About
Greg Burak was born in Haverstraw, New York. He received his Associates Degree from the Delaware College of Art and Design, his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and an MFA in Painting from Indiana University. He currently lives and works in Queens, NY.
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art - Baltimore, MD
Associates Degree in Fine Arts, Delaware College of Art and Design - Wilmington, DE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Associates, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
2018 - Visitations, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Holiday, Harper’s, New York, NY
2023 - Interest in Humanity: Portraits of Yesterday and Today, Fou Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 - Small Paintings, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
2022 - Inside Out, Scroll NYC, New York, NY
2021 - Nine Lives, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
2021 - Hunters in the Snow, 303 Gallery, New York, NY | Curated by Fortnight Institute
2019 - Paraíso Perdido, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2019 - I <3 Paint 3, Patel Gallery, Toronto, Canada | Curated by Kim Dorland
2017 - Inside/Outside, Greg Burak & Graham Preston, Gitler & _____, New York, NY
2016 - MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY | Juror - Lance Esplund
2016 - Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | Juror - Heather Darcy Bhandari
2015 - Portraits: A Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2015 - National Juried Show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY | Juror - Steven Harvey
2015 - Static Ride, MFA Thesis Show, The Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2015 - Misconnections, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2015 - Disjointed Realities, Blueline Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2014 - Inside and Out, The Painting Center, New York, NY.
2014 - Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 - Lore Degenstein Gallery Sixth Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Exhibition,
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2014 - Great Lakes Small Works, RAC Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2014 - MFA Group Show, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2014 - Connections, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2013 - Alumni Show, Delaware College of Art & Design, Wilmington, DE
2009 - Decoded, Es Oro Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
2009 - Alumni Show, Delaware College of Art & Design, Wilmington, DE
TEXT
2018 - Art in America Magazine, Nov. 2018, Review by Eric Sutphin, https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/greg-burak/
2018 - The Brooklyn Rail, ArtSeen, Oct. 2018, Review by Hadley Suter, https://brooklynrail.org/2018/10/artseen/Greg-Burak-Visitations
RESIDENCIES
2016 - Art Students League Residency at Vytlacil, Sparkill, NY
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 - Ruth Katzman Scholarship, Art Students League Residency at Vytlacil
2014 - 2015 - Tuition fee remission and stipend, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, IN
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2024 - Lecture/Presentation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, September 12
TEACHING
2015 - Associate Instructor, Drawing S200
Florence Overseas Program
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
2014 – 2015 - Associate Instructor, Drawing F100
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
2014 - Associate Instructor, Drawing S200
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN