Access, San Francisco, CA
l991 Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA
1990-91 Studied with Eleanor Dickinson, San Francisco, CA
1986-87 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1974-77 Nasson College, Springvale, ME
Solo Exhibitions
2000 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
1997 Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham, AL
1997 Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
1997 Carnegie Center, Covington, KY
1997 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1997 Carnegie Center, Lexington, KY
1997 Hip Joynt, Lexington, KY
1996 South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
1996 Macon Museum of Art and Science, Macon GA
1996 Hip Joynt, Lexington, KY
1995 Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Lexington, KY
1994 Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
1994 Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1994 North Country Museum of Arts, Park Rapids, MN
1994 Merced College, Merced, CA
1993 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
1993 Artville, Lexington, KY
1992 Pavel Vavrys Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic
1991 Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
1990 Anton Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Anton Gallery, Washington, DC
1988 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
1984 Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1983 Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington, DE
1982 Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Gallery 20, Wilmington, DE
1980 Newark City Building, Newark, DE
Group Exhibitions
1999 Tower/Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, Ky.
1999 Transylvania University "Words into Works 2" Lexington, KY
1999 Braunstein/Quay Gallery "Annual Group Show" SanFrancisco, Ca.
1998 Louisville Art Association "Voices from Home", Louisville, KY
1997 Hip Joynt, "Critics Choice", Lexington, KY
1997 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1997 South Bend Regional Museum of Art. "phat 50", South Bend, IN
1997 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Group Show", S.F., CA.
1997 Carnegie Center "From the Hills" Covington, Ky.
1996 Anton Gallery, "Annual Group Show", Wash., D.C.
1996 Light Factory, "Members' Exhibition", Charlotte, N.C.
1996 Delta Axis Gallery, "Surface Obsession", Memphis, TN 2. 1995 Braunstein/Quay
Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1995 The Santa Cruz Art League, "Solo Beach Show", Santa Cruz, CA
1995 Anton Gallery, "Annual Group Show", Wash., D.C.
1994 Leedy VouIkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1994 SECCA, SAF/NEA Fellowship Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
1994 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F,, CA
1994 Shasta College, "Braunstein/Quay Gallery Artists", Redding, CA
1994 IN VIVO Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1994 Anton Gallery, "Annual Group Show", Wash., D.C.
1994 Artville, "The Last Picture Show", Lexington, KY
1994 Three River Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Dublin Civic Center, "Transportation 580,680", Dublin, CA
1993 SOHO Beach Show, Watsonville, CA
1993 Hewlett Packard, "Made of Wood", Pale Alto, CA Dublin, CA, Walnut Creek, CA
1993 Artville, Lexington, KY
1993 Channel 34, "Articulated Spectation", Monmouth, NJ
1993 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1993 Anton Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", Washington, DC
1993 Foster City Museum of Art, Foster City, CA
1993 Chaminade Art Center, "Series XIII", Santa Cruz, CA
1993 Abattoir Gallery, "Relatively Speaking", Santa Cruz, CA
1993 University of Alaska, "Victims Exhibition", Anchorage, AL
1993 Santa Cruz Art League, "Points of View", Santa Cruz, CA
1993 Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992 San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
1942 Divaldo Pod Palmovka, "Looking At U.S.!", Prague, Czech Republic
1992 Eastern Washington University, "Human Condition Show", Spokane, WA
1992 Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Anton Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", Washington, DC
1991 LA ARTCORE, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Eastern Montana College, "Social Issues 1991", Bellingham, MT
1991 Fondo del Sol, Washington, DC
1991 Annex Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Wilder Gallery, Los Gates, CA
1991 Outside-In Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Anton Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", Washington, DC
1991 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1991 National Institute for Art and Disabilities, Richmond, CA
1991 101 Carl, San Francisco, CA
1991 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1991 Barriet and Morrison, "Beyond the Traditional Surface", San Francisco, CA
1991 Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1991 California Compensation Insurance Company, "Video Installation", Novato, CA
1940 San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
1990 Inside Out Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990 National Poetry Association, Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA
1990 Benicia Open, Benicia, CA
1990 101 Carl, San Francisco, CA
1990 Andrea Ruggieri Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1989 Rasmussen Art Gallery, Pacific Union College, Augwin, CA 1989 San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
1989 Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
1988 Webb and Parsons, Bedford Hills, NY
1988 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1986 Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
1985 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", S.F., CA
1985 Glastonberry Gallery, "S.F. Art Dealers Ass. Introductions '85", S.F., CA
1984 Delaware Biennial, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1984 Janet Fleisher Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", Philadelphia, PA
1983 State Theater, Newark, DE
1983 Deluxe Luncheonette, Newark, DE
1983 Janet Fleisher Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", Philadelphia, PA
1982 Janet Fleisher Gallery, "Annual Gallery Group Show", Philadelphia, PA
1982 Deluxe Luncheonette, Newark, DE
1982 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Gallery 20, Wilmington, DE
1982 Portland Art Building, Portland, ME
1982 State Theater, Newark, DE
Installations
Louisville Visual Art Association, "Voices From Home" , Louisville, Ky.
