Education
1991 State University of New York at Purchase, M.F.A.
1987 Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A.
1983 – 84 Berklee School of Music
Major and Solo Exhibitions
2023 Zero Station– Portland ME- Ripeness Twice Over- Solo Show (9/9-10/21/2023) Reviewed in Portland Press Herald.
2021 Engine Gallery, Biddeford, ME- Witness– (Virtual retrospective)
2018 Maine Media Gallery, Rockport, ME
Rebecca Goodale & Stephen Burt-Symphytum officinale and other works
University of New England-Ketchum Library Art Gallery, Biddeford, ME – Elemental Changes
2011 University of New England-Ketchum Library Art Gallery, Biddeford, ME – Elemental Changes
2017 Brooklyn Public Library-Kings Highway Branch, Brooklyn, NY- Imagining Nature
2015 The Third Floor Gallery (@Rusk Renovations), New York, NY – Outside In (Three-person show)
2011 Engine, Biddeford, ME – In Nature
Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME – Landscapes of Maine
2010 Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, Portland, ME – Natural History
Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME – Dawn and Dusk in Maine
2009 Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME –Exhibit of Landscape Paintings
2006 Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME – Plush
2005 Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME – Deluge in Twelve Parts
2003 Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME – Desire and Conflict
2001 Janus – Russian-American Center for the Arts, Brookline, MA – Unsettling Myths
1999 Douglas Arts Common, Douglas, MA – Dreamtide
1995 Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI – Solo Exhibit of Prints
1992 Alexander Gallery, New York, NY – Three Young Future Majors
1986 Carr Haus, Providence, RI – (two person show)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME- Drawn to Maine: Contemporary Drawing and Painting. Juried by Michael Olszewski (6/13- 7/21/24)
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI- Breadth and Depth- Juried group exhibition (2/4-3/24/24)
L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME- Transitions (Summer 2024)
2023 University of New England, Biddeford, ME- Seeking Light- Invited group exhibit (10/12-1/7/24)
Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME- Tree Speech (3/30-5/13/23)
L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME- Balance/Imbalance (Summer 2023)
2022 University of New England, Biddeford, ME- River to the Sea- Faculty Exhibit (Oct.2022)
L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME– Summer Exhibition: Wilderness and Culture
Maine Arts Journal- UMVA Quarterly, As Things Fall Apart: Dystopia or Utopia? Spring 2022, Featured Artist
Belfast Poetry Festival, Belfast, ME- Invited collaborator along with poet Catherine Weiss. (Oct.2022). Watch Video
Innovation Hall-UNE, Portland, ME- UArctic Assembly -video screening of “There Were Many”, A video project created by Stephen Burt and
Oran Suta (June 2022) Watch Video
2021 Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME—Great and Small
Zero Station, Portland, ME—Want/Need
Aomori Municipal Art Pavilion, Aomori, Japan- Maine Aomori Printmaking Society (Oct 2021)
Zero Station, Portland, ME—Efflorescence (reviewed)
Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME- Peregrine Press 30th Anniversary Exhibit (reviewed)
Hilliard Art Museum– University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA– Marias Press Projects 9/21-8/22
Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME- Gargantua and Lilliputian
L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME- Marks and Tracks
2020 University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME- House of the Soul (Invitational exhibit)
Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME- Focus Printmaking III (Invitational exhibit)
2019 Lewis Gallery- Portland Public Library– Portland, ME- FolkLand (October-Dec. 2019)
Aomori Municipal Art Pavilion, Aomori, Japan- Maine Aomori Printmaking Society (Oct 2019)
Northwestern State University-LSMSA Gallery, Natchitoches, LA- East/West Portfolio
L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME- Atmospheric Water
Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME – Man-Made: A State of Nature
2018 L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME- On and Off the Wire: Birds in Urban and Natural Landscapes
Engine, Biddeford, ME- UNE Art Faculty Exhibition
University of New England, Art Gallery, Portland, ME- Department of Arts Faculty Exhibition
Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME – Printmakers of the Peregrine Press
Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME – Focus Printmaking 2 (Invitational exhibit)
2017 L.C. Bates Museum– Hinckley, ME – Maine Wood(s)
Loyola University– Collins Diboll Gallery, New Orleans, LA- Marais Press- 20 Years of Collaborations
2016 CTN Gallery-Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland, ME- Monsters
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
Lewis Gallery-Portland Public Library, Portland, ME- The Art of the Hand Pulled Print
University of S. Maine, Glickman Library, Portland, ME- Sustenance in Artists’ Books
L.C. Bates Museum– Hinckley, ME – Open Spaces: Reimagining Pastoral Maine
University of New England, Art Gallery, Portland, ME- Wonder
Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME – Focus Printmaking (Invitational Exhibit)
2015 Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA – Scientific Illustrations and Beasties
Imago Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI – 10th Annual Open Juried Exhibit, Printmaking Now
Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA- East Portfolio: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking
Ballinglen Gallery-The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland, January Residents Group Show
2014 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA- 27TH Annual September Competition
L.C. Bates Museum– Hinckley, ME – Maine Northern Skies: Clear Light
University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME – Faculty Show
2013 McNeese State University, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA, An Illustrated Popol Vuh
L.C. Bates Museum– Hinckley, ME – The Gift of the Glacier: The Maine Landscape
2012 Greg Moon Gallery, Taos, NM – After Dark 2012 National Juried Exhibition
Juror: Jina Brenneman, Curator of the Harwood Museum, and Guy Cross, publisher THE Magazine.
L.C. Bates Museum– Hinckley, ME – Humanity in Nature
University Museum- UNH, Durham, NH – 4th Annual MFA Invitational
Victoria Mansion Museum, Portland, ME- Victoria’s Wonderama
Bradbury Gallery- State University of Arizona, AR – 2012 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition
Juror: Curator Emerita Roberta Waddell-New York Public Library
Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME – Print/Counterprint: Peregrine Press, Zea Mays, MECA
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA – Print/Counterprint
Ameen Art Gallery- Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
East/West: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking
Dean’s Gallery- University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
East/West: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking
University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME – 2012 Art Faculty Biennial
2011 Louisiana State University Student Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
20″ x 20″ x 20″ National Competition and Exhibit
Juror: Julie Sasse- Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, Tuscon Museum of Art
University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
East/West: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking
Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery, New Britain, CT
East/West: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking
Spring Gallery, Belgrade Lakes, ME- The Jar Project, Sixty Artist Jars
Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME The Jar Project, Sixty Artist Jars
Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy- Drawing Connections
Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, ME – Botanicals (with John Knight)
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME – The Drawing Story
University of New England, Portland, ME- Critters
Lewis Gallery-Portland Public Library, Portland, ME – Dunia Moja-One World
Red Eft Gallery, Wutzboro, NY – Art is a Great Gift
Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR – Au Natural-The Nude in the 21st Century
University of Maine at Augusta, Augusta, ME – Drawings: Marks, Traces, and Imprints
University of New England, Portland, ME – The Architecture of Environmental Landscapes
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA – 2010 National Juried Show
Juror: Maria Medua- Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art- Artists Gallery
2010 International Print Center New York, New York, NY- New Prints 2010/Spring. Exhibition juried by Philip Pearlstein.
First Street Gallery, New York, NY- 2010 National Juried Competition.
Juror: Lance Esplund – Critic for the Wall Street Journal
Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY- Of a Botanical Nature
Juror: Wendy Hollander- Coordinator for Botanical Art NY Botanical Gardens
Harper College, Palatine, IL- 33rd Harper College National Juried Art Exhibition: Small Works
Juror: Douglas Stapleton, Assistant Curator of Art, Illinois State Museum
Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL- 6th Annual Juried Competition
Juror: Marisa Pascucci- Curator of American Art- Norton Museum of Art
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA- 2010 Northeast Prize Show
Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum of Art
The University of New England, Portland, ME – Out of the Studio: Faculty Exhibit
2009 The University of New England, Portland, ME – Selections from the Permanent Collection
2008 The Saco Museum, Saco, ME – First Impressions: The Peregrine Press Portfolio
The Saco Museum, Saco, ME – First Impressions: The Peregrine Press Portfolio
2007 Gallery 170, Damariscotta, ME – Printmakers, curated by Francis Hodsdon
Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME – Tiny, curated by Bruce Brown
2006 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME – Maine Printmakers 1980-2005
Saco Museum, Saco, ME – Peregrine Press: Celebrating 15 Years in Maine.
Collector’s Art Gallery, Rye, NH – The Naked Truth
The Clown, Portland, ME – The Year of the Printmaker
2005 George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME – The Art of the Print
The Matzo Files, New York, NY – The Matzo Files Project
2004 Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME – In Small Print
Hay Gallery, Portland, ME – Botanicals
Galeyrie, Falmouth, ME – Expressions in Mark-Making
The Matzo Files, New York, NY – The Matzo Files Project
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD – 4th Annual Small Works Exhibition
Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND – 33rd Annual Paper Works Exhibition
2003 Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2002 South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA – Re-Figured
2001 Kaelin Gallery, Boston, MA – The RISD Alumni Exhibition
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL – Figurative Works Competition 2001
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA – 2001 National Competition
Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL – 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition
2000 Gallery 5 North, Boston, MA – RISD on Point
1999 New York Public Library, New York, NY – Sight/Insight- Visual Commentaries on the Physical World
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ – 43rd Annual National Juried Print Exhibition
1998 Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA – Out of the Studio
1997 Lenore Grey Gallery, Providence, RI – Summer Group Show
1996 Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI – Summer Faculty Show and Work on Extended Loan.
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA – Faculty Exhibit
1995 Lenore Grey Gallery, Providence, RI – Summer Group Show
Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI – Faculty Exhibit
1992 County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ – Twenty Three Teaching Artists
Public Collections
Munakata Shiko Museum– Aomori, Japan
The Bowdoin College Library- George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections
University of Southern Maine- Kate Cheney Chappell ’83- Center for Book Arts
Bridgewater State University- Maxwell Library Special Collections
The New Britain Museum of American Art
Wheaton College
University of Southern Indiana- Permanent Collection, Evansville, IN
University of Central Florida- Special Collections Library, Orlando, FL
University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA
The University of Colorado- Special Collections Department, Boulder, CO
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
The Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
The Fogg- Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
The University of New England, Portland, ME
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, SUNJ, New Brunswick, NJ
The Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
The Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Awards
University of New England- Ludcke Chair Award 2024
Bristol Art Museum- Brito Family Recognition Award for work of excellence 2024
University of New England, Research Support Grant 2020
Juror’s Merit Award- 2012 Delta National Small Print Exhibition
Second Prize, 20” x 20” x 20” LSU Student Union Gallery 2011
University of New England, Research Support Grant 2011
Juror’s Choice Award, Cambridge Art Association 2010
Juror’s Choice Award, ACCI Gallery 2010
First Prize, Sixth Annual Competition, Palm Beach State College 2010
University of New England, Research Support Grant 2009
University of New England, Research Support Grant 2008
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant 2004
Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant 2004
Bibliography
Arango, Jorge, Portland Press Herald- Art Review: Artists reach back into the past to express contemporary ideas. October 1, 2023
Grey, Megan, Portland Press Herald- Scarborough artist wants you to see the coming storm. September 25, 2023
Editorial Board, Maine Arts Journal– UMVA Quarterly, As Things Fall Apart: Dystopia or Utopia? Spring 2022, Featured Artist
Bell, Kirsty, Reproducing Images and Texts, Series: Word and Image Interactions, Cover illustration,
Kaenel, P Brill, 2021
Little, Carl, “Peregrine @30”, Art New England, November/December 2021
Arango, J.S., “Art Review: Two galleries entice viewers with a wealth of experiences.”, Portland Press Herald. August 8, 2021
Editorial Board Maine Arts Journal– UMVA Quarterly, Macro/Micro, Spring 2020, Featured Artist
Kany, Daniel “Exhibit shows bleak future for planet, but bright future for gallery”, Portland Press Herald, February, 24, 2019
Kany, Daniel “Two collaborative exhibitions push boundaries,” Portland Press Herald, March 6, 2016
Kany, Daniel “Focus: Printmaking,” Portland Press Herald, February, 14, 2016
Schroeder, N “Six artists take on reality at Rose,” The Portland Phoenix, July 25, 2012
Kany, Daniel “At L. C. Bates Romantics run happily amok,” Maine Sunday Telegram, July 8, 2012
Luttrell, Steve The Café Review Vol. 23, Spring 2012, Featured Artist
Keyes, Bob “Dream House” Portland Press Herald, May 16, 2012
Schroeder, N “Going Back in Time…” The Portland Phoenix, April 6, 2012
Keyes, Bob “Harlow Exhibit Explores: What is Drawing?” Maine Sunday Telegram, June 5, 2011
McHugh, S “Fanciful and Very Much Alive”: Plants, Prints and Drawings.” Antennae, Issue 18, Autumn 2011
Duff & Rosales “On Gardens and Politics’, Illustrations by Stephen Burt, Beneath the Pavement: A Garden, Radar, November 2010
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Kany, Daniel “Art Review: Gallery puts on splendid show of drawing-based artworks,” Maine Sunday Telegram, Oct. 3, 2010
Little, Carl “First Impressions: New Work by Peregrine Press…,” Art New England, Feb./Mar. 2009
Keyes, Bob “Shows at Saco Museum…worthy of note,” Maine Sunday Telegram, October 19, 2008
Becker, D The Imprint of Place, Maine Printmaking 1800-2005, Down East Books, 2006
Nudelman, S “Enthusiasm still high for printmaking exhibits,” York County Star, January 25, 2007
Gotthelf, L. “Saco Museum celebrates Peregrine Press,” Journal Tribune, January 5, 2007
Keyes, B. “Rare Bird,” Maine Sunday Telegram, January 7, 2007
Isaacson, P. “Wonders at the Whitney,” Maine Sunday Telegram, December 17, 2006
Isaacson, P. “Bright Spots on Winter Landscape,” Maine Sunday Telegram, January 22, 2006
Staff Words and Images 2003 Edition. Pub. by University of Southern Maine, Featured Artist
Rogers, Josh “Apocalypse Wow”, The Portland Phoenix, May 2, 2003
Staff “Painte” Burt wins grant,” Maine Sunday Telegram, Feb. 23, 2003
Nigrosh, Leon. “Waterworld,” The Worcester Phoenix, Jan. 15, 1999
Bischoff, Dan. “Individual is Stronger than Group at Clinton Print Exhibition,” The Sunday Star Ledger, June 20, 1999
Staff “Hunterdon Museum to Host National Print Exhibition,” Hunterdon Marketplace, June 2, 1999
The Journal of New Jersey Poets Vol. XIV No. 2 Autumn 1992 Featured Artist.
Experience
9/2020-Present University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
Professor of Art- School of Arts and Sciences
2015-5/2020 University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
Chair Department of Arts through 5/2020- Associate Professor of Art
Sabbatical Leave 9/2020-12/2020
2015- 2013 University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
Chair Department of Arts and Communications
Chair College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Assembly 9/2013-12/2013 and 9/2014-5/2015
Sabbatical Leave 1/2014-5/2014
2012-1/10 University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
Associate Professor and Chair Department of Creative and Fine Arts
12/2009-2007 University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative and Fine Arts. Coordinator of Studio Faculty.
Responsible for curriculum planning, adjunct faculty, and material expenditures.
2007-04 University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
Adjunct Instructor for Drawing I, Drawing II, and Two-Dimensional Design.
2006-02 Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
Adjunct Instructor for Drawing Lessons with the Great Masters, Life Drawing and
Anatomy, and Decisions in Painting.
