johnburon@gmail.com
Bio
I am a visual artist currently based in Rhode Island, and was raised in the small town of Oakham, Massachusetts. I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin, with concentrations in painting, lithography, and photography. After college I moved back to New England where I continue to create artwork. I have exhibited at several museums and galleries including New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, the Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA and The 4Heads Portal: Governors Island exhibition NYC among others.
Artist Statement
In my work I use imagery from various sources to create art with a mildly absurd social commentary. I like to think of my art as an inoculation for my fellow human beings to help them resist any misguided social norms they encounter, and to help me continue to resist them as well.
Publications
GoLocalProv
https://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/The-Inventive-Artworks-of-John-Buron-Inside-Art-with-Michael-Rose?fbclid=IwAR1iemwQWaAmKY97imGnz4VNv-iIpisyBZtAiNOz769t-yThYqpjDYM38m8
Juniper Rag Magazine-Vol 2 - Juried artist
https://www.facebook.com/juniperrag/photos/a.107140118071834/228063085979536/
Art Scope Magazine
228063085979536artscopemagazine.com/2019/08/public-and-private-john-buron-and-abigael-mcguire-at-as220-project-space-and-reading-room/?fbclid=IwAR1DfKsNrlNqiuBH4ZqDa1SKec9To3PrD2-V_JMc4sz2Qe0p-Lv9R4KomJ4
Art Move, an online magazine
https://issuu.com/artmovemagazine/docs/am12_final
Providence Journal
http://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20180414/attleboro-arts-museum-exhibit-examines-art-of-marathon
Art Scope Magazine
https://artscopemagazine.com/2018/04/thematic-duets-in-a-long-distance-relationship-the-26-2-mile-journey-at-attleboro-arts-museum/
Worcester Magazine - 2014
http://worcestermag.com/2014/04/17/making-good/22526
Resume
2025
March
"Inaugural Exhibition”
Angell Street Galleries Providence, RI
Invitational
2024
August
"8 Visions”
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Juror Francine Weiss, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator at the Newport Art Museum
July
"Dancing Round the Normals”
AS220 Aborn Gallery, Providence, RI
Solo exhibition and installation in store front windows
June
"Off the Beaten Path”
Mary Cosgrove Gallery, Worcester, MA
Juror Robb Sandagata
"Borders, Boundaries, and Beyond ”
IMAGO Gallery, Warren, RI
Juried exhibition
February
"New England Collective XIII Regional Juried Exhibition Voices and Visions”
Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Juried exhibition
January
"Feast: Food Represented in the Visual Arts''
Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Juried exhibition
2023
December
"2023 Member's Exhibition"
Attelboro Art's Museum, Attelboro , MA
Merit Award
July
"Constructed Prisms: Sculpture, Photography & Installation Exhibit "
Warwick Art Center, Warwick, RI
Co-juried by Artists Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez and Howie Sneider, Executive Director of The Steel Yard
July
"The 87th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft "
Fithchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Best Sculpture Award
Juror Chenoa Baker Beacon Gallery’s Associate Curator
April
"POPUP-II"
Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA
Group show
February
"Three Amigos"
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, RI
Three person show
2022
August
"Just Art" Pop-up at the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, RI
Three person show
April
"Hatch Street Pop-up",
Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA
Group show
March
"Fourteenth Annual Pawtucket Foundation Show"
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket RI
Juror Michael Rose, Gallery director Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
February
"Origin: Juniper Rag Magazine Invitational"
PMAC Gallery, Worcester MA
2021
Covid 19
2020
December
"16th Annual Small Works Show",
Gallery 440, Brooklyn NY
Juror Anäis Duplan, Artist and curator. Public Programs fellow at MoMA
June-July
"On the Surface"
Attleboro Art Museum, Attelboro MA
Juror Neil Walsh, Gallery director AS220 Providence, RI
January
"Out of Place"
Fountain Street Gallery, Boston MA
Juror Jameson Johnson, Boston Art Review (BAR)
2019
September-October
"4 heads Portal: Governors Island
Governors Island, New York, NY
Juried exhibition - The 12th Annual Art Fair on Governors Island
https://4heads.org/governors-island-art-fair-2018/
August
"Displacement" AS220 Reading Room Gallery, Providence, RI
Video Installation
July
"Signals" Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
Invitational Group Show
April
"Cut & Paste Exhibition" Jamestown Arts Center. There were close to 100 applicants and jurors: Didi Suydam; JAC Exhibition Committee Chair, designer and artist, Brooke Goldstein; artist, designer and curator and Paula Mailloux; exhibit designer, artist and curator
February-March
"Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition", Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
Jurors Dr. Helen Burnham, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Dr. Leora Maltz-Leca, Chair, Department of Theory & History of Art & Design, RISD and Curator of Contemporary Projects at the Redwood Library & Athenaeum
January
"The Depth of Perception", Fountain Street Gallery, Boston MA
Jurors Karina Kelly and Bill Stelling of Kelly Stelling Contemporary gallery, NH
2018
December
"8th Annual Juried Winter's Eve exhibition", East Greenwich RI Library
Jurors choice award
Jurors Marjorie Hellman & Marsha Kartzman
November
"Unframed Works on Paper", Eunoia Gallery, Warwick RI
October
"Gold", The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester MA
Invitational show
June
"Three", Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
National Juried show
April
"A Long Distance Relationship", Attelboro Art Museum, Attelboro MA
Invitational exhibition commemorating the Boston Marathon
http://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20180414/attleboro-arts-museum-exhibit-examines-art-of-marathon
https://artscopemagazine.com/2018/04/thematic-duets-in-a-long-distance-relationship-the-26-2-mile-journey-at-attleboro-arts-museum/
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/runners-high-attleboro-arts-museum-features-marathon-themed-art/article_4f7ea9b0-6155-5137-9804-0bd2055e4ac8.html
Febary-March
"Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition", Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
Juror Crawford Alexander Mann III, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2017
October - November
"In Transit" The VETS Gallery, Providence RI
Honorable Mention
Juror Abigal Newbold, Director of Exhibitions, The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
September
"Handled" Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
Juror Pat Falco, Boston based artist
August
"Parallels" UnchARTed and Gallery Z, Market St. Lowell, MA
Invitational group exhibition
July
"Myths and Valor" The Front Space gallery, Rollinsford, NH
Invitational three person exhibit
"Contact + Connect" The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
Invitational six person exhibit
June
"Line - a National Juried Exhibition" Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
Juror Kelly Bennett, Artist Fellowships Program Officer/Exhibitions Curator for the Massachusetts Cultural Council
May
"The Nor'Easter; 47th Annual Juried Exhibition", The New Brittian Museum of American Art's, New Brittian CT
Juror's Award winner
Juror Sarah Fritchey Curator/Gallery director at Artspace New Haven, New Haven CT
April
"Resist", Van Vesson Gallery, Tiverton RI
Invitational group exhibition
"Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition" Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
Juror Sumo Bunny
March
"Freedom of Expression", Cape Cod Museum of Art, Denis MA
Jurors Paul Ha, Director of the List Visual Arts Center at MIT; Jared Bowen, Executive Arts Editor at WGBH; Edith A. Tonelli, PH.D., Director of the Cape Cod Museum of Art
January
"SNAC Artist Invitational", Enso Gallery, Brockton MA
"Divergent Thinking" Fountain Street Gallery, Framingham MA
Juror Jane Young, Chase Gallery in Boston MA
2016
December
"Members Exhibition", Attelboro Arts Museum, Attelboro MA
October
"The Harvest", Van Vessem Gallery, Tivierton RI
Juried by Marc Kehoe, Artist and Alexander Castro, Journalist
September
"30th Annual RI Open Juried Exhibit", Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick RI
Juror, Linnea Toney Leeming
"Distinguishing Features Invitational Exhibition", Attelboro Arts Museum, Attelboro MA
"Beyond Choreography, 2016 Open Juried Regional Exhibition" The VETS Gallery, Providence RI
Jurors, Audry Monahan and Bob Dilworth
August
"New England Collective, Anual Juried Show", Galatea Galley, Boston MA
Juror, Julie Burros, Chief of Art and Culture for the City of Boston
July
“Heat”, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative gallery, Pawtucket RI
Members Non-Juried Exhibition
June
"Go Children Slow", AS220 Main Gallery, Providence RI
Solo exhibit
May
"Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition", Pawtucket Arts Collaborative gallery, Pawtucket RI
Jurors: Catherine Bert of the Bert Gallery and Nancy Whipple Grinnell of the Newport Art Museum
March
"Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition", Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
Juror Jay Coogan President of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
http://www.newportri.com/newportmercury/arts/mixed-media-excites-newport-annual/article_3d7258d3-2f52-525a-887a-250a36d4d0b1.html#user-comment-area
February
"Opposites", The VETS Gallery, Providence RI
Juror Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art at the RISD Museum
2015
November
“Words Tell the Story”, Ocean State Poets event at the Slater Mill, Pawtucket RI
Projected video
October
“Theatre of the Observed”, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester MA - Four person exhibit
September
“In Vision 2D and 3D Landscape”, The Davis Art Gallery, Worcester MA – Juried exhibition
August
“New England Collective, Anual Juried Show”, Galatea Galley, Boston MA
Juror Mim Brooks Fawcett, Executive Director of the Attleboro Arts Museum
June
“80th Regional Exhibition”, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
Juror Meg White Curator, Gallery NAGA
April
“Red”, The Sprinkler Factory Worcester MA – Group exhibition
2014
December
“5x5(x5)”, Target Gallery, Alexandria VA
Juror Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, Public Programs Coordinator at National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
