Burns-Studio.com
Harpswell, Maine 04079
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Born in New York, NY USA, 1957
Represented by:
Stanhope & Spencer, Rockland, ME
Maine Craft Portland, Portland ME
Bath, Maine, USA
Solo and Featured Exhibits |
| 2018-2020 | HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance event: The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, invited |
| Face Value: Portraits in Tapestry, Barbara Burns, Markings Gallery, Bath, Maine, Featured artist | |
| 2016 | Gray Fox Gallery- Rockland, ME, Featured artist |
| Gun Point Gallery- Orrs Island, ME, Featured artist | |
| Stable On Front Gallery- Bath, ME, Featured artist | |
| 2015 | Maine Crafts Association – Solo exhibition, West Garfield, Maine, invited |
| 2009 | Maine Fiberarts – Solo exhibit, Topsham ME, invited |
| 2005 | West Dean College Gallery, Featured artist |
Exhibits
| 2023 | ATB14 American Tapestry Alliance Biennial, Appalachian Craft Center, TN, USA juried
Tapestry Touring International: The Natural World, Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, UK, Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LW, invited Nuditas 2023, online exhibition, juried |
| 2022 | Craft Biennial Exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum juried
Tapestry Touring International: The Natural World, The Guildhall, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK, invited |
| 2021 | 11th “From Lausanne to Beijing” Fiber Art Biennale, China juried
Earth Matters: Surface Design Association Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN juried Heros and Legends, international online and book form exhibition by Gallerium Art, juried Extinction: Save The Planet international online and book form exhibition by Gallerium Art, juried |
| 2019 | Heallreaf 3, London & Nottingham UK as juror |
| Tapestry…The New Wave, Down East Gallery, Edgecomb, ME, as curator | |
| Impact: Climate Change, Belmont MA, San Francisco, CA, juried | |
| Hanging By A Thread, H. Allen and Sally Fernald Gallery, Belfast, ME invited | |
| Maine Crafts Portland, Portland, ME, invited | |
| 2018 | Common Threads, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine, invited |
| Lost Art Of Handiwork, Museum LA, Lewiston, ME invited | |
| Fiber Collective, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham ME, invited | |
| 12th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art “Scythia”. Ukraine juried | |
| Highfield Hall Tapestry Exhibition: Falmouth, MA, invited | |
| Fuller Craft Museum Members Show, Brockton, MA, juried | |
| Nude Nite, Tampa, FL, juried | |
| 2017 | SPARK! Maine Art Stories, maine Historical Society, Portland Maine. invited |
| Artists In Their Studios, Photography Project, Mac Page, South Portland, ME invited | |
| Small Tapestry International: Crossroads, University of North Texas, Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, juried | |
| Threads of History, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham, ME invited | |
| Heallreaf 2, West Dean College, Sussex England and Brick Lane Gallery, London, England juried | |
| Loominations, Tapestry Weavers in New England exhibit, Emporium Gallery, ME, invited | |
| 2016 | Maine Fiberarts Members Show, invited |
| 2015 | Postcards From Home Northlight Gallery, Stromness, Orkney Island, Scotland, Torshavn School, Faroe Island, Scotland, invited |
| Crafts Boston Holiday Show, juried | |
| The Wednesday Group at Garner Arts Center, Garnerville, NY, invited | |
| Tapestry Weavers in New England, Weaving Up & Down, Deerfield Arts Bank, S. Deerfield MA, juried | |
| 2014 | 5th Triennial of Tapestry, Novi Sad, Serbia, juried. Award for traditional tapestry |
| Woven art ’14 ,Alexandra Palace, London and Harrogate International center GB with the British Tapestry Group, juried | |
| University of Southern Maine, Portland Unum Great Reading Room, invited | |
| Maine Fiberarts Gallery, Masters Contemporary Fiber Art, invited | |
| Tapestry weavers in New England group exhibit, URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery, juried | |
| American Tapestry Alliance, Untitled/Unjuried small format show, University of Rhode Island, juried | |
