RyanAnthonyBurns Vita
Born Cincinnati, Ohio
Educated John Herron School of Art
Indianapolis, Indiana
Awards
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2017
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Public Art Boot Camp
2014
Oregon Arts Commission, Career Opportunity Grant
2013
The Ford Family Foundation, Exhibition & Documentation Grant
Oregon Arts Commission, Career Opportunity Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant
2011
Black Rock Arts Foundation, Artist Grant
2010
Oregon Arts Commission, Career Opportunity Grant
2009
Oregon Regional Arts & Culture Council, Artist Focus Grant
2007
Sitka Center for Arts & Ecology, Artist-in-Residence
2005
Puffin Foundation Grant
2003
Puffin Foundation Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
2017
Mourning Woods: waking up in the Capitalcene, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Dendrochronology: The Layers Within, Karl & Helen Burger Gallery, Kean University, NJ
2015
Remembered Loss, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY
Existential Ecologies, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014
Tree Studies, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
Climate Proxies, SF Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA
Augen Gallery, Portland, OR Drew University, Madison, NJ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2009
Profane Relics, SEA Change Gallery, Portland, OR
2008
Biodiscourse, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Considering Wilderness, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
2006
Dendric Dialogues, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2005
Biodiscourse, Ronna & Eric Hoffman Gallery, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2004
Prototypes for Biodiscourse, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003
Puzzles: Ecology & Survival Skills, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000
Resent Assemblages, Seward Community Café Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Disassembling Assemblages, Spy House Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999
The Ecology of Assemblages, Headwaters Environmental Center, Ashland, OR
1998
The Secret Nature of Debris, KOW Gallery, Portland, OR
Bombing Assemblages, Spurkraft Gallery, Portland, OR
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Fresh, Order and Chaos, JanKossen Contemporary, Chelsea, NY
Works on Paper, The Long Beach Center for Art and Science
Long Beach NJ
April in Paris, SCRAP Gallery, Cathedral City, CA
2017
Cut and Paste, Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Recycle, Brooklyn Waterfront Art Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Portland Biennial Salon Show, Disjecta Contemporary, Portland, OR
2015
Bellingham National Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Surf and Turf, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
2014
Concerning Matter, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Holistic Transformations, Art 4 All People Gallery, Malibu, CA
2011
Mulitspecies, City University New York, New York, NY
Viande de Brousse, PLACE, Portland, OR
2010
Ethnographic Terminalia, American Anthropology Association, New Orleans, LA
Like a Prayer, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Multispecies, Ironwork, New Orleans, LA
GREEN, Sculpture Park & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2009
Process Impact, Murray University, Murray, KY
Pacific Northwest Art Annual, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2008
Biodiscourse, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Live Debris, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & Beirut, Lebanon
Prospect 1, Saint Claude Collective, New Orleans, LA
Sitka Center Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2007
30 Rooms, Milepost 5, Portland, OR
Forest Dreaming, Center for Contemporary Art & the Natural World, Devon, UK
2005
Global Warming, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Hydriotaphia, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002
Lenin Busted, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
PUBLIC ART
2017 Hibernacula: Batcall, Delridge Neighborhood Greenway, Seattle, WA
2014 Skate Stump, Cave Junction Skate Park, Cave Junction, OR
COLLECTIONS
Portland Art Museum, Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland, OR Clive Adams, Former Tate Modern Curator, Devon, UK
EDUCATION
John Herron School of Art + Design, Indiana University
2010, 2013, 2014
OR Arts Commission Grant
2013
The Ford Family Foundation
2003, 2005, 2013
Puffin Foundation Grant
2011
Black Rock Arts Foundation
Grant
2009
OR Regional Arts & Cultural
Center Artist Focus Grant
2007
Artist in Residence at Sitka
Center for Art and Ecology
2017
Seattle Public Art Boot Camp
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Dendrochronology: The Layers Within
Kean University
Union, New Jersey
2015
Remembered Loss
Gowanus Ballroom
Brooklyn, New York
Existential Ecologies
Barristers Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
2014
Climate Proxies
SF Environmental Protection Agency
San Francisco, California
Augen Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Drew University
Madison, New Jersey University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
Tree Studies
Newport Visual Arts Center Newport, Oregon
2009
Profane Relics
SEA Change Gallery
Portland, Oregon
2008
Augen Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Considering Wilderness
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
2006
Dendric Dialogues
Barrister’s Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
2005
Biodiscourse
Ronna and Eric Hoffman
Gallery of Contemporary Art
Lewis and Clark University
Portland, Oregon
2004
Prototypes for Biodiscourse
Barrister’s Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
2003
Puzzles: Ecology and
Survival Skills
Barrister’s Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
2000
Resent Assemblages
Seward Community Café
Gallery
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000
Disassembling Assemblages
Spy House Gallery
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999
The Ecology of Assemblages
Headwaters
Environmental Center
Ashland, Oregon
1998
The Secrete Nature of Debris
KOW Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Bombing Assemblages
Spurkraft Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Juried Exhibitions
2017 Cut and Paste Site Gallery Brooklyn, New York
BWAC Gallery
Brooklyn, New York
2016 Disjecta’s Portland Biennial Salon Show
Disjecta Contemporary
Portland, Oregon
2015 Bellingham National
Exhibition
Whatcom Museum
Bellingham, Washington
Surf and Turf
Newport Visual Arts Center Newport, Oregon
2014
Concerning Matter
Gowanus Ballroom
Brooklyn, New York
2013
Art for People
Malibu, California
2011
City University New York
New York City
Viande de Brousse
PLACE
Portland, Oregon
2010
Ethnographic Terminalia
American Anthropology
Association
New Orleans, Louisiana
Like A Prayer,
Barrister’s Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
Multispecies
Ironwork
New Orleans, Louisiana
GREEN
Sculpture Park & Arts Center
Solomons, Maryland
2009
Process Impact
Murray University
Murray, Kentucky
Pacific Northwest Art Annual
University of Oregon Eugene
2008
Live Debris
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beirut, Lebanon
Portland, Oregon
Saint Claude Collective
Prospect 1
New Orleans Biennial
Conversations with Nature
Sitka Center Art Invitational
World Forestry Center
Portland, Oregon
2007
30 Rooms
Milepost 5
Portland, Oregon
Forest Dreaming
Center for Contemporary Art and the Natural World
Devon, United Kingdom
2005
Global Warming
Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art
Santa Ana, California
Hydriotaphia: New Orleans
Artists Design Their Own Funeral Urns
Barrister’s Gallery
2002
Lenin Busted
Barrister’s Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
Public Art
2017
Hibernacula: batcall
Seattle, Washington
2014
Skate Stump
Cave Junction, Oregon
Publications
2016International Emerging Artist Award Book
Dubai, united Arab Emirates
2008
PDXartNow
2005
CSI: special Forest Unit
The Bear Deluxe
2004
Artist Profile
The Times Picayune
Collections
The Portland Art Museum
Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts
Portland, Oregon
Clive Adams
Former Tate Modern curator Devon, UK
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