:: MICHAEL BURTON RESUME::
   
Education  
2007 MFA: University of Nebraska
1999 BFA (cum laude): Green Mountain College
1995 University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
   

Awards, Scholarships, and Grants
2004 -present Hixson-Lied Fellowship: University of Nebraska
2004 -present Graduate Teaching Assistantship: University of Nebraska
2000 Opportunity Grant recipient: Vermont Arts Council
2000 Partial Fellowship Grant: Vermont Studio Center
1999 Academic Achievement Award: Green Mountain College

Professional Experience
2006 Visiting Artist; Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT.
2006 Cottonwood Festival: Hasting, NE.
A large mural was painted over the course of the three day festival as a performance piece.
2004 Resident Artist: Weir Farm Trust
2001 Resident Artist: Peter’s Valley Craft Center
2000 Resident Artist: Vermont Studio Center

Solo Exhibitions
2006 Reflections Gallery; University of Idaho; Moscow, ID.
Works created in collaboration with artist David Bogus
2006 Surdam Gallery; Green Mountain College; Poultney, VT.
2006 Rotunda Gallery; University of Nebraska
2005 The Emergency Room at the Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2003 Dragonfly Gallery; Oak Bluffs, MA.

Selected Exhibitions
2009 Michael Burton and Michelle Murillo; Haydon Arts Center, Lincoln, NE
2009 Building Bridges to the Homeland: An Evening of Short Films, New Bedford, MA.
2009 Painting Outside the Lines, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2009

I.NT.ER.VA.LS, Metro Community College Faculty Exhibition, Elkhorn, NE

2008 A-B(O)MB, Bakehouse Arts Complex, Miami, FL.
Jurors: Claire Breukel, Jen Stark, Annie Wharton, G. Byron Peck, Alexandra Rangel
2008

61st Juried Exhibition, BEST IN SHOWSioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Juror: Christoph Heinrich, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum

2008

6th National Juried Art Exhibition; Rome Art Coterie, Rome, GA.
Juror: Dr. Linda Hightower

2007 Evidence, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2007 Paintings; MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2006 Red Alert; Hastings College; Hastings, NE.
2006 Code Red; Peru State College; Peru Nebraska
2006 Emerging Artist Showcase; Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE.
2006 Tugboat Presents; Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE.
2006 V.A.P. Group Exhibition; Haydon Arts Center, Lincoln, NE.
2004 Fall Juried Artist Members Exhibition;
2004 Fall Juried Artist Members Exhibition; Haydon Arts Center, Lincoln, NE.
2004 Rotunda Gallery; University of Nebraska
2004-06 Two Collection juried annual auction; PBS station WGBH Boston
2003 Smalls Works II; Limner Gallery; NY, NY
2003 New Art on Newbury; Boston, MA
2002 Dragonfly Gallery; Oak Bluffs, MA
2002 New Art on Newbury, Boston, MA
2002 Summer Small Works Exhibition; Limner Gallery, NY, NY
2002 Martha’s Vineyard Co. Op; Aquinnah, MA
2001 Agora Gallery; New York, NY.
   

Bibliography
2002 Martha's Vineyard Times; Vineyard Haven, MA.
2006 Hastings Tribune; Hastings, NE.
2006 Grand Island Independent; Grand Island, NE.
2006 Live at the Mill; Lincoln, NE.
Interview with William Stibor, and artists from the Kiechel Gallery
NPR Nebraska Public Radio, 91.1FM


My intention for viewers is to understand my paintings in terms of the painting process and how that process relates so
closely to the natural burying of history and artifact. Paint serves as the equivalency for surface, artifact, and time.


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