| 2013 | Tapestry Weavers in New England group exhibit, Image Gallery, Northampton MA, juried |
| Faces of Israel at the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC, juried | |
| ATB9 American tapestry Alliance Biennial 9 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN, juried | |
| 2012-2013 | Triennial of Textile Without Borders, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, juried |
| 2012 | North Bank Gallery Artists Community Project: Strands 2012 Vancouver, WA, juried |
| HGA, Small Expressions Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, juried | |
| ATB9 American tapestry Alliance Biennial 9, juried | |
| 2011 | Anne Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York, invited |
| Boothbay Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine, invited | |
| Handweaver’s Guild of America: Small Expressions Tennessee State Museum, juried | |
| British Tapestry Group Stables Gallery Exhibition, Twickenham, England, juried | |
| Fantastic Fibers at Yeiser Art Center, Padukah, KY, juried | |
| 2009 | The Wednesday Group at the Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY, invited |
| The Wednesday Group at Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ, invited | |
| American Tapestry Alliance: Connections: Small Tapestry International, juried | |
| San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, juried | |
| Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond Indiana, juried | |
| Niche Awards booth at the Philadelphia Buyers market of American Craft, PA, juried | |
| The Wednesday Group at the Greene County Arts Council, Catskill, NY, invited | |
| The Wednesday Group at Medford Leas Gallery NJ, invited | |
| 2008 | Blue Ridge Hand Weaving Show, John M. Crawford Gallery, NC, juried |
| TWiNE 2008 A Contemporary Look at Tapestry, River Tree Center for the Arts, ME, juried | |
| Living With Beauty a the Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO, juried | |
| The Wednesday Group at the Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County, invited | |
| LAND Australian National University School of Art hosted by The Tapestry Foundation of Victoria, juried | |
| ATB7 (American Tapestry Alliance Biennial 7) Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, KY, juried | |
| The Wednesday Group at the Jewish Community Center Gallery, NJ, invited | |
| ATB7 at the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Tampa Florida, juried | |
| 2007 | The Wednesday Group at Gallery 207, NY, NY, invited |
| ATB6 biennial exhibit at San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, juried | |
| Intimate Eye an exhibition of small format art at Phoenix Gallery New York City, juried | |
| The Wednesday Group at Atrium Art Gallery Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington DC, invited | |
| 2006 | The Wednesday Group at the Phoenix Gallery in Washington, DC, invited |
| ATB6 exhibit at Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, juried | |
| ATB6 exhibit at Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, juried | |
| Petworth House Gallery, Sussex England, invited | |
| 2005 | Individual exhibit, Edward James Foundation Gallery, West Dean Park, Chichester, England, invited |
| The Wednesday Group at Woven Fiber Art House, West Chester, PA, invited | |
| 2004 | Small Matters of Great Importance, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, juried |
| The Wednesday Group at the Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ, invited | |
| Small Format Frontiers Int. Tapestry Exhibit, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO, juried | |
| The Wednesday Group at the Suffern Public Library Gallery, Suffern, NY, invited | |
| 2003-2004 | Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, juried |
| 2003 | Creative Strands Fiber Conference, Bucknell University, juried |
| 1996 | Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ, invited |
Awards
| 2021 | Pinacothèque Museum, Luxembourg Art Prize, Certificate of Artistic Achievement for “Never More”, Fréo Ellenlic” and “Temptation”. |
| 2020 | Circle Foundation for the Arts – Certificate of Excellence. Lyon, France for “Never More” |
