EDUCATION

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Flying Erase Head, Satori Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
Canopy, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC, 2008
Part Mountain, Raw & Co Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2007 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2006
Small Mountain, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2006
Archive, Galería Nebulosa, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, 2004    
:trayectoria a dibujo, Galería Marie-Louise Ferrari, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico, 2003

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Invisible Duck Tape, Satori Gallery, NewYork, NY, 2009
The Colonial Show, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 2007
SWAB International Contemporary Art (Branch Gallery), Barcelona, Spain, 2007
Soy Adicto, Appetite, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007
New Art Examined, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 2006
Over the Top, Under the Rug, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ. 2005
Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, 2005 
Strictly Painting, McLean Center for the Arts, McLean, VA, 2005     

AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS

Bronx Museum Artist in the Marketplace Program, 2010
White Columns, Artist Registry, 2008
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, 2007-2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Finalist), 2006
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Prize, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO, 2001

BIBLIOGRAPHY (click to read)

David Coggins, Calvin Burton at Branch, Art in America, May 2008
Laura Parsons, Historical re-vision: Colonial Iconoclasm at SSG, The Hook, January 3, 2008
Blue Greenberg, Painters are Satisfying, Durham Herald-Sun, February 3, 2008
Amy White, Longing for Landscape: Calvin Burton and Javier Piñon, Independent Weekly, February 20, 2008
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