Light Line Redux, 1993, Interactive Performance, Cypress College, CA
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jerry Burchfield is an artist, curator, author and educator living in Southern California. From 1973 to 1987, Burchfield was the co-owner with Mark Chamberlain of BC Space Gallery, a pioneering alternative gallery space dedicated to showing non-conformist contemporary photography. Since 1987, he has been a Professor of Photography and Photography Gallery Director at Cypress College, Cypress, California.
The author of several books and catalogues on photography, Burchfield recently co-founded the Laguna Wilderness Press. Known as an environmentally conscious artist-activist, Burchfield's work has received numerous awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. In April, 2004, Burchfield was the featured artist for Arts OC's 5th Annual Arts Awards.
In 2006, Burchfield received a Art in Public Places Award from the Architecture Foundation of Orange County and the AIA, a Lifetime Achievement Award from Artists for a Better World, and was the Honored Educator at the Western Regional Conference of the Society for Photographic Education. Also, during the summer of 2006, Burchfield, along with his colleagues in The Legacy Project, produced the Great Picture, which resulted in the world's largest functioning pinhole camera obscura and the world's largest photograph.
Recent books include Habitat published by the Laguna Art Museum and In Transition - El Toro: A Photographic Essay from Past to Present, published by the Great Park Conservancy, Tustin, California. Primal Images: 100 Lumen Prints of Amazonia Flora, a book on Burchfield’s work in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil was released in the fall of 2004. His newest book, The Edge of Air, featuring work by The Legacy Project and edited by Burchfield was released in June 2005.
RESUME
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REPRESENTATION
Fahey/Klein Gallery
148 N. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90038
323 934-2250 www.faheykleingallery.com
SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects & Exhibitions
2859 East Coast Highway, Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
949 723-3406 www.scapesite.com
Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Ave. LaJolla, CA 92037
858 456-5620
www.josephbellows.com
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