calvin burton
 
   
 

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, 1978
Lives and works in Richmond, VA

EDUCATION

MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2006  
BA, Visual Arts/ Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2001

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 (January)
Canopy, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
Flaunting The Delicacies, Dupont Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

2007
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (w/ Danielle Riede), Off Grounds Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Part Mountain, Raw & Co Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2006
MFA Thesis Exhibition , Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Small Mountain, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2004  
Pintura, Galería Ramón Alva de la Canal, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Archive, Galería Nebulosa, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico    

2003  
:trayectoria a dibujo, Galería Marie-Louise Ferrari, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

Soy Adicto, Appetite, Buenos Aires, Argentina
So Inclined, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
SWAB International, Branch Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2006

New Art Examined, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
W/E , Claremont College of Art, Claremont, CA

2005
Over the Top , Under the Rug , curated by Dominick Lombardi, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Op-ish , Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Strictly Painting , curated by Jonathan Binstock, McLean Center for the Arts, McLean, VA      
VIth Student International Art Biennial , Museum of the City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia

2004  
+9 , Plant Zero, Richmond, VA  
Sweet Substitute , California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA  
Chromoerotic , FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA  
Top Shelf, curated by Lisa Schroeder of Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY, Barrel Factory, Richmond, VA           

2002
Sideshow , Las Sucias Studios, Brooklyn, NY  
Immaculate Corpse , Nautilus Fine Arts, Block Island, RI


AWARDS

Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 2007-2008
Teresa Pollack Scholarship Prize, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2005
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Prize, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO, 2001

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Richard Guy Wilson, Re-Imagining the Colonial, 'The Colonial Show' Catalog, 2007
Zachary Lewis, Part Mountain, Cleveland Scene, May 2007
Frances Richard, The Maker Place, MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, Anderson Gallery, 2006