"Kentuckycycle" Venues include Lexington, Ky., Covington Ky., Birmingham, Al.
Auctions
1994-97 Light Factory, "Annual Auction", Charlotte, NC
1989-00 Hospitality House, "Annual Auction", Steven Wirtz Gallery, S.F., CA
1995-96 Richmond Art Center, "Annual Auction", Richmond, CA
1996 Southern Arts Federation Auction, Atlanta, GA
1994 Tri Delta Art for Charity, Houston, TX
1993 Headlands Center for the Arts, "Benefit: Tribute to Veronica", Sausalito, CA
1993 Santa Cruz County Museum of Art, Octagon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1992 KTEH Art Auction, San Jose, CA
1991 Vision Gallery, Art Auction for the National Center for Art and Disabilities, S.F., CA
Awards / Related Grants / Art Colonies
1998 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship
1998 and 2000 Kentucky State Arts Council, Al Smith Fellowship Professional Assistance Award
1996 New York Mills Arts Retreat and Regional Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
1998 and 1995 Community Art Development Grant, ARTREE Senior Arts: A Visual Arts Model, Lexington Arts and Community Council, Lexington, KY
1994 NEA/Southern Arts Federation 1994 Visual Arts Fellowship
1989 Painting Fellowship, Vermont Studio Colony, Johnson, VT
1988 Painting Fellowship.
1987 Painting Fellowship.
1983 Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching / Art Related Projects
1998-00 Director, Minds Wide Open art center, Lexington, Ky.
1999-00 Diversity Commitee, Kentucky State Arts Council
2000 Conflict Resolution Workshops, YMCA of the Bluegrass
1999 Very Special Arts Kentucky, Various Workshops
1998-99 Assoc. Director, Art for the Ages Lexington, Ky.
1998 "Encouraging the Expressive" Arts Workshop with Robynn Pease, American Society on Aging annual conference, San Francisco, CA
1997 "Discovering the Artist Within: Motivations for Art-Making in Mid and Late Life", with Robynn Pease, Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference, Cincinnati, OH
1997 "Sign Language" Arts Workshop, Spartansburg, SC
1997 Community Arts Workshops, Davis Arts Center, Davis, CA
1996 "Innervisions", Workshops and Community Gallery Installation, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
1996 Community Arts Workshops, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
1996 Community Performances, Writers Voice, Lexington, KY
1995 Panel, "Drawing the Line: Social Service, Museum Mission or Both." American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
1995 St. Joseph's Hospital, "Healing Arts Workshop", Lexington, KY
1994-96 Advisory Board. Writers' Voice/YMCA, Lexington, KY
1994-95 Director, ARTFORCE/UMOJA IMANI Arts Camp, Cincinnati, OH
1994 Guest Speaker, Merced College. Merced, CA
1994-96 Program Developer, ARTREE, Lexington, KY
1994 Art Instructor, University of Kentucky Fine Arts Institute, Lexington, KY
1994 Art Instructor, HOPE CENTER, Transitional Housing Program, Lexington, KY
1994-96 Director, Arc of the Blue Grass, College for Living, Lexington, KY
1994 Volunteer, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
1993 Volunteer, University of Kentucky Museum of Art, Lexington, KY
1992 Docent, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA
1992 Exhibitions Committee, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
1992 Curator, "Looking At U.S.!", Theatre Davaldo Pod Polmovka, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 Guest Speaker, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
1987-89 Art Teacher, Phoenix Youth Project, San Francisco, CA
1987 Teacher, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
1984 Guest Speaker, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Guest Speaker, Delaware Correctional Facilities, Smyrna, DE
1984 Board Member, Gallery 20, Wilmington, DE
1982 Art Instructor, Newark, DE
Bibliography
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Two interviews, WUKY Jan.and Feb. 2000
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Collections
Adrianne Mellow, Houston, TX Ruth Braunstein, S.F., CA Susan Page, Charlotte, NC Carol Maddox, Byron, CA Ruth Siegel, New York, NY Norm Citron, Atlanta, GA Kristin Bedford, S.F., CA Leslie Frazier, Merced, CA Naomi Hirshorn, Los Angeles, CA Ellen Ansel, New York, NY Ann Sebrell, Okracok, NC Steven Evonuk, Prague, Czech Republic John Sina Lori, Charlotte, NC Roselyn Swig, S.F., CA Joyce Linker, Tiburon, CA Chandler McKaig, Seattle, WA Byron Masterson, Gainesville, FL Larry Doyle, Washington, DC Rene di Rosa, Napa, CA Betty C. Seilen, Washington, DC John Ollman, Philadelphia, PA Call & John Enns, Washington, DC Roger Ricco, New York, NY Janet Fleisher, Philadelphia, PA Judith Stein, Philadelphia, PA Mary Bolles, S.F., CA Paul & Nancy Pelosi, S.F., CA Beth Katz, S.F., CA Dr. Steven Lanster, Miami, FL Pat Parsons, Burlington, VT Jeannie Pierce, Phila., Robert Eason. Decatur. GA John Gregg, Burlington, VT Sarka & Krstof Radust, Prague, Czech Republic Richard Tymes, Prague, Czech Republic Tanya Holcomb, Atlanta, GA John Farrage. Prague, Czech Republic Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA Christine Carnavos, Washington, DC Valorie Hill, Los Gates, CA Ray Ashley, San Jose, CA Jill Higgins-Blotnik, Kennebunkport, ME Pavel Vavry, Prague, Czech Republic Pat & Nolan Leake, Atlanta, GA Pat Corvran, Atlanta, GA Daytona Museum of Art and Science, Karshan Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, GA Center for Graphic Arts Gallery, Daytona, FL Ann Morhauser, Santa Cruz, CA Michael Cahill. Grand Rapids, MI Amy Carter, Atlanta, GA. Hillary Carter, Cinncinnati, OH Arturo Sandoval, Lexington, KY Bani Ray, Richomond, KY Davis Art Center, Davis, CA Eloise Pickard Smith, Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz County Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Lexington, KY Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA Mary Ellen McNaughton, Grand Rapids, M1 Dr, James Gollesceck, Washington, DC Alice Sebrel, Savannah, GA Yuriko Takata, S.F., CA Richard Madleuer, Washington, DC Gerhilde Slechta, Kitzbuehel, Austria Mark Karelson, Atlanta, GA Lucille Neely, Del Mar, CA Dr. John Stillwater, Washington, DC Alex Kokos, Philadelphia, PA Kevin Killeen, London, GB Katherine Gruber, Wilm., DE Dr. Lous Ross, Washington, DC Stephen Green, S.F., CA Jessica Berwind, Philadelphia, PA David Goerk, Philadelphia, PA Jill & Sheldon Bonowitz, Phila., PA EIeanor Dickinson, S.F., CA. Sonny Kamm, LA, CA Marshall Twinam, Dallas, TX., Max Amman Ittigen, Switzerland, Martha Disario, Sausalito, Ca., Frances Cusick, Cynthiana, Ky., Phil and Kathleen Logsben Lexington, Ky., Judy Worth, Lexington,Ky,.Jilian Studley SF, CA. Lynn Cranall, SF, CA.
Represented by
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
Artist's Statement
My paintings tell stories. They are the stories of people who feel disconnected and powerless. They are stories I have heard at work, or in the newspaper, on TV., or from friends. You have heard these stories too. I try to repeat them as directly and honestly as I can. It somehow seems important to do this.
Bruce Burris 2000
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