About
Composition 6-1-1, Gouache on paper, 30 x 30 inches, 2011, Private Collection
Tom Burtonwood, (born Manchester, UK) is an artist and educator living and working in Chicago, IL. He teaches at Columbia College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Burtonwood is a founding member of “The 3D Printer Experience” a hybrid makerspace / retail store in Chicago. His work has been exhibited at Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn; Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn; Fountain Art Fair, Miami; The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago; Systema Gallery, Osaka, Japan; La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles; Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach; and the Evanston Art Center, Evanston. Burtonwood has demonstrated 3D printing and scanning at Expo Chicago, Chicago Ideas Week, the Southside Hub of Production, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Green Exchange with Dabble, Fluevog Shoes and What It Is Gallery. In 2012 he participated in the Makerbot MET#3D Hackathon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Burtonwood also co-founded Improbable Objects, a project to 3D print artists editions and multiples. http://tomburtonwood.com