TOM BURCKHARDT
Born 1964 in New York City
EDUCATION.
1986 B.F.A. State University of New York, Purchase, NY
1986 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024. “Informal Worship”, Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, (May 23- August, 2024)
“Tom Burckhardt: Ulterior Motif”, George Adams Gallery,
NYC, NY, (Feb 23-April 6, 2024)
2023 Tom Burckhardt “How We Got Into It” High Noon Gallery NYC (June 22- Aug 6)
2022 Tom Burckhardt and Elmer Bischoff -A Dialog (dual show) George Adams Gallery,
NYC, NY, (Feb 3- March 19, 2022)
2019 Tom Burckhardt, Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans, LA, (Jan 5-Feb 23)
2018 Tom Burckhardt, Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans, LA, (Jan 5-Feb 23)
“Psychodiagnostik” Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (April 4-May 5)
“Studio Flood” CMCA, Rockland, ME (June 9-Oct 9)
2017 “Studio Flood” Pierogi Gallery, New York, NY (Sept 6-Oct 8)
“Tom Burckhardt” ICON Gallery, Brunswick, ME (July)
2016 “City Slang” Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA ( April 7-May 27)
FULL STOP, The Knoxville Art Museum, Knoxville, TN, and The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY.
2015 “AKA Incognito” Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (May 7- June 12) (catalog)
FULL STOP, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC, Traveling to McNay Art Museum,San Antonio, TX,
2014 “FULL STOP” Columbus College of Art and Design Gallery. ,Columbus, OH, (Aug 28- Nov 20) (catalog)
“Cast Paintings” Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2- Feb 15)
2012 “Pretty Little Liars” Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (Oct-Nov)
“Tom Burckhardt- Paintings” University of Virginia Museum, Charlottesville, VA , Jan 20-June 3
2011 “Tom Burckhardt” Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Jan 25- Feb 26)
Tom Burckhardt- Falk Visiting Artist Show”, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC, (Oct 13-Jan 8)
“Tom Burckhardt- New Paintings” Pierogi Gallery, NYC, (April 1- April 30)
2010 “ 157 Elements of a Painting” Tibor De Nagy Gallery, (Sept 11- Oct 16)
2009 “ Tom Burckhardt” Tibor De Nagy, NYC, (March 7-April 4)
2008 “Slump,” Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC May 1 – June 7)
2006 "Breakthrew,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC (October 12 – November 11)
2005 “FULL STOP,” Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (September 9 – October 15),
traveling to DiverseWorks, Houston, TX (November 4 – December 17)
and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (March 26 – August 6, 2006)
“Tom Burckhardt: Work on Paper,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ (June 18 – August 7)
2004 “Tom Burckhardt,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC (Feb.) (catalog)
2003 “Workshop,” Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (Nov.)
2002 “Tom Burckhardt,” Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Nov)
“Tom Burckhardt,” Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (April - May)
“Totems,” Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NYC (Jan. 5 - Feb. 2)
2000 “Tom Burckhardt & Kathy Butterly” (dual solo shows), Bernard Toale Gallery Boston, MA (October)
“Tom Burckhardt - Paintings,” Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (September)
“Works on Paper,” Bridgewater, Lustberg, & Bloomfield, NYC (March)
1998 “Tom Burckhardt,” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA (September)
“Tom Burckhardt,” Esso Gallery, NYC (January)
1997 “Tom Burckhardt,” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA (September)
1996 “Urban Tantra,” Esso Gallery, NYC (March)
1993 “Tom Burckhardt,” Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME (July)
“Tom Burckhardt,” Frankel Nathanson Gallery, Maplewood, NJ (May)
1991 “Tom Burckhardt,” PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT (April)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. “A Particular Type of Heaven” Karma Gallery, Thomaston ME, July 21-Sept 1
2021 “All Small” Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson NY, Dec 18-Jan 23
2020 “All Small” Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson NY, Dec 12-Jan 17
2018 “Out of Control” Curated by Sally and Peter Saul, Venus over Manhattan, NY (June 28-Aug 10)
2016 Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, Kerala, India (Dec 12- March 29)
“Objecty” Tibor de Nagy gallery, New York, NY (June 22-July 30)
“Tom Burckhardt & Becca Lowry”, Fred Giampetro Gallery, New Haven CT, (Feb 27- April7)
“Real States”, Steven Harvey Gallery, New York NY, (Feb 13- April12)
2015 The Guston Effect. May 15 – August 15, 2015, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
“From Now On In” Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2013, “My Crippled Friend” Columbus College of Art and Design Gallery. Columbus, OH, (October 11 -December 20)
“404 E 14” Organized by Tom Burckhardt, Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NYC, (June 20-Aug 2)(Catalog)
2012 “Simulacrum” Columbus College of Art and Design Gallery. Columbus, OH, (Nov 16-January 11)
