CHRISTIAN BURCHARD RESUME
EDUCATION
1974-75 Furniture Apprenticeship, Hamburg, Germany
1977-78 Sculpture, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1978-79 Sculpture, Emily Carr College, Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
"Be our Guest" A Progressive Invitational, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
The Art of Wood: Outside the Box' Holter Museum, Helena, Mt
"Is Ornament a Crime?: Re-Thinking the Role of Decoration in Contemporary Wood." CWA, SOFA Chicago
2009
Days of Spring, Moments of Intimate Connections, Fuller Museum, March till Dec., Brockton Mass.
Fall Perspective, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa ,OK.
Wood Invitational, Blue Spiral, Ashville NC
Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, GB
'Transformation', Society of Arts and Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
SOFA Santa Fe.
2008
Over the Edge' University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
In the Palm of you Hand' CFC, Rockport, ME
New West Coast Design,San Francisco Museum of Craft And Design, SF, CA
Collect' Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, GB
2007
Far from the Tree' Messler Gallery, Rockport, Maine
Craft In America: Expanding Craft Traditions, Arkansas Art Center-
Palm Springs Art Museum '07-'09
Open/ Closed AAW Gallery, St Paul MN Jan 12th to April 15th
Turning Green AAW Symposium Portland OR June/July 07
2006
Wood Now: Craft Alliance, St.Loius, Mo
Woodturning on the Edge: Unversity of Idaho, Pritchard Gallery, Moscow ID
Our Turn Now: Artists speak out in Wood, Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus ,OH
SOFA Chicago and SOFANew York (00-06)
Turning Wood into Art: Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, GB
2005
Nature Transformed:Univ. of Michigan Art Gallery,
Artists Reflections: WTC, Philadelphia,PA
Art Invitational: Great American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
Wood Sculpture: A Rhythmical Weave of the Elements
Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
Davis & Cline, Featured Artist,Ashland,OR
Kebanu, Featured Artist, Bend, OR
2004
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions
Craft and Folk Art Museum, LA, CA
Out of the Woods, Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA
Sitka Invitational, Portland, OR
25 years of Woodturning: BYU, Provo, U
A Tribute to Bob Stocksdale: CCG, Portland, OR
'Collect': Victoria and Albert Museum, Sarah Meyercough Gallery, London, UK
2003
Contemporary Turned Wod: A tribute to Rudi Osolnik, Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, KY
Selected Works: del Mano,Los Angeles, CA
Into the Woods: Long Beach Art Musem ,Long Beach, CA
Across the Grain: Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile , AL
2002
Modern Bestiary: Artists view of the Animal Kingdom, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Surface and Form: Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
Hot Tea!: del Mano Gallery, CA
Collectors Choice: Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Wood Invitational: 01-04, American Art Company,Tacoma, WA
2001
Woodturning in North America since 1930.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
Yale University Art Gallery,New Haven, CT
Challenge VI-Roots: Insghts and Inspirations in Cintemporary Turned Objects, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA, touring
Against the Grain:Turned and Sculpted Wood. The MacAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
2000
Inventions & Constructions, New Baskets, Florida
Craftmen Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Living with Form, Horn Collection, Arkansas
Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Distinctive Visions, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999
SOFA NY and Chicago, also 00 and 01
Smithonian Craft Show, 96, 98, 99, Washington, DC
Duane Reed Gallery, Profile, St. Louis MO + Chicago
Forms in Wood, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Mass.
Craft Alliance, Multiples, St. Louis, MO
1998
Turned Wood 93-99, Small Treasures 93-99, Del Mano, LA
1997
Oakland Museum "Masterworks from the Wornick Collection"
"Turning in Context" Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
"Beyond Tradition" Arkansas Art Center, AR
1996
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
1994
"Redefining the Lathe Turned Object III" ASU Tempe, AZ
"Challenge V: International Lathe Turned Objects" Berman Museum of Fine Arts, Collegeville, PA
1992
"Turning Plus" Redefining the Lathe Turned Object" ASU, AZ
1991
"Turned Vessels Defined" Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Mass.
"Challenge VI: International Lathe Turned Objects" Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1990
"Woodturning; Vision and Concept" Arrowmont School
Featured Artist, Del Mano, L.A., CA
PUBLICATIONS
Wood Art Today #2' Schiffer Publications
Craft in America, Lauri/Fenton
Masters of Woodturning, Lark
Wood Art Today 2, Schiffer Publ.
Contemporary Crafts, Imogen Racz GB
Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis, Wornick Collection
Sacred Vessels, CLAL
Celebrating Nature, CFAM
Craft Arts, Australia
CRART, Korea
American Craft Oct/Nov 91
Woodturning Magazine, 94, 95, 99, 01, GB
American Woodturner, 94, 95, 97, 01
Turning Wood into Art, Mason Collection, 2000
Expressions in Wood, Masterworks, 97
The Art of Craft, 99
Contemporary Turned Wood, 99
The Fine Art of Wood, 00
Drechseln, 95, 98 Germany
Living with Form, Horn Collection
Woodturning since 1930, Yale
COMMISSIONS
'The Viceroy' Snowmass, CO
Oregon Arts Commission, Santiam Forestry Center
Presbyterian Seminary, Louisville, KY
The Venetian Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Orlando Hilton. FL
Ritz Carlton, Shenzen, China
COLLECTIONS
The Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas NV
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Mass.
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, NC
Arizona Sate University Museum of Art, Tempe, AR
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
American Decorative Arts at Yale University, New Haven, CT
Art for Embassies Program, DC
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Detroit Art Museum, Detroit, MI
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
LA County Museum, LA, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Royal Cultural Center, Jedda, Saudi Arabia
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile,AL
Museum for Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC
Stanford University Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
University Of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS
'09 Raphael Prize,"Transformation", Pittsburgh, PA
Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship 97