M Y R N A B U R K S
PRINTMAKER & PAINTER
131 AVENUE B APT #4C
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10009
ORIENT STUDIO
1945 VILLAGE LANE – P.O. BOX 402
ORIENT, NEW YORK 11957
(212) 732-9834 (631) 323-3714
email: myrnaburks@earthlink.net
http://myrnaburks.blogspot.com/
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Education 1972 - 77 Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, NM
-- Curator and Printer
1976 M.F.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1973 M.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1971 B.F.A. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Honors 1991 Faculty Research Grant, Pacific Northwest College of
Art, Portland, OR
1976 Ford Foundation Grant (Research: Picasso’s
Lithographs 1945-49)
1974 Research Grant in Printmaking and Collaboration,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Collections United States Embassy Collection, Washington, DC
University of New Mexico Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Hunter Art Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Georgia State University Museum, Atlanta, GA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Kaiser Permanete, Portland, OR
University of Illinois, Normal, IL
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR
Clayton Brokerage, Denver, CO
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Morse & Green Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Sequent, Portland, OR
State Lands Building, Salem, OR
SAFCO, Seattle, WA
Federal Reserve Bank, Portland, OR
New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, NY
Intel Corporation, Portland, OR
The New York Stock Exchange, Washington, DC
Publications Leaves, published by Lulu.com, 2009
Paintings, 2008-09, Lulu.com, 2009
Myrna Burks Monoprints, Lulu, 2008
Specimens Vol I, Lulu. com, 2008
Experience 2001 Guest Artist, Santa Fe Art Institute for Ground Zero Artists
1981-91 Co-Owner and Printer, North Light Editions,
Portland, OR
1999 Guest Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI
1987-90 Assistant Professor, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
1987 Guest Artist & Lecturer: Portland State University,
Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer, “Collaboration,” SITKA. Cascade Head, OR
Tuesday Lecture Series Speaker “Mono-Mania,”
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Or
Guest Artist Lecturer, “Frank Stella,” Laura Russo Gallery,
Portland, OR
1986 Guest Artist Wednesday Lecture Series, Pacific
Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1984 Guest Artist, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee,
Belgium
1980 Guest Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Guest Lecturer, Portland State University, Portland, OR
1979 Guest Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
City, MO
1977-80 Instructor of Printmaking and Gallery Director,
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
1978 Guest Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, VA
Tamarind Printer, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1975 Teaching Assistant to John Sommers, Master Printer &
Technical Director, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1974 Technical Assistant, Lithography Department, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Carter Burden Gallery - Upcoming April 25th - May 23rd 2019
2016 Carter Burden Gallery, NY, NY "20 Monoprints from 2015"
2007 “Murks, Rappel, a digital conversation,”
Art Sites, Riverhead, NY
2007 “Small Works,” NYU, (Purchase Award), New York, NY
2004 “The Cancelled Bird,” Ansonia, New York, NY
2003 “Tribeca Years,” Paintings, Drawings, Prints
Medley Global Advisors, New York, NY
1999 “Invocations,” Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis TN
1998 “Women’s Art Works,” Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY
1997 “Sound and Bay,” The Painting Center, New York, NY
1996 “Interior Landscapes,” Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992-91 Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
1989-87 Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
1987 Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1986,85 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2003 “New Prints 2003/Winter,” International Print Center, NY, NY
2002 “Veerle Rooms in Dialogue,” Exhibition of International
Printmakers, Antwerp, Belgium
2002 “September 11 – one year later” works by invited artist,
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa, Fe, New Mexico
2000 “A Gift of Time and Light,” Bank of American Gallery,
Seattle, WA
2000 “Collaborations,” Organized and Curated for Art Sites
Gallery, Greenport, NY
2000-97 Group Exhibitions, Yellow House Gallery, Greenport, NY
1999 “The Power of Drawing,” Curated by Beverly
Brodsky, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
1998 “The Centennial Open,” The Parrish Art Museum,
Southampton, NY
1996 “Acid Bronze Paint,” Yellow House Gallery,
Greenport, NY
1991 Northwest Print Council/Pacific Northwest Exhibition,
Wentz Gallery, Commemorating the Opening of the
Gordon Gilkey Print Center, Portland, OR
1990 “Another View: A Selection of Contemporary Prints,”
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY