
UPCOMING
2010--October 1-15. U.S. Biennale Artists @ Broadway Gallery, New York City. Reception October 2nd from 3-6 PM.
RECENT SHOWS
2010--January 15-February 21. "Miami Blues" Notism Cityscape Art on Exhibit @ Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Urban Graffiti Show "From The Block to the Brush".
2009--September 22. Burkhardt Painting "Against the Grain" Auctioned @ Sotheby's, Along with Work by Jasper Johns, Hunt Slonem, Richard Serra, Richard Pettibone, Olaf Eliassen, New York, NY.
2009--August 21. Featured Artist at Project Ethos Exhibition & Event @ Avalon & Bardot, Hollywood, California.
2009--July. "Semiotic Scripting" Work on Paper Auctioned to Benefit Southampton Hospital "A Centennial Celebration", Southampton, NY.
2009--June. Notism Painting on Exhibit @ Water Mill Museum, Water Mill/Hamptons, NY.
2009--June 5. "Beta Kids' Electric Notism" Painting Auctioned @ Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach, California, to Benefit Beta Foster Care, Irvine, California.
2009--March 23. Burkhardt's Art on Private Exhibit at Annual Meeting of National Football League Owners @ St. Regis Resort, Monarch Beach, California.
2009--February. "Wed., Abbreviated" Notism Painting Acquired for Permanent Collection by The Museum of Coral Springs, Florida.
2009--January. Burkhardt Featured in Artists To Watch in 2009 Section of ART and living Magazine Winter Issue.
2008--December 13. One-Man Show "Ron Burkhardt Hosts Land Rover/U.S. Marines' Toys for Tots" @ Land Rover U.S. Headquarters, New York. Private, Red Carpet Event Taped by MTV and Sponsored by U.S. Marines, Bloomingdales, and thefashionreporter.com.
2008--November 15-30. One-Man Show "Burkhardt Retrospective 2001-2008" @ Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, California.
2008--November 14-December 14. One-Man Show @ Paul Fisher Gallery, The Flamingo Building, West Palm Beach, Florida.
2008--October. Named One of "Two New Art Stars" by ART and living Magazine, Along with Video Sculptor Matteo.
2008--September. Notism Oil Painting "The World Within" Auctioned @ Phillips de Pury Gallery Along with Work by Dale Chihuly, Richard Serra, Hunt Slonem. New York, NY.
2008--September-Present. Notism and Conceptual Art on Exhibit at The Related Companies' City Place Tower South, West Palm Beach, Florida.
2008--July. One-Man Show Revelations: "The Writing's On The Wall"
@ Peter Marcelle Contemporary's Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, New York.
2008--July. Encaustic Work "All Glory is Fleeting" on Exhibit @ Water Mill Museum, Hamptons, New York.
2008--July. Mixed Media Work on Exhibit @ Art Gallery at Quogue Library, Quogue, New York.
2008--June. Notism Art on Exhibit @ Marion Meyer Contemporary Art , Laguna Beach, California.
2008--May. Art on Exhibit @ 15 CPW on Central Park West, in Manhattan, NY.
2008--May. Burkhardt Art on Exhibit with Warhol, Dale Chihuly, and Bruce Helander for Philip Standish Read Estate @ Paul Fisher Gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2008--April. Selected for Juried Show "Freestyle Abstraction" Exhibit @ Long Beach Arts Gallery, California. Juror: Norma Soule.
2008--March. Commissioned to Hand Paint Violin for Fort Worth Symphony's "Painted Violins" Auction, in Texas.
2008--February. Notism Artwork Featured on Episode of ABC's "Brothers and Sisters" Television Show.
2008--February. Work on Exhibit @ Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas.
2008--January. Group Exhibit @ Milan Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
2008--January. Selected for Who's Who in American Art.
2007--December. Work on Exhibit @ Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Desert, California.
2007--October 19. Dedication Ceremony for "Notism: Western Odyssey" Permanent Installation in Dean's Office @ Schneider Hall/College of Business, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2007--September. Notism Art on Exhibit @ Art Pic Gallery, North Hollywood, California.
2007--August/September. Art on Exhibit w/TKO Fine Art, Los Angeles and Newport Beach, California.
2007--August. Work on Exhibit in "War & Peace" Show @ The McKinney Avenue Contemporary Gallery in Dallas, Texas.
2007--July. Work on Exhibit @ 2007 Biennial/Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California.
2007--June. Notism on Exhibit @ Water Mill Museum, Hamptons, New York.
2007--February. Notism Art on Exhibit @ Peter Marcelle's Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, New York.
