Short Resume
Mary Burke
Berrien Springs, MI & Chicago, IL, USA; website: MaryBurkeArt.com
H (269) 471-1724; mburkeart@dishmail.net
Education
1980-83 Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN
1978-79 Independent Study - Film Theory and Criticism, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1974-77 Bachelor of Arts, Graduated with Honors, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1972-74 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Affiliations
9/2000 to 8/2005 – Adjunct faculty/ Painting - Shimer College, Waukegan, Illinois
Work can be seen at:
  • Coady Contemporary, 205 Canyon Rd., Santa Fe, NM (505) 988-1175
  • Chartreuse Gallery, St. Joseph, MI
  • Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH (419) 885-8381
  • 2005,2006 & 2007 - Work in American Art Collector, Vols. 1,2 & 3 Book 2 published by Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA
    2004 - Work in The Artful Home, 2nd Edition published by Guild Sourcebooks.com, Madison, WI
    2003 - Book cover art and inserts in Radish by Li Bloom (poetry); www.iuniverse.com
    3/02 to 9/02 - Director of Shimer ArtWorks, a non-profit art gallery sponsored by Shimer College, Waukegan, IL
    2001 - Work included in Suite Home Chicago book; Neptun Verlag AG Copyright City of Chicago, Dept. of Cultural Affairs
    Summmer 2001 - Participant in “Suite Home Chicago”: painted chair and ottoman for outside display, downtown Chicago; Seat of Knowledge, sponsor: Shimer College
    9/99-6/00 - Painting and drawing instructor at David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Illinois
    1999 - Work included in book entitled The Chicago Art Scene; published by Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL
    4/99 - Work featured in Newsweek Magazine internet art gallery section
    1999 - Judge for North Shore Art Fair, Northbrook, Illinois
    1990 to 1996 - Member of Artemisia Gallery, 700 N. Carpenter, Chicago, IL
    Selected Exhibitions
    January 2008 Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (group show)
    January 2006 Parkside Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI (juried show)
    January 2005 Tarble Arts Center, Charleston,IL (merit award-juried show)
    July 2004 Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL (two-person show)
    Feb 2004 ARC Gallery, 734 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL (six-person show)
    October 2003 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL (group show)
    March 2003 "Women's Works" Northwest Area Arts Council, Juried Exhibition, Woodstock, IL
    Oct. 2002 “Recent Works” Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, IL (jurors’ choice award)
    Sept. 2002 Shimer ArtWorks, Waukegan, IL (one-person show) sponsored by Shimer College
    April 2002 Artemisia Gallery (one-person show) 700 N. Carpenter, Chicago, IL
    11/00-1/01 McHenry County College, Gallery Three (one-person show) Crystal Lake, IL
    Sept. 2000 Triangle Gallery of Old Town (one-person show) Chicago, IL
    July 2000 Wood Memorial Library, South Windsor, CT, Juror: Kristin Helmick-Brunet, Museum of Modern Art, NY
    June 1994 Evanston Art Center ("12th Biennial Exhibition" - juror's choice award) Evanston, IL
    Mar. 1994 Saci Gallery ("The Pilgrimage" - group show), Florence, Italy
    Nov. 1993 Artemisia Gallery (one-person show), 700 N. Carpenter, Chicago, IL
    June 1993 Camara de Comercio de Cali, Centro Colombo, Americano Medellin, Colombia, South America
    Sept 1992 Centro Colombo-Americano Medellin, ("Latina/Americana:Tierra Fertil") Columbia, South America
    June 1990 Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI (group show)


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