Gary Burnley
Curriculum Vitae
GARY BURNLEY
Born: St. Louis, Missouri
Education: MFA, Yale University School of Art
BFA, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
2021 Elizabeth Houston Gallery, NYC
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2006 Silo Gallery, NYC
1987 Ted Greenwald Gallery, NYC
1984 Weatherspoon Gallery, U of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1983 Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1982 Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC
1981 McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1979 Artists Space, NYC
Group Exhibitions (selected):
2022 Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
2020 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Fork, ND
2019 Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Westchester Triennial, White Plains, NY
Free University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 Aperture Gallery, NYC
Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Hozhoni Foundation, Flagstaff, AZ
2014 Honey Ramka Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 “Freedom Riders” Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Par Avion, Parlour #19, Siena, Italy
2009 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2008 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2007 Alice Austen House Museum, Staten Island, NY
2006 Marieluise Hessel Collection, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2002 Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1992 The Forum Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1990 National Building Museum, Washington, DC
1989 Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
1988 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC
1987 Mary Delehoyd Gallery, NYC
Ted Greenwald Gallery, NYC
1984 Artists Space, NYC
Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1983 Weatherspoon Gallery, U of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC
1982. Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1981 Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artists Space, NYC
Mattingly-Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Sculpture Center, NY
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
1980 Leo Castelli Gallery, NYC
Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC
Public Collections:
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
The Light Work Collection, Syracuse, NY
Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Candela Collection, Richmond, VA
Marieluise Hessel Collection, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Chase Bank Collection, NYC
Represented in private collections throughout US and Europe
Awards and Fellowships:
2022 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
The Aftermath Project Finalist Grant
Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NYss
2020 Blue Sky Solo Exhibition Award
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 Selection
2019 Finalist, Fotofilmic Mesh Award, Vancouver, BC
2018 Artist Fellowship, CT Office of the Arts, DECD
Finalist, Clarence John Laughlin Award, New Orleans, LA
2012-2007 Burke Chair in Art and Art History, Sarah Lawrence College,
Bronxville, NY
2001-1996 Whittmore Chair in Visual Art, Sarah Lawrence Collage, Bronxville, NY
1995 Presidential Design Award
Federal Design Award
1989 New York State Council for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
1984 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
1982 Creative Artist Public Service (CAPS) Individual Artist Fellowship
Public Projects, Commissions and Installations:
1994-1988 Principal Collaborator on design of new light-rail transportation system
for the city of St. Louis, MO
1989 Installation, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1985 Installation, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
1983 Commission for subway station design, MTA, NYC