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Education :
1990
Hunter College, New York, NY

Awards / Grants :
2002-03
California Arts Council: Artist Fellowship Award for the Visual Arts
1990-95

U.N.I.M.A. Foreign Exchange Grant, France

1990

Cultural Affairs de Francais Grant for foreign study


Solo Exhibitions :
2004
"For a Long Time I Would Go to Bed Early”, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Brigette Burns,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2003

“On the Other Side Beyond the Mirror,” Project Room, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002

“Brigette Burns,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

 

“New Work,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Shores Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001

Centre d'Etudes d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme in Saintes, France

 

“Very Pink,” Mendenhall-Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, CA

2000

“Intimate Dramas,” Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, CA

  “Shrimp Bisque,” Dirt gallery, Hollywood, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions :
2004
“Take This Bread,” Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
“New Tales to Tell: West Coast Narrative Art,” San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2002

“Miniature Show,” Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (traveling to Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)

“Kaleidoscope: Color systems in painting,” Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

“Odd Drawings,” Cypress College, Cypress, CA (curated by Tyler Stallings)

 

“Are You Interested?” Women's Center of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Holly Myers)

2001

“The Inaugural Exhibition,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

“Representing L.A.,” Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (curated by Gordon Fuglie)

 

“18th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA (Rupert Jenkins, juror)

2000 “Art 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent,” Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
  “Spurgeon Experience,” Santa Ana, CA
1995 “1st Annual Group Show,” 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
  “Genderplex,” Puffin Room, New York, NY
  “Cabaret,” W.O.W., New York, NY

Selected Collections :
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Art Collection, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY

Bibliography :
2005
Mendenhall, Lauri, “Purely Passionate,” Coast, February, p. 144
2004
Cheng, DeWitt, “Brigette Burns,” ARTnews, October, Vol. 103, No. 9, p. 193

Westbrook, Lindsey, “Brigette Burns at Heather Marx Gallery,” Artweek, October, Vol. 35, Issue 8, p. 14

Zevitas, Steven T. (Editor), New American Paintings, Number 49 - January, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA; p. 30-33

2002

Janku, Laura Richard, “Brigette Burns: New Work,” Contemporary, October, p. 88-89

 

“Chipping away at conformity,” San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Datebook, July 28, p. 21

 

Bing, Alison, “Fresh Paint,” sfgate.com Art ePick, July 18-24

 

Kaleidoscope: Color systems in painting (exhibition catalogue), Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, June

  Schoenkopf, Rebecca, “Nasty Town! The Little Girls Understand,” OC Weekly, April 12–18
  Berry, Colin, “ 'The Inaugural Exhibition' at Heather Marx Gallery,” Artweek, February, Vol. 33, Issue 1, p. 25
2001

Chang, Richard, “Art Comes of Age in L.A.,” Orange County Register, November 4

  Schoenkopf, Rebecca, “Burns Baby, Burns,” OC Weekly, January 19–28
2000 Belz, Carl, New American Paintings, edition 31, December (cover)
  Carasso, Roberta, review, Artweek, November, Vol. 11, Issue 31
  Johnstone, Mark, Art 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (exhibition catalogue)
  Stallings, Tyler, “Intimate Dramas,” Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Chapman, CA (exhibition essay)
  Carasso, Roberta, “Through a Woman’s Eye,” Laguna Newspost, May 25
1995 L’Ardennais, Charleville-Mezieres, Les Coulisses de las Creation, France, no. 58