Creative Industries Discussion:
A Shrine for a Shrine
Bruce Burris
Bruce Burris has exhibited throughout the US, including the Portland2016 Biennial, curated by Michelle Grabner and most recently in solo exhibits at Summertime Gallery NYC and A.L.S.O/Shrine NYC. Burris has been awarded numerous fellowships including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Hallie Ford Foundation, the Kentucky State Arts Council-Al Smith Fellowship, the Delaware State Arts Council, the NEA-SAF. His work is included in numerous public and private collections including the University of Kentucky Art Museum. Burris attended the San Francisco Art Institute and is represented by March Gallery, NYC.
Burris has worked and collaborated with artists who are neurodiverse for over 40 years and has served as founder/director/owner of a number of agencies/programs noted for crafting innovative supports which enable people to assume roles of significance in their community via participation in the arts. Burris has curated a group exhibition of self-taught neurodiverse artists for our Treehaven Gallery to be on view simultaneously alongside his solo exhibition.
Julia Bradshaw
Julia Bradshaw is Associate Professor at Oregon State University where she teaches photography and video art. She is a curator, writer, and artist who in 2020, was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship by the Oregon Arts Commission. Bradshaw’s video-art and photography projects have been shown throughout the United States, Guatemala, The Netherlands, Poland, and Germany.