Contact
douglasburnsj@gmail.com

CV

Born 1981 in Christchurch, New Zealand

Education
2013   Rhode Island School of Design: MFA Painting
2011   School of the Art Institute of Chicago: BFA Painting/Drawing
2004   Portland State University: BA Art Practices emphasis: Printmaking

Other Schools Attended
2004   Khon Kaen University, Social Sciences; Thai Language (Thailand)
2001   University of Tübingen, German Language and Culture (Germany)

Solo Exhibitions
2023   Well Well Projects, WaterSky (Two Person Exhibition) (Portland, Oregon)
2022   Washington Pavilion, Get Back to Work Doyg (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
2022   One River School, (Lake Oswego, Oregon)
2017   Coffey Contemporary Arts, Get to Work Doyg (Luverne, Minnesota)
2015   This Friday or Next Friday, You Need to Relax (New York, New York)
2014   Die Färberei, The Fragility of Rock-n-Roll (Munich, Germany)
2004   White Gallery, Witness This Evangelist (Portland, Oregon)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023   p:ear Gallery, Efflorescene (Portland, Oregon) 
2022   Oranj Studios, Art Bijou (Portland, Oregon)
2019   Lakewood Center for the Arts, An Artistic Heritage (Lake Oswego, Oregon)
2018   Wowsville, Nothing Nice to Say 3 (Berlin, Germany)
2016   Lawndale Art Center, Traded (Houston, Texas)
2015   Videology Cinema, SUN Screening, Volume 2 (Brooklyn, New York)
2014   The Dean Hotel, Video Program, Season 1 (Providence, Rhode Island)
2013   Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, Annual Benefit (New York, New York)
2013   Projket 722, Well… (Brooklyn, New York) 
2013   Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, Transmediation (New York, New York)
2013   Artspace Media Lounge College Art Association Annual Conference,
       Transmediation (New York, New York)
2012   Gelman Gallery, Do You Think I Care  (Providence, Rhode Island)
2012   Red Eye Gallery, Studio Lab  (Providence, Rhode Island)
2012   Sol Koffler Gallery, Too Big To Fail  (Providence, Rhode Island)
2012   Gelman Gallery, Personal Culture  (Providence, Rhode Island)
2012   Wayfares Gallery, Two Become One  (Brooklyn, New York)
2012   204 Westminister, Whiz Khids  (Providence, Rhode Island)
2012   Gelman Gallery, From This Point Forward 
       (Providence, Rhode Island)
2010   Sullivan Galleries, SAIC BFA Exhibition  (Chicago, Illinois)
2010   Gallery 5, Self-Titled  (Richmond, Virginia)
2010   Roxaboxen, Northwest Party Dudes (Chicago, Illinois)
2010   1366 Space, Midnight Snacks  (Chicago, Illinois)
2010   ConTemporary Art Space, Weird it Up  (Chicago, Illinois)
2008   Onsix Gallery, Cataclysm  (San Francisco, California)
2008   Work/Sound Gallery, Face Value  (Portland, Oregon)

Professional Experience
2022   Owner/Director, Souvenir (Portland, Oregon)
2018   Collections and Facilities Specialist, Pittock Mansion (Portland, Oregon)
2016   Preparator of Collections, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Illinois)
2014   Art Handler, The Icon Group (Chicago, Illinois)
2014   Visiting Critic, Installation / Sight & Sound,
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: John Adimando 
2014   Visiting Critic, Drawing II,
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: John Adimando 
2013   Instructor, Transforming Pop-Culture: Mix Media Painting, 
       Rhode Island School of Design
2013   Visiting Critic, Junior Painting, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: Duane Slick
2013   Visiting Critic, Critical Discourse: Open Media, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Instructors: Daniel Peltz, Lorelei Pepi
2013   Visiting Artist/Critic, Drawing All to Itself, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: John Adimando
2013   Guest Lecturer, Installation/Sight & Sound, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: John Adimando
2012   Teaching Assistantship, Senior Print Workshop Critique, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professors: Randa Newland, John Adimando
2012   Teaching Assistantship, Junior Painting Studio, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: Mary Jones
2012   Teaching Assistantship, Painting from Observation, 
       Rhode Island School of Design,Professor: David Frazer
2011   Teaching Assistantship, Senior Honors Interdisciplinary Critique, 
       Rhode Island School of Design, Professor: Kevin Zucker
2010-2011 Gallery Assistant at Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Published Artwork & Music
2019    Endless Column, Endless Column, Erste Theke Tontraeger (Germany)
2017    Red Dons, Genocide/Letters, Man in Decline Records (USA)
2015	Red Dons, The Dead Hand of Tradition, Taken By Surprise Records (Germany) / Deranged Records (Canada)
2015	Red Dons/TV Smith, A Vote for the Unknown, Deranged Records (Canada) / Taken By Surprise Records (Germany)
2013	New American Paintings, Issue #105, MFA Annual 
2013	Red Dons, Notes on the Underground, Grave Mistake Records (USA)
2012	Red Dons, Ausländer, Dirtnap Records (USA)
2011	Razorcake, Issue #61, Gorsky Press, Inc. 
2011    Red Dons, A Forced Turning Point, Taken By Surprise Records (Germany)
2010 	Andre Mesquita, Insurgências Poéticas, Annablume Publishing (Brazil)
2010 	Priory, Cold Hands, Coat Tail Records (USA)
2010 	Red Dons, Pariah, Deranged Records (Canada)
2010 	Red Dons, Fake Meets Failure, Deranged Records (Canada) / Taken By Surprise Records (Germany) / Nada Nada Discos (Brazil)
2009 	Red Dons, Escaping Amman, Nada Nada Discos (Brazil)
2009 	Red Dons, Death to Idealism, Nada Nada Discos (Brazil)
2009 	MONO, Issue #1 (Brazil)
2008 	How Can Limo Kid Kill Your Dreams?, Issue #4 (Czech Republic)
2008 	The Observers, Down on Today, Taken By Surprise Records (Germany)
2007 	The Revisions, Revised Observations, Dirtnap / Wasted Sounds (Sweden)
2007 	Red Dons, Death to Idealism, Deranged / Wasted Sounds (Sweden)
2007 	The Observers, Walk Alone, La Vida en es Mus Records (England/Spain)
2006 	The Observers, Public Safety, Maximum Rock’n’Roll Magazine (USA)
2005 	The Observers, Walk Alone, Jonny Cat Records (USA)
2005 	The Observers, Where I Stay, Deranged Records (Canada)
2004 	The Observers, So What’s Left Now, Vinyl Warning Records (USA)
2004    The Observers, Lead Pill, Super Secret Records (USA)

Awards and Scholarships
2012   Graduate Fellowship and Honors, Rhode Island School of Design
2009   The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship
2004   Portland State University President’s List
2003   Portland State University Faculty Award Scholarship
2002   Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Excerpt from: Letter's to Hajji - Get to Work Doyg

…After (my son’s) birth, I was lucky to get two or three hours a month in the studio… I had no time or resources to make art. My only time alone was spent driving to and from work. My solution was simple if not downright desperate. If I was going to make art, I had to do it while on the job. So, I stealthily moved my art studio into my office at the museum. Works in progress were hidden under legal pads, in manila folders and even behind a poster on the wall. Little sculptures lined the back of my desk drawers…

…Naturally, my art practice changed a bit. I could only use materials found in the workplace. Discarded mount making materials and cleaning supplies were recycled into small assemblages. Colored post-it notes, blue tape and daily ephemera were used to produce collages. The catch was that the work had to be small enough to sneak out of the museum. Every night security guards checked my bag. If they had noticed a sculpture or collage in there, the jig would have been up…

I’ve continued working in this manner only my “studio” has expanded beyond the workplace. It’s become particularly fun at home because I’ve realized that if I want to make art here, I needed to include the kids. Both children draw and paint on my canvases whenever they feel like it. I also collage their drawings into my work along with the other ephemera that passes through my fingertips on a daily basis.