Résumé
born
1974 in Manchester, United Kingdom
lives
Oak Park, Ill.
education
2001 MFA, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Painting, Carbondale, Ill.
2001 Graduate Certificate in Art History, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Ill.
1997 BA, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom (First Class)
awards / honors
2012 Jurors Prize, Evanston and Vicinity Biennale, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2012 The School of the Art Institute Faculty Enrichment Grant
2011 Illinois Arts Council, IAS Artist Project Grant
2009 Lincoln Penny Artist Stimulus Grant
2007 Illinois Arts Council, Special Assistance Grant
2005 CAAP Grant, City of Chicago, Dept of Cultural Affairs
2001 Silent Gallery Fund
1997 Yorkshire and Humberside Arts, Individual Artist Award
exhibition history
solo / two person
Multiplicity, Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL, 2012
Tessellations, Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch, Oak Park, IL, 2012
Permutations, Hinge Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2011
Composition 2: Recent Work by Tom Burtonwood, Center For Book and Paper, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill., 2011
Translations, Clutch, Chicago, IL, 2010
Chawn-eoiserie, with David Constable, Fountain Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
Garden Fresh, with Bradley Bullock. Chicago, Ill., 2002
Integrated Systems, Surplus Space, Carbondale, IL, 2001
Administration, Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL, 2001
Trueblood, Carbondale, IL, 2001
three person
Sidecar Gallery, Hammond, IN
selected group
The Bus: 29 Hooligans from Chi Town, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA 2013
0P3NR3P0.net, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 2013
Fountain Art Fair, with Front Room Gallery, New York, NY 2013
Flux Box, Anne Arundel Community College, NY 2013
23rd International Exhibition, Systema Gallery, Osaka, Japan 2013
Fuse Works, Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2012
Fountain Art Fair, with Front Room Gallery, Miami, FL 2012
Aqua Art Miami, with What It Is, Miami, FL 2012
Schlong, New Capital, Chicago, IL 2012
GIF Shop, Courtney Blades, Chicago, IL 2012
MDW Fair, with What It Is, Chicago, IL 2012
Evanston Area and Vicinity Biennale, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 2012
Portrait Project, Industry of the Ordinary,Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2012
Bushwick AR Intervention, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
On Making Things Matter, Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL, 2012
Typeforce 3, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, 2012
Downcast Eyes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2012
Share Your Beauty, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco CA, 2012
Aqua Art Miami, with What It Is, Miami Beach, FL, 2011
Geometrically Speaking, Angela Bryant Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2011
Digital Revolution, 2nd Flr Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2011 (upcoming)
UK/Chicago a benefit for the Egmont Trust, Residence of the British Consulate, Chicago, IL, 2011
Write Now: Artists & Letterforms, curated by Nathan Mason, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2011 – 2012
the toy formerly known as…, Slow, Chicago, IL, 2011
On Channel TWo @ File Type, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, 2011
TWEEN, The Octagon Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2011
NEXT Art Fair, with What It Is, Chicago, IL, 2011
MDW Fair, with What It Is, Chicago, IL, 2011
Fountain Art Fair, with What It Is, New York, NY, 2011
Gimmie Baby Robots, Greenwood Collective, Seattle, WA, 2010
Select Media Fest 9, Co Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, 2010
ACRE Benefit Auction, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2010
Gillock Gallery, Paris, France, 2010
NOISEfestvial, Manchester, England, 2010
Art Loop Open, Chicago, IL, 2010
Changarito, The Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, 2010
Skiemall, artXposium, West Chicago, Ill., 2010
NEXT Art Fair, What It Is, Oak Park, Ill., 2010
Territories and Infrastructure, Version Fest, Chicago, Ill., 2010
Don’t Piss On Me And Tell Me It’s Raining, Apex Art, New York, NY, 2010
Chasing Two Rabbits, Three Walls, Chicago, Ill., 2010
An Evening with Your Contemporaries, (Con)Temporary Art Space, Chicago, Ill., 2010
Shoebox Benefit, Fountain Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Bucket Rider Gallery, Inaugural exhibition. Chicago, Ill., 2002
Division, Open End Art, Chicago, Ill., 2002
Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA., 2000
Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, 1998
Full list available on request
flat-files / registries
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
artist in residence / visiting artist
Artist in Residence, Harold Arts, Chesterhill, OH, 2011
Visiting Artist, Graduate seminar critique, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill., 2009
Artist in Residence, Open Studio Project, City of Chicago Public Arts Program, Chicago, Ill., 2006
Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Ill., 2004
Artist in Residence, Patrick Allan-Fraser Trust, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, Scotland, 1998
lectures, demonstrations, panel discussions and presentations
3D Printing Panel Discussion w. Sophie Kahn, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL 2013
3D Printing Demonstration, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL 2013
Improbable Objects, 3d scanning and printing demo, Nuveen Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL 2012
Improbable Objects, 3d printing demonstration, Dick Blick, Chicago, IL 2012
¡¡¡ Print Your Head !!!, 3d scanning and printing workshop, What It Is, Chicago, IL 2012
Chicago Ideas Week, 3d printing demo with Makerbot, Chicago, IL 2012
Make Your Own Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2012
Book signing event, Center for Book and Paper, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill., 2011
Artist Talk, Hinge Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2011
On the Road, MDW Fair, Chicago, Ill., 2011
All the Fun of the Fair, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 2011
Art Fair Context: Undergraduate seminar presentation, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill., 2009
Art Fair Insights: Graduate seminar presentation, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill., 2009
No End in Sight: panel discussion, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ill., 2008
Talk Back: Buyer Beware Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Ill., 2007
Collaboration: Overrated or Underserved? Around the Coyote, Chicago, Ill., 2007
Visiting Artist Program, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Ill., 2004
online projects
The Boa Constrictor and The Golden Retriever: Extremes in Tonality www.soft-spot.net, 2011
Desire and Interaction, Drunken Boat vol. 12, http://www.drunkenboat.com, 2010
selected bibliography
Vartanian, Hrag, “Get ready for the flood of 3d printed objects” http://hyperallergic.com/61748/get-ready-for-the-flood-of-3d-printed-objects/
Pelkey, Andrew, “Thingiverse Superstars” http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/11/09/thingiverse-superstars-part-3/
Holland, Richard, Bad at Sports, podcast interview, http://badatsports.com/2012/episode-368-burtonwood-and-holmes/
Klein, Paul, Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-klein/chicago-arts_b_1076134.html
Germanos, Paul, Chicago Critical, http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html
Elliot, Amy-Mae, 15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes, Mashable.com http://t.co/mOBlfzQ
selected publications
Imaginary Monuments for Chicago: An Artist’s Project by Jason Foumberg, Newcity, Chicago. Ill., 2011
selected publications
Imaginary Monuments for Chicago: An Artist’s Project by Jason Foumberg, Newcity, Chicago. Ill., 2011
“Composition 2 / Color Studies,” pub. What It Is, Oak Park, Ill., 2011
Praxis Journal of Philosophy, University of Manchester, England, 2011
“NEST” text by: J-E Andersson, Shawn Decker, Robert Powell, Tom Burtonwood., Chicago, Ill., 2008
“Collections: perspectives on practice”, ed., A-N the artists information company, Sunderland, England, 2006
“The Windy City”, A-N the artists information company, Sunderland, England, 2006
“Ursula von Rydingsvard at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park”, The Big Issue, 1997
“Robert Morris at the Henry Moore Institute” The Big Issue, 1997
curatorial
Improbable Objects, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012
Approaching the Nanofax Singularity, Version Fest 2010, Chicago, Ill. 2010
collaborations (Burtonwood & Holmes)
permanent projects
Apache Waves, permanent site specific installation as part Life on a Leaf an architectural project by J-E Andersson, Turku, Finland, 2009.
solo
I Support the War the War Supports Me, GARDENfresh, Chicago, Ill. 2008
J’Accuse, Gescheidle Gallery. Chicago, Ill., 2005
Materiel World, Union league Club, Chicago, IL 2005
selected group exhibitions
Trophy Cabinet, Medicine Cabinet, Chicago, Ill. 2009
Dispatch, Three Walls, Chicago, Ill. 2009
Mess Hall, Chicago, Ill. 2009
Beyond the Fluff & Fold; Contemporary Artists & the T-Shirt, The Art Institute of Boston Gallery at University Hall, Boston, MA2009
Constructions, Orleans St. Gallery, St. Charles, Ill. 2009
No End in Sight, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Ill. 2008
artXposium, West Chicago, Ill. 2008
Reuse 2, Joint Effort Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. 2008
Home of the Brave: Politics, Propaganda and Patriotism, Florida Gulf Coast University Art Gallery, Fort Myers, FL. 2008
Preview Year Five, Capla Kesting Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY. 2008
Consuming War, curated by Barbara Koenen, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Ill. 2007
J-Walking, Polish Museum of America,curated by Scott Ashley, Chicago, Ill. 2007
ietsmooisaandemuur Gallery, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. 2007
We’ll Meet Again, GARDENfresh, Chicago, Ill. 2007
Influen-zca, Allrise Gallery, Chicago, Ill. 2007
My Apocalyptic Playground, South Union Arts, Chicago, Ill. 2006
Something to do with Failure curated by Chester Costello, Moser Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of St. Francis, Joliet, Ill. 2006
18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Ill.. 2006
Nova Art Fair, GARDENfresh, Chicago, Ill. 2006
Mix Art at the James Hotel curated by Monique Meloche and Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, Ill.2006
Members Only, GARDENfresh. Chicago Ill. 2005
Frisbee Art Fair, Gescheidle Gallery, Miami, FL.2004
Two Steps Back, Superstudio Piu, Milan, Italy 2004
Winter Group Show, Bucket Rider Gallery2004
Two Steps Back, Kinzo Gallery, Berlin, Germany2004
Collaborations, Northern Illinois University Chicago Gallery, curated by Heather Weber, Chicago Ill. 2004
Organically grown in the Midwest, curated by Luis Maldonado, Purchase College Dolly Maas Gallery, Purchase, NY.2004
1+1=3, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, Ill. 2003
Gun and Wound, The Annex, New York, NY. Curated by Alisoun Meehan. 2002
current employment
The 3D Printer Experience, Chicago, Ill. 2013
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 2005 – present
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 2006 – present