Education:
1987 Master of Fine Arts: Photography, University of illinois at Chicago
1976 Bachelor of Arts: Filmmaking, Columbia College Chicago
1962 Bachelor of Science: English, Loyola University, Chicago
1959-61 Bachelor of Fine Arts Program: Art Institute of Chicago
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Work Experience
1991-2008 Adjunct Faculty, Photography Columbia College Chicago
1987-1990 Adjunct Lecturer, Photography University of Illinois at Chicago
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Exhibitions:
2017 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Poetics of Light, Survey of Pinhole Photography, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK
Toyko International Awards: Cyanotypes, Silver Award and Honorable Mention, Tokyo, Japan
What is Nature? Group exhibition, Shootapalooza. Tilt Gallery, Scottdale, AZ
Cyanotype Installation, Shootapalooza, Art Intersection Art Center, Gilbert, AZ
2016 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Pinhole Photography, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Alternative Processes, Light Box Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
Cyanotype Exhibit, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Reflections on Nature, Heller Nature Center, Highland Park, Illinois
2014–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Alumni Exhibit, Columbia College Chicago
2013 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3rd Annual Photography Show, Art Association of Northern Colorado, Ft. Collins,CO
A Sense of Place, Schaumburg Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
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, Chicago, Illinois
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 Archives Gallery,Dallas. Texas
1995____________________________________________________________________________
Global Focus Art Exhibit, Beijing, China, National Museum of Women in the Arts
1994____________________________________________________________________________
10,000 Plus, Alumni Board Exhibit, School of the Art Institute, 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:
2017
"7th Anniversary Issue",The Hand Magazine, July, 2017
2015
The Thinman, Pinhole Photography, Blurb Publication
2014
Poetics of Light, Survey of Pinhole Photography, New Mexico Museum Press, April, 2014
Pinhole Photography Exhibition, Don't Take Pictures, Online Survey, May-August, 2014
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
"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 York
Additional:
2013
Pinhole Photography Presentation, Art Association of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado
2011
Workshop 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
Illinois State Museum, Chicago, Illinois
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Pinhole Resource Center, San Lorenzo, New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Private Collections:
Ellen Roth Deutsch Mundelein, Illinois
Eugene and Sara Jean Gray Taos, New Mexico
Sara Silks Overland Park, Kansas
Website: www. valerieburke@artspan.com