stephanie bursese

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www.stephaniebursese.com

education

**** ****** ** **** ****, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Department of

Transmedia, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2006 The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Summer Residency/Apprenticeship Program,

Full Time Award, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Art History Minor, High Honors, University of

Florida, Gainesville FL

professional experience and service

2010- Assistant Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury,

CT

2010- Board Member, Treasurer, Northeast Region, Society for Photographic Education

2007- Darkroom Supervisor and Adjunct Instructor, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

2010

2010 Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education National Conference,

Philadelphia, PA

Advisor, Visual Artists Society, Ramapo College [2007 current]

2009 Panel Speaker, Adjuncts and the New Recession, SPE Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

Regional Conference, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ [catalogue]

Portfolio Reviewer, SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX

Conference Planning Committee, SPE Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Region

2008 Artist's Assistant, Michel Tcherevkoff

Assistant to the Visiting Artist Coordinator, Ramapo College

2007 Artist's Assistant, David Freund

Artist's Assistant, Michel Tcherevkoff

Member/Participant, SPE National Conference, Miami, FL

2006 Artist's Assistant, Carrie Mae Weems

Co-Director, Spark Contemporary Art Space

Member/Participant, Southern Graphics Council National Conference, Washington,

DC

2005 Artist s Assistant, Carrie Mae Weems

Artist's Assistant, Suzanne Opton

Member/Participant, CAA conference, Boston, MA

Graduate Assistantship, Lightwork Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY

Curator 2nd Annual Breaking the Ice Juried Exhibition, Cornell University, Syracuse

University and Visual Studies Workshop

Co-Director, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

2004 Opening Night Panel Speaker, 2004 Everson Biennial

Co-Curator, Breaking the Ice Juried Exhibition, Cornell University and Syracuse

University

Artist s Assistant, Carrie Mae Weems

Director, Gallery 120, Syracuse, NY

Programs Coordinator, Diversity in the Arts, Syracuse, NY

Executive Board, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

Vice President, Graduate Association of Transmedia, Syracuse, NY

2003 Co-Founder, Graduate Association of Transmedia, Syracuse, NY

Director, Gallery 120, Syracuse, NY

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Digital Lab Technician, Syracuse University

2002 Member/Participant, SPE National Conference, Las Vegas, NV

selected exhibitions

2010 The Red Line and Something Like Human Emotion, 407 Gallery, University of

Wisconsin Green Bay, Green Bay, WI [Photography]

Orange Alert, Pop-up gallery, Newburgh, NY [Photography]

Hey Montreal, Galerie Maison Kasini, Montreal, QC [Photography]

2009 The Welcome House, Love Park, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Marianne Bernstein

[Performance; Photography]

Greetings From the Welcome House, Painted Bride Art Center, Part First Person Arts

Festival Philadelphia PA [Video]

Sketchbook Project, Art House, Atlanta, GA [Drawing]

Traveled to: 303 Grand, Brooklyn. NY

Home Gallery. Chicago, IL

Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO

2008 White Hot, Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Eileen Tognini

[Sculpture]

Faculty Show, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ [Photography]

Stuff your Sorries in a Sack, Art House, Atlanta, GA [Sculpture]

Canvas Project, Art House, Atlanta,GA [ Drawing]

2007 Philadelphia Open Studio Tour, Solutions for Progress, Philadelphia, PA [ Multi-media]

Addressing Iraq, The Reitz Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL [Silkscreen]

2006 Plausible Artworlds, Collaboration with artist group Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA

[Silkscreen]

Made in New York, First Place Award, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

Jurors: Matthew Friday and Gerald Mead [Photography]

Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY [Photography]

Based on a True Story, Solo Exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse,

NY [Installation]

Innuendos, Gossip, Lies, and Half-Truths, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

[Silkscreen]

New Photography, Gallery R, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

[Photography]

New Work, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, SPE regional conference, Ithaca, NY

[Photography]

Transmedia Photography Annual, Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY [Photography]

Works on Paper, Kean University, Kean, NJ [Silkscreen]

2005 To Have and To Hold, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN [Book]

Laundry Line, Collaboration with artist William Heath, New York City, NY [Silkscreen]

(Un) Bound, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, New York [Book]

Unique Markings-Visual Anthropology, Francis Hardy Center for the Arts, Ephraim,

WI [Photography]

Works on Paper, [Silkscreen]

Traveled to: Michael Rockefeller Art Center, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY; Art

Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Society for Photographic Education Invitational, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University,

NY [Photography]

Selected Graduate Works, Dean s Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

[Photography]

2004 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Juror: Pavel Zoubok

[Photography]

Faces of the Fallen, The Wall, Syracuse, NY [Painting]

Ultra Cute/Ultra Violent, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

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Recent Work, with Laura Rusnak, Dean s Gallery, Syracuse University, Syrac use, NY

[Photography]

Den of Confessions, Access Gallery, Buffalo, NY [Installation]

D.I.A. Annual, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY [Performance]

Point of Convergence, Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse, NY [Photography]

2003 4th Annual Erotic Art Show, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

NOW OPEN, Gallery 120, Syracuse NY [Photography]

Presorted First Class, 17th Annual Juried Student Arts Exhibition, University Gallery,

Gainesville FL, Juror: Bob Hanning [Installation]

2002 *See Footnote, Solo Exhibition, The Art Store, Gainesville, FL [Installation]

Gainesville Underground Film Festival, Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville, FL

[Video]

New Photography, The Art Store, Gainesville, FL [Photography]

2001 Corpus Alliance, Kriegers Art Space, Gainesville, FL [Installation]

When Art has Politics, Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Juror: Barbara Jo Revelle

[Photography]

WWWriting, Online Exhibition, University of Florida [Writing]

teaching experience

2010- Assistant Professor, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

Taught Basic Black and White Photography, Photography I, Photography II,

Photography III, Color Photography and Advanced Photographic Processes. Mentored

graduating seniors on thesis projects and advised Drawing/Painting MFA candidate.

2007- Adjunct Professor, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

2010 Taught Basic Photography, Digital Photography and Intermediate Digital Photography.

Created and implemented all course content for Intermediate Digital Photography at

department's request. Sponsored multiple honors students, mentor for graduating

seniors in other disciplines, and assisted faculty in planning photography course

curriculum.

2006 Adjunct Professor, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY

Taught Black and White Photography. Responsible for additional lectures and

assignments on design, composition, and the fundamentals of creating an interesting

formal relationship between elements in an image. Worked with department head to

develop a new course in Alternative Processes to be added to the curriculum in Spring

2007.

2006 Visiting Artist Instructor, Lightwork Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY

Workshop for Homeschool Children, Grades 6 through 11, enrollment of 8 students

Introduce students to all black and white photographic processes including; manual

camera operation, negative processing, contact sheets, editing images, RC and fiber

enlargements, photograms, spot tone, matting, and dry mounting. Responsible for

balancing the needs of the younger and older children while generating a discussion

around art, art making, and howwe look at images in general

2003- Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2006 Taught Black and White Photography, Digital Photography in the Transmedia

Department and Introduction to Serigraphy in the Department of Studio Art.

Responsible for all course content, critiques, lectures, demonstrations, and student

evaluations. I assisted in teaching color photography and studio lighting; oversaw

independent studies in Introduction to Serigraphy for undergraduate and graduate

students; and served as the student representative on the search committee for a new

Assistant Professor in Printmaking.

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published work

Intertext, [8 photographs], Spring 2005, Syracuse, NY

Departure Gainesville, [3 photographs], Fall 2003, Volume 7, Gainesville, Florida

public collections

University of Mississippi

Amity Art Foundation

Corcoran College of Art and Design

other private collections

visiting artist

2007 Error! Contact not defined. of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

Class lecture on personal work and experience

2006 University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, Green bay, WI

Public artist talk, B.F.A. thesis student critiques

2003 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Public artist talk

recognition, awards and grants

2009 Meadowlands Artist Project Grant, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Student Activities Grant for 2009 SPE Conference, Ramapo College of New Jersey

2008 Travel Grant, Ramapo College of New Jersey

2007 Travel Grant, Ramapo College of New Jersey

2006 First Place, Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center

Graduate Student Community Service Award, Syracuse University

Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University

Travel Grant, Syracuse University

Teaching Assistantship. Syracuse University

2005 Creative Grant, Syracuse University

Teaching Assistantship, Syracuse University

2004 Creative Grant, Syracuse University

Teaching Assistantship, Syracuse University

Summer Fellowship, Syracuse University

2003 Teaching Assistantship, Syracuse University

National Graduate Seminar Finalist

2002 First place, Gainesville Underground Film Festival

Golden Key National Honor Society

1998 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

1998 Golden Key Portfolio Award, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

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