Erik Burke
Artist + Designer
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Erik Burke is an artist focused on bringing art from the pedestal to the people.
He is a fifth generation Nevadan who recieved his MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons The
New School for Design. His latest work can be seen in the book Street Art New York (2010), the
exhibition Sailing Away, Copenhagen, DK (2010), or this summer at Burning Man. He currently is
working in Brooklyn, NY and living wherever there are no mosquitos.
Education
MFA // Design and Technology, Parsons School for Design, NY
2009
BA // Digital Media and Geography, University of Nevada Reno, 2005
Associate Degree // Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 2002
Awards
Best Use Of Space Award Come Out and Play Festival, with Lynn
Maharas. NYC, NY. June 2009
Merit-Based Graduate Deans Scholar Recipient Parsons New School for Design. 8/2007 - 5/2009
MFA Department Honors Candidate 5/2009
City of Reno, Neighborhood Advisory Board Grant for (con)Temporary Gallery.
2007
Artist in Residency C.A.P. Art In Public Program, Carson City. 2006-2007
Fulbright Selected Alternate Vilnius Academy of Fine Art, Lithuania. 2006
Honorarium form Clark Country Dept. of Aviation McCarran Int'l Airport mural, Las Vegas.
2006-2007
Honorarium from Capitol City Arts Initiative Carson City. 2005 and
2006.
Jackport Grant with Derek Yost, Nevada Arts Council. 2005
Student
Grant Sierra Arts, Reno. 2004
NAB Ward 2 grant Washoe Country mural restoration,
Reno. 2004 and 2005
Work Experience
Skullz Press 10.09 - present // Web Design/UX
-Create an entirely new site for Mike Giant's company Skullz Press.
The Ink Tank LLC 9.05 - 9.09 // Founder, director, painter.
-Design and paint murals for clients.
Melanie Crean 11.07 - 5.08 // Photography Technician
-Create virtual reality quick times of various environments shot throughout NYC.
Mierle Laderman Ukeles 8.07 - 1.08 // Office Assistant
Organize archival work and create corresponding database. New York, NY.
Holland Project 11.06 - 6.07 // Writer
-Weekly web content for column called New Friend Friday, Reno, NV
(con)Temporary Gallery 7.03 - 7.07 // Curator
-Ran independent
gallery in Reno, NV. Responsibilities included writing grants, press releases, curating
exhibitions, marketing gallery, organizing exhibits, interviews, creating web presence, and
working with the University intern program.
Carson High School 10.06-3.07 // High
School A.P. Instructor
-Oversee planning, preparation, and implementation of mural by
high school students. Carson City, NV.
Sifika Shoe Co. 4.05 - 5.05 // Graphic
Designer
Graphic designer for personal pro-model shoe. Auckland, New Zealand.
Youth Art Works 2.04 - 9.05 // Lead Muralis/Instructor
Create lesson plans,
supervise, and instruct summer art program for at-risk youth. Teach various techniques on mural
painting and restoration.
Chris Carnel Photography 8.04 - 5.06 // Assistant
Assisted on field and commercial photography. Specializing in action-sports but also shot
weddings, food, and lifestyle events. Responsibilities included: digital refinement of images,
lighting set-up, creating an organizational system for tens of thousands of images, and
composing a log of the daily shots and outcome.
Video Groove Magazine 97-01 //
Videographer, Editor
Responsible for video documentation of extreme sports in the
Bay Area, Seattle, and Reno. Independently conceived and executed creative profiles on people
and places for tri-annual globally distributed video magazine. Costa Mesa, Ca.
Group Exhibitions
'Sailing Away', w/ Other, MOHS exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmark. 05.10
'Iraqi Memorial Exhibition'"Viral Conversations" w/ Liz Filardi, Shepard Fine Arts, Reno, NV. 02.10
'Birds of a Desert'w/ Pete Froslie, at Sierra Arts, Reno, NV. 09.09
'Don't Sleep On It', WACTAC, Minneapolis, MN. 5.09
'MFA Design + Technololgy Symposium', New York City, NY. 5.09
'400ml', Maison Metallos, Paris, France. 10.08
'Piecing it Together', elusIV Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. 3.07
'Road to Colossus', Screening and lecture in various locations: Nevada Museum of Art, Reno //
Evergreen University, Olympia, WA //
Western University, Bellingham, WA //
VilleVille Theater, Seattle, WA, 10.06.
'Dangerous: Third Rail' w/ buZ blurr and Jeff Johnson, Live Worms Gallery, San
Francisco, USA. 10.06
'Impakt; Adventures in Sound and Image' festival, documentary
video, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 9.06
18th 'Independent Arts' festival, documentary video, Academie Voor Schone Kunsten, Sint Niklaas,
Belgium. 9.06
'Video Art', documentary video, Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
9.06
'Over Under: The Struggle To Be On Top', Nevada Museum of Art, 'Nevada Triennial', Reno. 6.05
'Streets Y2K5', video, Zimmerli Museum and Albus Camus Gallery, Hoboken, N.J. 10.05
'Activa Seed' w/ Josh Yoches and Valerie Bischoff, Full Support Gallery, Santa Cruz. 5.04
'Under A Rock' w/ Ryan Schude, Tree house Gallery, Los Angeles. 7.04
'Solos Release' w/ Valerie Bischoff, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. 10.03
'Visiting Artist' w/ Ryan Mitchell and Valerie Bischoff, Vertebrae Theater, Seattle. 9.03
Technical Skills
Design & Motion
-Adobe Creative Suite
-Final Cut Pro
-DVD Studio Pro
Web
-HTML & CSS
-PHP
-Dreamweaver
-Drupal, Blogger, Wordpress
Code
-Max MSP/Jitter
-Processing
-Arduino
Physical
-Micro controllers
-Soft circuits
-Arc, Tig, Mig Welding
OS
-Mac osX
Text
-Microsoft Office Suite
Photography
-Digital, SLR, Medium & Large Format
-PhotoStitcher
-QTVR (Quicktime Virtual Reality)
-Scanning slides, negatives, and reflective imagery
Publication
'Street Art New York', book by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo of
Brooklyn Street Art. 04.2010
'Still Life' web, Wooster Collective, NYC. 9.09
'Erik Burkes Writers Bench Evil Monito Magazine, Issue #24. 9.15.2009
'Still Running' & 'Writers Bench web, Wooster Collective, NYC. 6.09
'Mural Art' book, Publikat, Greece. 1.09
'A Facade to Celebrate the Neighborhood' Steven Kurutz, New York Times. 10.23.2008
'400ml' book, Gautier Jourdain, France, 8.08
'Inked' book, Teneues, USA, 7.08
'Field Guide Public Works' book, FGPW in collaboration with Graffiti Research Lab and Parsons,
5.08
'Every Image Has a Story' Wooster Collective, 3.07
2005 Nevada Triennial
Book Reno. 05
'Work of Art' University of Nevada Reno, Black Rock Press. 5.05
'Through art, youth activate voters' by Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette Journal.
8.23.04
'Independence Show: Activa' Beautiful Decay: Anthology Issue 13, Culver City,
CA. 04