2002-1999 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Visiting Assistant Professor in Painting. Instructor for Painting courses, Senior Concentration Seminar, drawing courses, and interdisciplinary courses.
1999 – 95 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Studio Art Lecturer/Lab Supervisor. Instructor for 2D Fundamentals,
Drawing One, Life Drawing, Printmaking, and Hands on Contemporary Art, an interdisciplinary seminar. Administration of studio safety program.
1997 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Visiting Lecturer for Studio Foundations.
1996 – 95 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Instructor in Basic Design for Pre-College Summer Program.
1996 – 95 Fisher College, Attleboro and New Bedford, Massachusetts
Instructor for Drawing, Painting and Visual Fundamentals.
1996 – 95 School One, Providence, Rhode Island
Instructor for Drawing and Portfolio Development, a college
preparatory course for high school students.
1996 – 95 Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Education Committee- Planning and curriculum development.
Instructor for Introduction to Drawing, Pen and Ink and Figure Drawing.
1995 Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts
Instructor for Drawing 1.
1995 – 91 Kathy Caraccio – Master Printer, New York, New York
Master Printer. Assistant to Master Printer Kathy Caraccio.
1994 – 92 County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey
Instructor for Color and Design 1, Printmaking 1, Drawing II and
Contemporary Art History.
1994 Jersey City State College, Jersey City, New Jersey
Instructor for Intaglio 1
1991 – 90 Mead School for Human Development, Riverside, Connecticut Instructor for the Creative Summer Programs in Mural Painting, Drawing, Shadow Puppetry and Mask making. Responsible for curriculum development.
1991 – 89 SUNY at Purchase, Purchase, New York
Instructor for Printmaking for Non-majors, an introductory class covering mono-print, intaglio and relief printing. Teaching Assistant for Intermediate and Advanced Intaglio. Introduction to Woodcut and Intaglio with Antonio Frasconi
1987 – 85 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Nature Lab – Responsible for scheduling lab use, equipment check-out, and photography of student work.
1986 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Teaching Assistant – Pre-College Life Drawing and Design
Visiting Artist/Presenter
2015-15 Cumberland Club, Portland, ME- Work on exhibit, Curated by Mark Besirre-Director of the Portland Museum of Art
2017 University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Presenter at: Reproduction Images and Texts Reproduced, XI International Association
of Word and Image Studies Conference
2016 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland- Artist-in-Residence
2015 Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA- Artist-in-Residence
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland- Artist in Residence
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI- Visiting Critic Foundation Drawing
2014 University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland. Presenter at: Riddles of Form: Explorations and Discovery in Word and Image, 10th International
Association of Word and Image Studies Conference.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Visiting Critic for Foundation Drawing
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Visiting Critic for Senior Studio
Ballinglen Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland- Artist in Residence
2013 Colby College, Waterville, ME. Visiting Artist
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Visiting Critic Foundation Drawing
2012 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Visiting Critic Foundation Drawing
2011 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Visiting Critic Foundation Drawing
2010 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Visiting Critic Foundation Drawing
2009 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Visiting Artist for Printmaking
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Visiting Critic Foundation Drawing
The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica, Artist in Residence
Rhode Island School of Design, Winter session course in Costa Rica
2007 University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME. Visiting critic for BFA seniors.
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Dept. of Freshman Foundation
Art in the Park, South Portland, ME. Juror
2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Dept. of Illustration
2004 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, artsmart-Professional Development Conference
Exhibitions as Curator
2015 Engine Gallery, Biddeford, ME- Intricate Worlds, A group show of 13 exhibiting artists with regional to international.
2013 Engine Gallery, Biddeford, ME- Past Present Future, Works by Rimer Cardillo, Fritz Drury, and Elinore Hollinshead.
Professional Affiliations
Historians of Netherlandish Art
College Art Association
International Association of Word and Image Studies
Board member Engine- An arts-driven non-profit in Biddeford, ME
Peregrine Press-A cooperative press in Portland, ME of 30yrs. Standing.)