August Burns is a painter specializing in figurative art and portraiture
Burns lives in Middlesex, Vermont. The focus of her work and of her life is people, and her art is about capturing the person in the portrait. Her passion is to answer the questions— “What makes each of us unique? What is it about a face that tells a person’s story?”
Exhibition History:
WMOCA International Biennial Portrait Competition 2019, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI, April 9, through June 29, 2019
The Art of the Portrait, Solo Show, Festival Arts Gallery, Waitsfield, VT, Jan-March, 2019
International Realism; 13th International ARC Salon, Finalist, Art Renewal Center, 13th International ARC (Art Renewal Center) Salon Competition, 2018
August Burns and Heidi Broner: New American Realism, Wood Art Gallery and Museum of American Art, Montpelier, VT, October 31st- December 22nd, 2017
9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, October 28-December 10, 2017
NOAPS Spring Online International Show, January 14-April 24, 2017
Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver CO, February 24-March 25, 2017
Richeson 75 International Portrait and Figure Competition 2016, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly WI, Oct 21-Dec 9, 2016
Oil Painter’s of America, Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, September 9-October 8, 2016
Butler Museum of American Art, 80th Annual Midyear Juried Exhibition, Youngstown, OH, June 26- August 28, 2016
American Women Artists, AWA Spring Online Juried Show, 2016
National Association of Oil and Acrylic Painters, NOAP Online Exhibition, 2016
Bold Brush Online Exhibition, January, February, 2016, Finalist
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 119th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, NY, Dec 1-18, 2015
Solo Show, More Than Meets The Eye- Portraits and Figures by August Burns, Axel’s Gallery, Waterbury, VT, September 28-November 30, 2015.
N.A.W.A. (National Association of Women Artists) 2015 Summer Small Works Juried Exhibition, July 8-29, 2015
OnSite: Brooklyn, “Face It” The Face in Contemporary Art, International Juried Art Exhibition, NY, NY, June 6- July 11, 2015
Salmagundi Club Annual Juried Non-Member Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, May 26-June6, 2015
Solo Show, The Eyes Have It: Figures and Portraits – Juried Exhibition- Supreme Court Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Jan-March 2015
Annual Members Show, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, December, 2014
National Fall Open Juried Exhibition, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT, Sept 9th-Oct, 23, 2014
Lore Degenstein 6th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Juried Exhibition, Susquehanna, PA, October, 2014
Two Paths One Vision, Joint Portrait Show, CVMC Gallery, Berlin, VT, May-June 2014
Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Juried Show, Stamford, CT, 2014
Annual Members Show, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, 2013
Members Show, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT 2013
National Fall Open Juried Exhibition, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT, 2013
Awards and Recognition
Finalist, Art Renewal Center, 13th International ARC (Art Renewal Center) Salon Competition
Winner- 3rd Place, 9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, October 28-December 10, 2017
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 2016
Best in Show, Richeson75 International Art Competition and Exhibition, Portraits and Figures, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI. October –December 2016
Official Portrait of Governor Peter Shumlin, now part of the Vermont Statehouse Permanent Collection.
Allied Artist Award, Butler Museum 80th Annual Exhibition, Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown OH, June-August 2016
Bold Brush Online Exhibition, Finalist, and Top 15%.
Selected for inclusion in 2016 publication: Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing, North Light Books
Professional Affiliations:
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Member
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Juried Associate Membership
National Association of Women Artists, Juried Member
Cecilia Beaux Forum of the Portrait Society of America
American Women Artists
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America
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