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BRITTA URNESS
Lansing, MI
brittaurness@gmail.com
www.brittaurness.com
www.obliqueproject.com
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EDUCATION
2008
MFA, Painting and Drawing major with Printmaking minor, University of Iowa
2007
MA, Painting and Drawing major with Printmaking minor, University of Iowa
2004
BFA, Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
EMPLOYMENT
2008-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
2008
Elements of Art Instructor of Record, University of Iowa
2007-8
Basic Drawing Instructor of Record, University of Iowa
2005-6
Drawing and Painting Area Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa
ONE AND TWO PERSON SHOWS
2009
Bevy, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2008
Headpiece/Pertinent Placards, Art Building West Gallery, University of Iowa
Milk of the Moon (Working Space), Byron Burford Gallery, University of Iowa
2007
What Hold Dear, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa
Ice Cream Social, Milkmaid Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Don’t be Jealous, Café Wednesday, Iowa City, IA
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa
2006
I Have the Pluck and Wherewithal, Byron Burford Gallery, University of Iowa
2005
Spectacular Spectacular, Red Gym Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2004
Recent Work, Studio Quest, Madison, WI
Buffet Style, Red Gym Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison
GROUP SHOWS
2010
The Point, Gallery 455, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI
The Little Big Show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
Oblique Patience, SCENE(Metrospace), East Lansing, MI
2009
ArtPrize 2009, Brassworks Building, Grand Rapids, MI
Mail Art Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
Pocket Size, SCENE(Metrospace) Gallery, East Lansing, MI
2008
2008 Studio Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University
2008 MFA Exhibition, University of Iowa Art Museum, University of Iowa
Handmade Movie Posters, Byron Burford Gallery, University of Iowa
2007
Poets + Painters, Collaboration with the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, www.poetsandpainters.org, University of Iowa
Iowa6: Paintings from the Hinterland, New York Hilton Hotel, New York,NY
2006
Works on Paper, juried by the Graduate Art Council, Art Building West Gallery, University of Iowa
Three Painters, Milkmaid Gallery, Iowa City, IA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2010
Oblique Patience, SCENE(Metrospace), East Lansing, MI
www.obliqueproject.com
2007
Britta Urness: Ice Cream Social, Milkmaid Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Jared Wittenmeyer: Necessary Maneuver, Milkmaid Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2006
Jake Miller, Benjamin Villmain and Britta Urness: Three Painters, Milkmaid Gallery, Iowa City, IA David Dunlap, Marcos Valella and Britta Urness: CUWA- Free Ice Cream, Milkmaid Gallery, University of Iowa
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Summer 2010 Edition
2009
"Pop Art Portraits", Herald-Review, Grand Rapids, MN, April 25, 2009
"Bevy: Paintings, Portraits, Prints" Itasca Community Television, Grand Rapids, MN, Spring 2009
Morning Show, KAXE Northern Community Radio, May 1, 2009
2008
“Don’t Forget Where You Are: Two Iowa Artists Discuss the Flood of 2008,” http://www.mentalcontagion.com, July 2008
Daily Palette, Intermedia Department, University of Iowa, www.dailypalette.uiowa.edu, August
2007
Daily Palette, Intermedia Department, University of Iowa, www.dailypalette.uiowa.edu, April, June and July
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Dr. Robert and Edith Pondillo, Murfreesboro, TN
Tim Lane, Lansing, MI
Lanny Wong, Madison, WI
Sara Wanie, San Francisco, CA
Li Jun J Liu, Pittsburgh, PA
Emily Lickel DeAndrade, Wilmington, NC
Pete Schulte, Iowa City, IA
John Dilg, Iowa City, IA
Andrew Moeller, Iowa City, IA
Aaron and Michelle Word, Lansing, MI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
University of Iowa
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