Valerie Burke
2351 Clipper Way
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Education:
1987 Master of Fine Arts: Photography,University of illinois at Chicago
1976 Bachelor of Arts: Film,Columbia College Chicago
1962 Bachelor of Science: English,Loyola University, Chicago
1959-61 Bachelor of Fine Arts Program Art Instiute of Chicago
Work Experience:
1991-2008 Adjunct Faculty, Photography Columbia College Chicago
1987-1990 Adjunct Lecturer, Photography University of Illinois at Chicago
Exhibitions:
2012
"22", Northwest Corporate Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois
Games, Wars and Summits, Columbia College Chicago
Medium, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College Chicago
2011
Necessary Fictions, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College Chicago
Revolution of the Self, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College, Chicago
2010
Greater Than 16x20; Less Than 4x5, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College, Chicago
Mentors, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2009
Shall We Dance? The Cache Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
Three Pinholists, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
Outside the Box, Chicago Cultural Center
2008
Art of the Library, Columbia College Chicago
2007
Focus 5, Illinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery, Chicago
22, Northwest Area Arts Council Gallery, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
2005
Four, Dreambox Foto Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Icons and Altars, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois
2004
Slow Vision, Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvaer, Norway
2002
Valerie Burke, Pinhole Photography, Chicago Cultural Center
2001
Stare: Photographic Survey, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
2000
Her Asia, Three Arts Club, Chicago
First Works, Columbia College Faculty Fine Arts Exhibition, Chicago
1999
Uturn Issue 2, Virtual Gallery Exhibit: www.uturn.org
1998
Third Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
Midwest Photographers' Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Museum, New York, New York
1997
Scan, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Camera Obscured, FotoCircle Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Gleaning Light, Survey of Pinhole Photography, Washington Center for Photography
1996
Gleaning Light, Survey of Pinhole Photography, Photo Arcjoves Ga;;eru. Dallas. Texas
1995
Global Focus Art Exhibit, Beijing, China, National Museumof Women in the Arts
1994
10,000 Plus, Alumni Board Exhibit, School of the Art Institue, Chicago, Illinois
Personal Visions II, An Art Place, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
1992
20th Annual Hyde Park Art Center Members' Show, Chicago, Illinois (First Place)
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Mail Art Exhibit, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California
Mixed Media, Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Best of Show)
The Feminine Mystique, Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois (First Place)
Publications:
2009
"A Pinprick View Opens a Big World", The Denver Post, April 26,2009
2007
"Focus Five", Time Out, December, 2006
2004
"Contemporary Images", Pinhole Journal, August, 2004
2002
"Art Center Summer", North Shore, July, 2002
2000
"Contemporary Images 5", Pinhole Journal, August, 2000
1998
"Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon", Leonardo, October, 1998
1997
"Contemporary Images 4", Pinhole Journal, December, 1997
1994
"Photography Workshops", Chicago Tribune, August 19, 1994
1993
"Self Portrait", Pinhole Journal, December, 1993
1991
"Two Artists Change the Ordinary into the Extraordinary", Chicago Tribune, April, 1991
1989
"Multiples", Pinhole Journal, December, 1993
1989
"Backyard Objects Become Exotic Through Pinhole Camera", Valerie Burke's Pinhole Photography", Chicago Tribune, October 14, 1988
1984
Portfolio of Photographs, University of Illinois. Held in collection of:
The Art Institute of Chicago,
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona,
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New Yoirk
Additional:
2011
Worshop Presentation: Pinhole Photography Colorado Cultural Society, Fort Collins, Colorado
2010
Workshop Presentation: Image Transfer, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2009
Workshop Presentation: Pinhole Photography, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2001
Workshop Presentation: Pinhole Photography, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois
1997
Juror: Photography Exhibit, Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois
1992
Colloquium Guest Speaker Pinhole Photography, University of Illinois at Chicago
1990
Moderator: Panel Discussion, Current Trends in Photography with James Hugunin, Catherine Edelman, Mark Alice Durant and Shashi Caudill, Arlington Heights Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois
1988-90
Juror: Chicago International Film Festival, American Film and Video Festival
1989-90
Reviewer: The New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois
Collections:
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
Graham Nash Collection of Photography, Encino, California
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Pinhole Resource Center, San Lorenzo, New Mexico
Website: www. valerieburke@artspan.com
Valerie Burke
Fine Art Photography