“Five By Five” Curated By Barbara Takenaga, DC Moore Gallery, NYC (May 3-June 8)
“Annual Exhibit” National Academy Museum, New York, NY (Jan- May)
“Steve Wheeler: The Oracle Visiting the 21st Century”, David Findlay Gallery, New York
2011 “New Image Sculpture: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (Feb- April)
2008 “A World in Cardboard,” City Museum Aalst, Belgium (June 28 –Oct 5)
2006 “Material Abuse,” Clifford Gallery, Colgate Univ., Hamilton, NY (Oct 25 – Dec. 15)
“The 181st Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY (May 11 – June 18)
2005 "Design for Living," Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY (Sept. 21 - Nov. 20)
“Let The Players Play,” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (June 24 – July 16)
“Hot Town Summer in the City,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY (July 1 – August 5)
2004 “In the Land of Nod,” curated by Leslie Brothers, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH (Oct. 22 - Nov.19) (catalog)
“About Painting,” The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College,(June 26 – Sept. 26, 2004) (catalog)
2002. “New York, New Work, Now!,” curated by Nina Felshin, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH (Sept. 28, 2002 - Jan. 13, 2003)
2002 “The Art of Collecting - IV,” Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (Oct-Nov)
“Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, (March 4 - April 7)
2002 “Artists to Artists: A Decade of The Space Program,” Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation (catalog)
“One Hundred and Seventy-Seventh Annual,” National Academy of Design,(catalog)
2001 “August Confession: Ask Me Now,” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA ( August 17 - September 5)
“Self-Made Men,” curated by Alexi Worth, DC Moore Gallery, NYC (April)
2000 “The Art of Collecting - IV,” Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (December)
“3 Painters,” James Graham and Sons, NYC (May)
1999 “Summer Slam,” Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC (June)
“Pattern,” James Graham and Sons, NYC (June)
1996 “25 Years of Visual Arts at Purchase,” Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
1992 “Fever,” Exit Art, NYC (December)
“Salon,” Art in General, NYC (November)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abbruscato, Julie. “Tom Burckhardt - Paintings,” catalog (illus.) 1996
AGNI Magazine, no. 65, 2007, Boston University (cover illustration)
Ashbery, John. “As Umbrellas Follow Rain,” Kua Book (cover illustration)
“Best Installation, Tom Burckhardt: Full Stop,” Houston Press, October 6, 2006
Caniglia, Julie. “Tom Burckhardt,” ArtForum, October 2002, p. 156 (illus.)
Cotter, Holland. “Tom Burckhardt and Frank Gonzalez,” The New York Times, October 6, 2000
Goad, Kimberly. “Tom Burckhardt,” Art & Antiques, February, 2001,
artist’s profile and magazine cover, pp. 52, 54, 56 & cover (illus.)
Harpers Magazine. Illustration p. 33, October 2002
Johnson, Ken. “Tom Burckhardt: FULL STOP,” The New York Times, Sept. 16, 2005,
Johnson, Ken. “Tom Burckhardt,” The New York Times, May 24, 2002, p. E37
Katz, Vincent. “Tom Burckhardt,” Art in America, June 2001, pp. 131-132 (illus.)
Levin, Kim. “Tom Burckhardt,” The Village Voice, Voice Choice, Sept. 26, 2000,
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, “Artists to Artists: A Decade of The Space Program,” catalog, May 2002 p.56 (illus.)
Princenthal, Nancy. “Tom Burckhardt at Caren Golden Fine Art,” Art in America, November, 2005, pp. 170 – 171 (illus.)
Raynor, Vivian. “Solo Show of Abstractions,” The New York Times, May 30, 1993
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” Artnet.com. September 26, 2005.
Saltz, Jerry. “Ups and Downs,” The Village Voice, September 23, 2005.
Sherman, Mary. “Tom Burkhardt and Kathy Butterly,” ArtNews, December, 2000, p. 164
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review,” The New York Times, June 6, 2015
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review,” The New York Times, June 20, 2008,
Smith, Roberta. “Artists to Artists “,The New York Times, May 24, 2002,
Worth, Alexi. “Tom Burckhardt, Paintings And Works On Paper,” February 2004, catalog essay, pp. 2 –3
Yau, John, Interview, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2011
Yau, John “The Case for Tom Burckhardt” Hyperalergic June 25, 2017
AWARDS
2020 Pepperhouse Residency, Kochi, Kerala, India
2018 New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Grant
2011 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2009 Guggenheim Foundation Grant
New York Foundation for the Arts Drawing/Print Grant
2006 "Best Installation," Best of Houston, the Houston Press
2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2003 AICA, Best Emerging Artist Award for 2002
2002 George Hitchcock Award, National Academy of Arts
Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, American Academy
1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1996 New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Grant
1992-3 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Grant