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
2023
Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC (Christian Burchard/Kristy Kun)
2022
Museo Gallery, LANGLEY, WA (Group Show)
Smithsonian Craft Show, Wash. DC
2021
Peterson Contemporary, Bend OR (Group Show)
2020
Harrison Gallery, Key West, White on White
SOFA Chicago (2007-2019)
2019
Laura Vincent Gallery, Portland, OR (Solo Show)
2018
Peterson/Roth Gallery, Bend OR (Christian Burchard/Corey Gulbrandson)
Masters In Craft, Chautauqua , NY
New Horizons, Richland, WA and St Paul, MN
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO. Feb.’18 (Christian Burchard/Rebecca Crowell)
2017
Peterson Roth, Bend, OR July/August ’17 (Christian Burchard/Corey Gulbrandson)
Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR Sept.’17 (Christian Burchard/Claire/Duncan)
2016
CWA-Why Wood-SOFA Chicago, Ill.
Wood Symphony-Turned and Sculpted Wood, L.A. CA
Masters of Lathe-Turned sculpture, Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC
Christian Burchard and Betty LaDuke Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2015
30 Years, Telluride Art Gallery, Telluride, CO
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Burchard/Van Fleet, GP, Oregon
SOFA Chicago, Ill.
Sitka, Portland OR
2014
COLLECT, London
ART PARIS, France
‘Knock on Wood’ Belleview Arts Museum, Belleview WA
Taste Contemporary Craft 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
CONTEXT Miami, Seager Grey Gallery, Florida
COLLECT, Sarah Myerscough, London, UK
Turning Twenty,CFC, Rockport, Maine
SOFA Chicago, IL.
CURRENTS, AAW, SOFA Chicago
SITKA Invitational, Portland, OR
Telluride Gallery of Art,’Sculpture’, Telluride, CO
‘Scratching the Surface’, CAFAM, LA, CA
Design Days, Dubai, UAE
2012
COLLECT, Sarah Myerscough, London, UK
SOFA, Chicago, IL
“What is Beautiful?’ CWA, Chicago, IL
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
From Tree to Treasure, Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
Design Day, Dubai, UAE
2011
SOFA NY, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
‘White on White’, Harrison Gallery, Key West, FL
‘A Wood Collectors Home’, Groovewood Gallery, Ashville NC
“The Fine Art of Wood: an international invitational exhibition of woodturning” Arboretum, Ashville, NC
Collect 2011, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, GB
Del Mano, ‘Wrestling with Riddles’ LA, CA
Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR
Wayne Art Center, Craft Forms 2011, Wayne, PA
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, 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 your 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, ME
Craft In America: Expanding Craft Traditions, Arkansas Art Center-
‘Open/ Closed’ AAW Gallery, St Paul MN
‘Turning Green’ AAW Symposium Portland OR
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 (00-11)
‘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
‘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: 01-08, 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,
‘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
Duane Reed Gallery, Profile, St. Louis MO + Chicago
‘Forms in Wood’ Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Mass.
‘Multiples’ Craft Alliance,St. Louis, MO
1998
Turned Wood 93-11, Del Mano, LA
1997
“Masterworks from the Wornick Collection” Oakland Museum,CA
“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
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Woodturning Today, 25 Years, AAW, MN
Conversations with Wood, The Waterbury Collection, Minneapolis, MN
The Cutting Edge, K.Wallace, LA, CA
Turning to Art in Wood,WTC, Philadelphia, PA
A Revolution in Wood, The Bresler Collection, Smithsonian Institution, DC
Woodturning Design, Hayes, GB
Wood Art Today #2, Schiffer Publications
Craft in America, Lauri/Fenton
Masters of Woodturning, Lark
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, 01,10 GB
American Woodturner, 94, 95, 97, 01,10
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
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Barcelona Renaiccance Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Four Seasons, Jackson Hole, WY
‘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
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Art Museum Of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art for Embassies Program, Washington, DC
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Royal Cultural Center, Jedda, Saudi Arabia
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
AWARDS
‘Raphael Prize,”Transformation”,’09 Pittsburgh, PA
Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship 97