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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER REVIEW
by Edith Newhall

BEAUTIFUL/DECAY POST
by Alexis Kaneshiro

NEW YORK SUN PROFILE
by Orlando Lima

NEXUS REVIEW
by R.B. Strauss

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
by William Zimmer

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burnside.chris@gmail.com

Lives and works in Seattle, WA

education

2001
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Master of Fine Arts

1996
University of Washington, Seattle, Bachelor of Fine Arts

selected exhibitions

2012
Storefronts Seattle, 1000 Thomas Street, South Lake Union, Seattle

2011
Small Black Door, Separation, Kris Graves Projects and Julian Calero, curators, Queens

2010
Outside the Time Zone, Tomorrow’s Dream, Chris Rawson and Julian Calero, curators, Brooklyn
Outside the Time Zone, 65 Roebling, Chris Rawson and Julian Calero, curators, Brooklyn
Camel Art Space, Lonely Fire, Chris Rawson and Julian Calero, curators, Brooklyn
Kymata Project Space, Chris Burnside, Garek Druss, Ben Needham, Adam Taye, Chris Rawson and Julian Calero, curators, Seattle

2009
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia
Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, Brave Brooklyn: Art Exhibit and Auction, Brooklyn
Camel Art Space, Outside the Time Zone, Chris Rawson and Julian Calero, curators, Brooklyn

2008
National Academy Museum, 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New York
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Inquiry, Philadelphia

2007
Alpan Gallery, Installation Wall Drawing, Cut Pieces and Works on Paper, Huntington, NY
Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, One Pill Makes You Small, Brooklyn

2006
Washington Art Association, Installation and drawings, Washington, CT
Real Art Ways, Benefit Auction, Hartford, CT
Artists Space, Night of 1000 Drawings, New York

2005
Eugene, Yili Art Foundation 3rd Annual Exhibition, curated by Orlando Lima, New York
SOIL Gallery, Abstraction Obstruction: Working the Meridians, curated by Jeff Burgurt, Seattle

2004
Open Air, Installation, New York

2003
Kresge Gallery, The Object: Color as Carrier, curated by Seth Ely, Ramapo College,
New Jersey

2002
Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Installation, Philadelphia

2001
Horton Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Matt Freedman, Philadelphia
Fox Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Philadelphia

2000
Meyerson Gallery, Graduate School of Fine Arts Award Winners’ Show, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Wayne Art Center, 2000 National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Barbara Grossman, juror, Wayne, PA
Creative Arts Workshop, Vital Signs: Drawing as Inquiry, Robert Reed, juror, New Haven, CT

1996
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, BFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Washington, Seattle

awards

2008
S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Prize, National Academy Museum, 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New York

2000
Stuart Egnal Scholarship, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Juror’s Prize, 2000 National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Barbara Grossman, juror, Wayne, PA