Burke received his BA from Colby College, in Maine and received his MFA in
Sculpture from Queens College, C.U.N.Y. He grew-up in northeastern Connecticut
and spent over a decade in New York City where he exhibited, made art and taught
at St. John's University before accepting a full-time position at the University
of Kansas. He has had numerous one person shows and participated in several
group shows including, PS1 MoMA, the Hopper House Art Center, and the Brooklyn
Museum of Art. His work is in several major museums and collections including,
the Museum of Modern Art Library, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Cleveland
Institute of Art Library. His research interests include the intersection of public space,
individual and collective memory as expressed through constructed,
naturalistic form.
Recently, he had a one-person show at the Arts Incubator in Kansas City, MO. In cooperation with the KU student sculpture club, the Ministry of Sculpture, he designed and manufactured sixty kinetic wooden toys that were donated to relocated New Orleans’ children for Mardi Gras.
Burke is an assistant professor in the Art department where he teaches sculpture and drawing. He lives in Lawrence with his wife and son.
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