RESUME

TIM BURKE ARTIST

3647 Heidelberg St.

Detroit, Michigan 48207

313-742-1800

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI. Sept 22 - Oct 10, 2010 - Link

2010 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI. July 3 - Sept 18, 2010 - Juried by Charles McGee - Exhibition video

Urban Edge, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI. Jan. 22 - March 6,  2010 - Juried by Taurus Burns. Honorable mention - Link

Urban Edge, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI. Mar 20 - May 2, 2009 - Juried by Charles McGee - 3rd Place - Link

Artbeat - Rhythms of the Creative Mind, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI. May 15 - June 27, 2009 - Juried by Rebecca Mazzei - Link

Museum Shop, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. 2002 - 2009 - Works displayed for sale - Link

Squish: Art to look at, Art Barn, Ann Arbor, MI. 2007 - Link

Raw Art by Tim Burke, River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI. 2007

“Possession”, Detroit Industrial Project, Detroit, MI. Feb 1 - Mar 3, 2007 - Link

Urban Alchemy: Artifacts Transformation, 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI. June 9 - 24, 2006 - Release

Sherry Washington Gallery invitational, Wayne County Community College, Detroit, MI. 2006

ALL MONSTERS WELCOME: Universal Metaphors of Anxiety, Zeitgeist Gallery, Detroit, MI. Nov 12 - Dec 18, 2005 - Link

One Man Show, River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI. Oct, 2005

“The Scavengers Show”, Focus Hope, Detroit, MI. 2005

Inclusion of art work in Tyree Guyton’s massive outdoor installation, Sydney, Australia. Oct 2004

Street Smart, The Art Exchange, Detroit, MI. Nov 2004

River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI. Oct 2004 - present

Dally in the Alley, Detroit, MI. Sept 2004

Detroit Festival of the Arts Mentorship, Detroit, MI. Aug 2003

Padzieski Art Gallery, Detroit, MI. Apr 2002

Zeitgeist Gallery, Detroit, MI. Apr 2002

Detroit Imaginary Expressionism, Maniscalco Gallery, Detroit, MI. Nov 1999 - Jan 2000

Twingo’s Cafe Sculpted Light Fixtures, Detroit, MI. Mar 2000

Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI. Jan 2000

Anti Auto Show, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI. 2000

One Man Show, Biegas Gallery, Detroit, MI. June 1999

Wayne County Council for the Arts, juried show, Detroit, MI. Oct 1999

Scarab Club Silver Metal Show, Detroit, MI. 1999

Painting in the Streets, Royal Oak, MI. Sept 1999

The Heidelberg Project, Detroit, MI. (created six sculptures) 1992 - 1998

Carol James Gallery, Royal Oak, MI. Dec 1998

2 South Art Gallery Furniture Show. July 1998

Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI. Mar 1997

Art Quest Gallery, Birmingham, MI. 1996

Biegas Gallery, Detroit,MI. 1992

Dally in the Alley North, Traverse City, MI. 1991

River Town Art Association Exhibit, Detroit, MI. 1990

Stroh’s River Place Gallery Crawl, Detroit, MI. 1990

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Reclamation of terra cotta architectural elements from the historic Lafayette Building

6th Street Lofts metal window sash restoration: 1535 Sixth Street, Detroit, MI.

Tile work restoration on historic Gratiot Central Market, Detroit, MI.

Assisted artist Tyree Guyton by creating 6 sculptures placed on Heidelberg Street between 1992 and 1998

Heidelberg home and studio: Creation on Heidelberg street featuring house as an art work in progress: 2001 to present

COMMUNITY WORK

Art Works for Life: A benefit for the Midwest Aids Prevention Project (Map) Donated sculptures 2001 - present

Guest lecturer at Wayne State University at the request of Marian Jackson, Professor of Art: 2007

Bunch Elementary School: Reworked a sculpture of Tyree Guyton’s with student involvement: 2003

Joint project with the “Girls in the Hood” sponsored by The Heidelberg Project for the Children’s Home of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Woods Campus. Created 3 “Spirit Houses”: June 2003

Visiting artist at Go Lightly Educational Center. Created sculpture with student involvement: May 2000.

Outdoor memorial sculpture dedicated to the memory of Malice Green located at 23rd and Warren in Detroit: 1993

MEDIA AND PERIODICALS

Featured in upcoming documentary “Internal Combustion” by Stephen Faigenbaum 2011 - Link

Art from the Ashes by Chris Metzler, Tilapia Film, San Francisco, CA: 2010 - Link

“Artist Recycles Detroit History, And Rescues Himself” Huffington Post: Columnist Diane Tucker 2009 - Article

“Art, plus a house” news video by Neal Rubin of the Detroit News 2009 - Link (Related Content)

BBC News Video

Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey: 2006 - Link

Channel 56: Featured artist on Art Beat 2004 - Link

Channel 62: Featured restoration of tile on Gratiot Central Market on ln Depth Detroit.

Doctor Golden DOC Commercial: Featured a large sculpture

Detroit Free Press 1998 Article on restoration of the tile work at the Gratiot Central Market “Artist Finds Keepsakes in Detroit’s Abandoned Buildlngs”

Detroit News: Column writer Betty DeRamus “Cast-0ff Scraps of City’s Past Help Craft Hope for its Future”

Often featured in The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, Metro Times, Real Detroit and The News Herald newspapers.

WDET Radio Interview with Ralph Valdez

WDET Radio Interview for Car Talk Show

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS

Bassett and Bassett Inc. — commissioned to create functional office furniture

Boll Family YMCA — 1 of 12 Michigan artists selected to create one of a kind artistic benches

Supermodel Kate Moss

Marvin Danto

Superstar Macy Gray

Brian Killian

Donor Advertising through Brian Killian and Co, Birmingham, Mi.

Tyree Guyton and Jeanine Whitfield

Dan Hoops

Zeitgleist Gallery

Sandy Beris

Tom Adams

Dr. Mark Menestrina

Mary Lou Chin

Mike and Ruth Kiefer

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