CV/Bio
Valerie Burke
2351 Clipper Way
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Education:
1987 Master of Fine Arts: Photography,University of illinois at Chicago
1976 Bachelor of Arts: Film,Columbia College Chicago
1962 Bachelor of Science: English,Loyola University, Chicago
1959-61 Bachelor of Fine Arts Program Art Instiute of Chicago
Work Experience:
1991-2008 Adjunct Faculty, Photography Columbia College Chicago
1987-1990 Adjunct Lecturer, Photography University of Illinois at Chicago
Exhibitions:
2012
"22", Northwest Corporate Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois
Games, Wars and Summits, Columbia College Chicago
Medium, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College Chicago
2011
Necessary Fictions, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College Chicago
Revolution of the Self, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College, Chicago
2010
Greater Than 16x20; Less Than 4x5, Alumni in the Library, Columbia College, Chicago
Mentors, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2009
Shall We Dance? The Cache Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
Three Pinholists, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
Outside the Box, Chicago Cultural Center
2008
Art of the Library, Columbia College Chicago
2007
Focus 5, Illinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery, Chicago
22, Northwest Area Arts Council Gallery, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
2005
Four, Dreambox Foto Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Icons and Altars, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois
2004
Slow Vision, Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvaer, Norway
2002
Valerie Burke, Pinhole Photography, Chicago Cultural Center
2001
Stare: Photographic Survey, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
2000
Her Asia, Three Arts Club, Chicago
First Works, Columbia College Faculty Fine Arts Exhibition, Chicago
1999
Uturn Issue 2, Virtual Gallery Exhibit: www.uturn.org
1998
Third Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
Midwest Photographers' Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Museum, New York, New York
1997
Scan, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Camera Obscured, FotoCircle Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Gleaning Light, Survey of Pinhole Photography, Washington Center for Photography
1996
Gleaning Light, Survey of Pinhole Photography, Photo Arcjoves Ga;;eru. Dallas. Texas
1995
Global Focus Art Exhibit, Beijing, China, National Museumof Women in the Arts
1994
10,000 Plus, Alumni Board Exhibit, School of the Art Institue, Chicago, Illinois
Personal Visions II, An Art Place, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
1992
20th Annual Hyde Park Art Center Members' Show, Chicago, Illinois (First Place)
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Mail Art Exhibit, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California
Mixed Media, Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Best of Show)
The Feminine Mystique, Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois (First Place)
Publications:
2009
"A Pinprick View Opens a Big World", The Denver Post, April 26,2009
2007
"Focus Five", Time Out, December, 2006
2004
"Contemporary Images", Pinhole Journal, August, 2004
2002
"Art Center Summer", North Shore, July, 2002
2000
"Contemporary Images 5", Pinhole Journal, August, 2000
1998
"Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon", Leonardo, October, 1998
1997
"Contemporary Images 4", Pinhole Journal, December, 1997
1994
"Photography Workshops", Chicago Tribune, August 19, 1994
1993
"Self Portrait", Pinhole Journal, December, 1993
1991
"Two Artists Change the Ordinary into the Extraordinary", Chicago Tribune, April, 1991
1989
"Multiples", Pinhole Journal, December, 1993
1989
"Backyard Objects Become Exotic Through Pinhole Camera", Valerie Burke's Pinhole Photography", Chicago Tribune, October 14, 1988
1984
Portfolio of Photographs, University of Illinois. Held in collection of:
The Art Institute of Chicago,
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona,
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New Yoirk
Additional:
2011
Worshop Presentation: Pinhole Photography Colorado Cultural Society, Fort Collins, Colorado
2010
Workshop Presentation: Image Transfer, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2009
Workshop Presentation: Pinhole Photography, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2001
Workshop Presentation: Pinhole Photography, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois
1997
Juror: Photography Exhibit, Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois
1992
Colloquium Guest Speaker Pinhole Photography, University of Illinois at Chicago
1990
Moderator: Panel Discussion, Current Trends in Photography with James Hugunin, Catherine Edelman, Mark Alice Durant and Shashi Caudill, Arlington Heights Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois
1988-90
Juror: Chicago International Film Festival, American Film and Video Festival
1989-90
Reviewer: The New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois
Collections:
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
Graham Nash Collection of Photography, Encino, California
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Pinhole Resource Center, San Lorenzo, New Mexico
Website: www. valerieburke@artspan.com
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