Burton Isenstein
333 S. Harvey Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60622
home: 708 524 9936  Cell:708 288 8240
Born:Chicago, 1955
TEACHING.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ceramic Sculpture.  Summer 2001.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. First Year Program. 3-D Studio. School of The Art Institute of Chicago.  Fall 1992 to 2003, Core Studio 2004-present.
Lecturer of Fine Arts. Ceramics. Loyola University, Chicago. 1991 to 1998.
Visiting Artist. Ceramics. School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Spring 1991 , Fall 1992.
Visiting Artist. Ceramics. Pitzer College. Claremont, CA.  Spring. 1989.
EDUCATION.
M.F.A.  The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.  1980.
B.A.  Art and Biology.  Pitzer College.  Claremont, CA.  1978.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS. (*One Person Shows)2000                 

SELECTIONS FROM THE ALLAN CHASANOFF CERAMIC COLLECTION.  Mint Museum of Craft & Design.  Charlotte, NC.
1997                  FACULTY EXHIBITION.  Crown Gallery.  Loyola University. Chicago.
1996                  THE CERAMIC CUP. Parkland College Art Gallery.  Champaign, IL
1995                   FACULTY EXHIBITION.  Crown Gallery. Loyola University. Chicago.
1991                  MATHEMATICS OF THE HEART.  A CLAY INVITATIONAL.  Ella Sharp Museum.  Jackson, Michigan.
1990                  CHICAGO CERAMICS.      School of Fine Arts Gallery.   Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana.
1988                  *HOKIN/KAUFMAN GALLERY, Chicago.
                        NEW ART FORMS EXPO, Navy Pier.  Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago.
1987                  GROUP SHOW. CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO. NAVY PIER.  Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago.
                        CERAMICS INVITATIONAL.  University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
                        CHICAGO AND VICINITY CLAY.  State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago.Lill St. Gallery. Sponsor.
1986                  UNIQUE. PART 1.  Clark Gallery. LIncoln, Mass.
                        ART AS FURNITURE, FURNITURE AS ART. Hokin/Kaufman Gallery,Chicago.
                        GALLERY GROUP SHOW. Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago.
                        CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, NAVY PIER.  Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago.
                        *PERKINSON GALLERY.  Milliken University.  Decatur, IL.
1985                   FURNITURE OF THE 80’S.  PART II.  Hokin/Kaufman Gallery. Chicago.
                        CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, NAVY PIER.  Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago.
                        SURVEY, WORKS IN CLAY.             Hyde Park Art Center. Chicago.
                        MID-WEST/NORTHWEST. Archie Bray Foundation. Helena Montana. Lill St. Gallery. Chicago.
                        FEET IN CLAY.              Lill Street Gallery. Chicago.
1984                  *Hokin/Kaufman Gallery. Chicago
                        *The Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago.
1980                   AMERICAN PORCELAIN.  NEW EXPRESSIONS IN AN ANCIENT ART.   Renwick Gallery.  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington, D.C.

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS.
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection.  Show catalog.  2000. photo, p. 143
Diane Douglas.  Review.  American Ceramics.  1989.
Charlotte Speight.  Hands in Clay.  Second edition.  1989. P. 185.
Richard Polack. Review. The New Art Examiner.  Dec. 1984.
Alan Artner. Review.  The Chicago Tribune.  Aug 10, 1984.
Interview.  Studio Potter Magazine.  Vol. 12 #2. July, 1984.
Jan Axel and Karen McReady.  Porcelain, Traditions and New Visions.  Watson Guptill. 1981. Photo.  p.185.

AWARDS.           
Emerging talent.  NCECA Conference, Portland Oregon.  1988.
Artist in Residence.  The Kohler Company. Kohler, WI.  1981.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT.
Partner  in  Gardner/ Isenstein Ceramics (The Nancy & Burt Company.)  Production of fine art ceramics to the public and trade.   Oak Park, IL.   

Nancy & Burt Company . EXHIBITIONS.
ACC Minneapolis. Juried                 1990
ACC St. Paul. Juried                       1992
ACC St. Paul. Juried                       1993
ACC Columbus. Juried                    1995
ACC Columbus. Juried                    1996
Baltimore Alternative. Juried            1997
ACC Baltimore. Juried.  1998-2003              
ACC St. Paul.   Juried                     2001
Handmade. New York Intl.  Gift Fair. 2001,2002
ACC Baltimore  Juried.                    2005-2007

ACADEMIC SERVICE
Core Faculty Training, Fall 2003.
Faculty computer Seminar. Spring 2001
Adjunct Faculty Review Committee. 2001
Merit Scholarship Selection Committee. Spring 1999
Graduate Critique Panelist.  Fall and Spring semester. 1990-1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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