October
“38.6: A Photographic Homage to Worcester”, Worcester Historical Society, Worcester MA – Group exhibition
September
“Value Pack”, The Sprinkler Factory Worcester MA – Group exhibition
April
“Bad Food, Guns and Fairy Tales”, The Foster Gallery, Worcester MA – Solo exhibition
http://worcestermag.com/2014/04/17/making-good/22526
2013
October
"MWCC 50th Anniversary Alumni Art Exhibit", Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner MA
May
ArtsWorcester 15th Biennial, ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worcester MA - Honorable mention
Jurror Katherine French, Director of the Danforth Art Museum
September
“78th Regional Exhibition”, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
Juror Nina Gara Bozicnik Curator, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH
2011
April
“ArtsWorcester 14th Biennial”, ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worcester MA
Juror Susan Stoops Curator of Contemporary Art Worcester Art Museum
June
“In Context: Art of Here and Now”, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Juror Annette Lemieux Harvard University professor and Artist
2010May
“Hangin on the Wall”, ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worcester, MA - Invitational group exhibition
April
“In and Out of the Box”, ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worcester, MA - Group exhibition
2009
December
Unum Insurance company exhibit, Worcester MA
2007
September
“A Handy Man’s Guide to Identity Retrieval”, ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worceser, MA - Solo Exhibit
May
ArtsWorcester Biennial 2007 ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worcester MA - Juror Nick Capasso, Curator DeCordova Museum, Lincoln MA
January
Recipient of Local Cultural Council Grant - Worcester Cultural Commission
2006
November
“Autumn Annual Juried Show 2006" Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA –Juror Nato Thompson, Curator Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
September – November
“Domestic Emancipation” Worcester Windows Project; Arts Worcester – Installation in a store front at 328 Main Street, Worcester, MA
June
Members Juried Exhibition - Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
May
“57th Annual Art of the Northeast" Silver Mine Guild Arts Center Gallery, New Canaan CT - Juror Ben Barzune, Senior Associate Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
March-September
“Evolving Intelligent Design Flaws” Worcester Windows Project; Arts Worcester – Installation in a store front window at 328 Main St. Worcester, MA
January-March
“Circumventing Anguish With a Graceful Plunge” Worcester Windows Project; Arts Worcester – Installation in store front window 328 Main St. Worcester, MA
2005
November
“Winter Members Showcase” Worcester Artist Group; Worcester MA
October
"Wonderware" Worcester Artist Group; Worcester MA – Juror Susan Stoops, Curator of Contemporary Art, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
August
“Summer Members Show” ARTSWorcester Gallery; Worcester MA
July
“70th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft" Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA - Juried Exhibition
May
“Members Spring Showcase” Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA - Group Exhibition
February
“Sprinkler Factory 2005” Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA– Group Exhibition
2004
December
“Art for Aids Sake” College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA - Juried Exhibition
November
"The Winter Members Exhibit" ARTSWorcester Gallery, Worcester MA - Group Exhibition
September
"WAG Your Flag" Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA - Group Exhibit
"Monolith II (an homage to Worcester)" stART on the Street Festival, Worcester MA - Site specific installation
May
"Spring Open Showcase" Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA - Group Show
1991
July
Intermission - Memorial Hospital - My beautiful daughter Frieda was born
March
"The More You Watch the Less You Know" Worcester Artist Group Store, Worcester MA - Store front window installation
1990
December
First Night Worcester Grant Recipient - "Indians and Cowboys" - Store front window installation
1989
May
"The Open Show" - Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA - Group Show
March
Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council Gallery, Boston MA - Group Exhibition
1988
December
"Rhyme or Reason" Atwood Gallery, Worcester MA - Juried Exhibition
"ARTSWorcester Annual Juried Show" Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA - Juried Exhibition
"Worcester Winners Exhibition" Worcester Cultural Assembly Gallery, Worcester MA - Juried Exhibition
November
"Untitled" Kaleidoscope Gallery, Worcester Public Library, Worcester MA - Solo Exhibit
October
"Purple Mountains" Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA - Solo Exhibit
1988
Arts Lottery Grant recipient - Worcester Cultural Commission
1987
December
"ARTSWorcester Annual Juried Show" Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA - Juried Exhibition
1985
December
Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin
Student Exhibition -Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Austin TX
September
"Day of the Dead Show" Mex Arte Gallery, Austin TX - Group Exhibition