| 2017 | Pinacothèque Museum, Luxembourg Art Prize, Certificate of Artistic Achievement for “Pas de Deux” |
| 2017 | Heallreaf Award from Heallreaf 2 exhibit in England, for “Pas de Deux” |
| 2016 | Selected by Maine Crafts Association for their Artists in Their Studios photography project. |
| 2014 | Award for Traditional Tapestry at 5th Triennial of Tapestry, Novi Sad, Serbia for “Revolution” |
| 2009 | Certificate of Commendation: Preserving Past Fabrics for the Future from the Bergen County Historic Preservation Advisory Board |
| 2008 | Blue Ridge Hand Weaving Show 1st place decorative, non-functional category |
| 2008 | NICHE Awards finalist juried for “Woman In Red Turban” |
| 2003 | Handweaver’s Guild of America Award for Excellence in Weaving, juried |
| 2003 | Best in show at Creative Strands, juried |
Publications/Collections/Registries/
Lectures/Curated/Juror/Teaching
| 2022 | Interview with Tapestry: In Conversation |
| 2021 | Inclusion in Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond, Tommy McClure Scanlin, Schiffer Books Featured in ArtLoveStyle Magazine |
| 2020 – present | Curator for American Tapestry Alliance TEx@ATA online exhibitions |
| 2020 | Article published in British Tapestry Group periodical Tapestry |
| 2019 and previous | Teaching in US, England and Ireland |
| 2019 | Juror for Heallreaf III, UK |
| 2019 | Co-curating of Tapestry…The New Wave, Edgecomb, Maine |
| 2018-19 | Article in Northern Jouneys Art Magazine |
| 2018 | Article in Canadian Tapestry Network Periodical |
| 2018 | The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, Augusta, ME, invited speaker, Homage to Anne Frank on extended loan. |
| 2017-20 | Blog on Marketing and Promotion hosted by American Tapestry Alliance |
| 2017 | Article in Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot magazine |
| 2016 | Article in Canadian Tapestry Network Periodical |
| Featured in CODAWORX magazine October issue | |
| Artcle in American Tapestry Alliance Periodical | |
| Featured in Book: Fiber Art Masters | |
| 2015 | Article in Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot magazine |
| ongoing | Artists page on American Tapestry Alliance website www.americantapestryalliance.org |
| 2012 | Inclusion in “Shaped Tapestry” second edition by Kathe Todd-Hooker, Fine Fiber Press |
| 2011 | Lecture for Embroidery Guild of America, Bergen County NJ |
| 2010 | Article in the American Tapestry Alliance Periodical |
| 2009 | AmericanTapestryAlliance.org Online exhibit curated by Barbara Burns: Tapestries by Inyul Heo |
| 2009 | Lecture at Maine Fiberarts Gallery, Topsham ME |
| 2009 | Lecture at Museum LA, Lewiston, ME |
| ongoing | Inclusion into the Artist’s Registry of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum |
| 2007 | Tapestry Handbook: The Next Generation by Carol K. Russell, The Wednesday Group |
| 2006 | ETN Textile Forum Magazine, image of tapestry |
| 2005-06 | The Canadian Tapestry Network Newsletter: article and image of tapestry |
Education
| 2003-2014 | Continuing tapestry study with Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei |
| 2005 | West Dean College, England, six week intensive study of tapestry weaving on graduate level |
| 2003 | Workshops with Ruth Manning, John Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie |
| 2002 | Fashion Institute of Technology (Textile & costume conservation, graduate program) |
| 1994 to present | Study of loom controlled weaving techniques, spinning and dyeing. Numerous workshops at HGA Convergences, MAFA Conferences, ATA workshops and other venues. |
| 1992-93 | SUNY Purchase |
| 1982 | New York School of Interior Design |
| 1977-78 | Pasadena City College |
| 1975 | Hampshire College |
Tapestry /Weaving /Fiber/Art Associations
- Maine Crafts Association
- American Tapestry Alliance
- TWiNE Tapestry Weavers in New England
- Canadian Tapestry Network
- The British Tapestry Group
- The Wednesday Group
- Handweavers Guild of America
- Maine Fiberarts
- Surface Design Association
- Union of Maine Visual Artists
Related Interests
- Former Trustee and Director of the Costume and Textile Dept., Pascack Historical Society and Museum, Park Ridge, NJ 1999-2011
- Textile and costume conservation and collecting