Exhibition: Mark Burns
The Office for the Arts at Harvard presents From the Cerebral Dimestore by Mark Burns, an MFA graduate of the University of Washington and current Artist in Residence at the Ceramics Program, has had a long and distinguished career as a teacher and maker.
He has held teaching positions all over the country, working at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Rhode Island School of Design, among others. He most recently taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was head of ceramics and chair of the department. Burns’ work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and is held in numerous public and private collections. Burns has a keen sense of ceramic history and pop culture, which he uses to express complex cultural notions of sexuality and identity.
Exhibition Dates: October 7 – December 1, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 7, 2017, 5pm-7pm Location: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Image Credit: Mark Burns, Plague in Lavender (HIV), 2017. Size: 20″H x 13″W x 8″D Material: Porcelain, wood, glass. Glazed. Photograph: Darrah Bowden