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                                                               M Y R N A  B U R K S
                                                               PRINTMAKER  & PAINTER
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                                                               NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10009

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Education
1972-77 Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico,
(Curator and Printer)

1976 M.F.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1973 M.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1971 B.F.A. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Honors
 1991 Faculty Research Grant, Pacific Northwest College of
Art, Portland, OR
1976 Ford Foundation Grant (Research: Picasso’s
Lithographs 1945-49)
1974 Research Grant in Printmaking and Collaboration,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Collections
 United States Embassy Collection, Washington, DC
University of New Mexico Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Hunter Art Museum, Chattanooga, TN

Georgia State University Museum, Atlanta, GA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Kaiser Permanete, Portland, OR
University of Illinois, Normal, IL
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR
Clayton Brokerage, Denver, CO
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Morse & Green Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Sequent, Portland, OR
State Lands Building, Salem, OR
SAFCO, Seattle, WA
Federal Reserve Bank, Portland, OR
New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, NY
Intel Corporation, Portland, OR
The New York Stock Exchange, Washington, DC


Publications
Leaves, published by Lulu.com, 2009
Paintings, 2008-09, Lulu.com, 2009
Myrna Burks Monoprints, Lulu, 2008
Specimens Vol I, Lulu. com, 2008
Teaching & Related Experience


Professional Experience
2001 Guest Artist, Santa Fe Art Institute for Ground Zero Artists
1981-91 Co-Owner and Printer, North Light Editions,
Portland, OR
1999 Guest Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI
1987-90 Assistant Professor, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
1987 Guest Artist & Lecturer: Portland State University,
Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer, “Collaboration,” SITKA. Cascade Head, OR
Tuesday Lecture Series Speaker “Mono-Mania,”
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Or
Guest Artist Lecturer, “Frank Stella,” Laura Russo Gallery,
Portland, OR
1986 Guest Artist Wednesday Lecture Series, Pacific
Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1984 Guest Artist, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee,
Belgium
1980 Guest Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Guest Lecturer, Portland State University, Portland, OR
1979 Guest Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
City, MO
1977-80 Instructor of Printmaking and Gallery Director,

University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
1978 Guest Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond,
VA
1977 Tamarind Printer, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1975 Teaching Assistant to John Sommers, Master Printer &
Technical Director, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1974 Technical Assistant, Lithography Department, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM


Solo Exhibitions
2019 April upcoming – Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 March 2016 – Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, NY
“20 Monoprints from 2015”
2007 “Murks, Rappel, a digital conversation,” Art Sites,
Riverhead, NY
2007 “Small Works,” NYU, Purchase Award, New York, NY
2004 “The Cancelled Bird,” Ansonia, New York, NY
2003 “Tribeca Years,” Paintings, Drawings, Prints – Medley Global
Advisors, New York, NY
1999 “Invocations,” Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis TN
1998 “Women’s Art Works,” Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY

1997 “Sound and Bay,” The Painting Center, New York, NY
1996 “Interior Landscapes,” Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992,91,
89,87 Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
1987 Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1986,85 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR


Group Exhibitions
2015 Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY
2003 “New Prints 2003/Winter,” International Print Center,
NYC, NY

2002 “Veerle Rooms in Dialogue,” Exhibition of International
Printmakers, Antwerp, Belgium
2002 “September 11 – one year later” works by invited artist,
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa, Fe, New Mexico
2000 “A Gift of Time and Light,” Bank of American Gallery,
Seattle, WA
2000 “Collaborations,” Organized and Curated for Art Sites
Gallery, Greenport, NY
2000-97 Group Exhibitions, Yellow House Gallery,
Greenport, NY
1999 “The Power of Drawing,” Curated by Beverly
Brodsky, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
1998 “The Centennial Open,” The Parrish Art Museum,
Southampton, NY
1996 “Acid Bronze Paint,” Yellow House Gallery,
Greenport, NY
1991 Northwest Print Council/Pacific Northwest Exhibition,
Wentz Gallery, Commemorating the Opening of the
Gordon Gilkey Print Center, Portland, OR

1990 “Another View: A Selection of Contemporary Prints,”
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1989 “Monotype,” Kultureel Centrum Van Heusdan-Zolder,
Antwerpen, Belgium
Northwest Print Council, Chicago Center for the Print
Chicago, IL
Internationale Exlibriswedstrijd, Stedelijk Museum,
Holland
“Monotypes Van North Light Editions,” Frans Masereel
Centrum,Kasterlee, Belgium
1988 “National Invitational Drawing Exhibition,” Santa
Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
1987 “Inside –Outside,” North Light Editions, Salishan
Lodge, Gleneden Beach, OR
“International Exhibit of Graphic Art,” A traveling
exhibit to Belgium, Japan, USA, and France
1985-86 Oregon School of Arts and Crafts Christmas Exhibit,
Portland, OR
1984-86 “Prints from North Light Editions,” Elizabeth Leach
Gallery, Portland, OR
1986 “Northwest Print Council Group Exhibition in Conjunction
with EXPO,” Vancouver, BC
1985 “North Light Editions,” exhibit at Frans Masereel
Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgiium
“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum,
Portland, OR
“Western States Print Exhibition,” An Invitational
Exhibit, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1984 “Northwest Print Council Invitational Exhibit,”
Galleri Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway
Summer Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,

Portland, OR
1983 “Northwest Prints,” El Camino College,
Los Angeles, CA
“North Light Editions,” Salishan Lodge, Gleneden
Beach, OR
1982 “Northwest Prints ’82,” Portland Art Museum,
Portland, OR
“Invitational Exhibition,” Wentz Gallery, Portland
Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1981 “Texture in Prints,” An Invitational Exhibit from the
Gilkey Collection, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1980 “Erotic Art,” Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Potsdam Prints,” SUNY, Potsdam, NY
1979-80 “Selected Artists,” Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
1979 “Women Artists ’79 : Paperworks,” University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS
“City in Celebration,” Women’s Caucus for the Arts,
Kansas City, MO

“Artists Choose Artists,” University of Missouri,
Kansas City, MO
1978 “Invitational Exhibition,” Teaching Gallery, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1977 “4th Annual Midwestern Printmaking and Drawing
Competition and Exhibition,” Tulsa, OK
1975-77 “Mid-Western Graphics Annual,” Tulsa, OK
1976 “Southwestern Fine Arts Biennial,” The Museum of
New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
M.F.A. Exhibition, University of New Mexico,
Santa Fe, NM
“Northwest International Small Format Print
Exhibition,” Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1975 “Fourteen Albuquerque Printmakers,” University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
“3rd Hawaii National Print Exhibition,” Honolulu Academy
of Arts, Honolulu, HI
“Art on Paper,” Normal, IL
“Southwest Print and Drawing Competition,” Las
Cruces, NM (Honorable Mention)
“Philadelphia Print Club Biennial,”
Philadelphia, PA
1974 M.A. Thesis Exhibition, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM
“Exposure ’74: Mid-America College of Art Conference,”
Dekalb, IL
“Potsdam Prints,” Potsdam, NY
1973 “Images on Paper,” Springfield Art Assoication
Springfield, IL

1971-73 “Contemporary Prints from American Universities,”
1973 United States Information Agency (Purchase Award)
1971 Jackson Art Association, Jacksonville, FL
(Purchase Award)
“Arts Festival 13,” Jacksonville, FL
(Purchase Award)
1970 “Hunter Annual,” Hunter Art Museum, Chattanooga, TN
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