2007--January. "Graphololia" Notism Art Selected for "Room With A View" Exhibition at Long Beach Arts Gallery. Juror: Jay Belloli, Armory Art Center, Pasadena, California.
2007--January. Selected for "Who's Who in America."
2006--December 24. Ron Burkhardt & Notism Featured Interview on NBC-TV Today In New York Show Hosted by David Ushery, NYC.
2006--November/December. "Refrigerated Notism" Art on Exhibit @ Art Basel in South Beach Design Group's Casa Decor, Miami.
2006--September. Selected for International Biennale of Contemporary Art-Austria 2006, as one of Three American Artists Representing the United States in Klagenfurt.
2006--September. Featured Artist at Festival Del Mar, California.
2006--September. Guest Professor and Speaker at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2006--August. One of Ten Master Artists Chosen for "Masters and Apprentices/Defending Dreams" Positive Resistance Charity Exhibition at Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, California, along with Artists Pierce Brosnan and Violet Parkhurst.
2006--July & August. Notism Art on Exhibit at 7-Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, in Contemporary Exhibit, "Backstories: Summer Collection 2006", Curated by Joanne Artmann of Space on Spurgeon Gallery.
2006--June. Conceptual Work Selected for International ArtPeriscope in Poland.
2006--May & June. Burkhardt's Notism and Conceptual Art Featured in One-Man Show at Philippe Guionnet Gallery, Rolling Hills Estate, in Palos Verdes, California.
2005--December. Awarded Lorenzo Il Magnifico de Medici Medal for Excellence in "Mixed Media/Installations" Representing the United States at Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. (Burkhardt Sponsored by Porsche Cars North America.)
2005--November/December. Burkhardt's Notism Work on Exhibit at Gallery Janos, Paris, France.
2005--November/December. Burkhardt's Notism Work on Exhibit at Vanderbilt Gallery, Naples, Florida.
2005--August. Winner--International Juried Competition--"Paperworks" Award @ B.J. Spoke Gallery, Judged by Faye Hirsch, Senior Editor/Art in America Magazine, Huntington, New York.
2005--July. "World Class Graffiti" Exhibition @ Magidson Fine Art Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
2005--June. Water Mill Museum Group Show, Hamptons, New York ("Lunar Earthscape")
2005--May-August. Solo Exhibition at Bayside Gallery, Newport Beach, California.
2005--March. One Man Show @ One Fine Art Gallery, Chicago.
2004--December. Laguna Colony Artists' Opening, Laguna Beach, California.
2004--October. Notism Art Featured @
L.A. Kabbalah Centre's "Red String Book" Launch, Kitson's, Beverly Hills, California.
2004--August. Quogue Historical Society Group Show, Hamptons, New York.
2004--July. Water Mill Museum Group Show, Hamptons, New York.
2004--June. Vignoli Gallery Two-Man Show w/Vignoli, Sag Harbor, NY. Feature interview on WVVH-Hamptons TV.
2004--May. "Banking on Art," Wells Fargo Bank Group Show/Laguna Beach, California.
2004--May. ARTrageous Edwin Gould Foster Children's Charity along with Artists Peter Max, Jeff Koons and Peter Beard, NYC, New York.
2004--May. Laguna Canyon Artists Colony Group Show, Laguna Beach, California.
2004--April. Burkhardt Notism Art Auctioned at Ebell Club Charity at Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California.
2004--March. Opened Art Studio in Laguna Beach, California.
2004--February. Gallery Asto Two-Man Show "The Poetics of Space," w/Fellow Artist Ruth Gonzales, Los Angeles, California.
2003--December. Art Students League of New York "Christmas Gallery," New York, New York.
2003--November. Featured First Artist in One Man Show, "Our Destiny is Still Being Written," at Premiere Opening of Think Art Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2003--October. One-Man Show at Grand Havana Room in Manhattan, New York.
2003--June. Burkhardt Joined by American Artist Peter Beard and Swedish Artist Trish Fiorent for "Naked Minds and Bodies" Exhibit at Sublime Gallery in Tribeca, New York.
2003--May. Featured Artist During Tribeca Film Festival at Raphael DeNiro's HL Gallery/Tribeca, New York.
2003--March and April. Two Person "Abstract Contemporary American Artists" on Exhibit at The Quogue Gallery/Hamptons, New York.
2003--February and March. One-Man Show in Trump Tower--"Notism: Explorations into the Subconscious" Presented by Frederic Bouin's Art Release Galleries, New York, New York.
2003--January. Interviewed about "Notism" Movement on Aspen PBS-TV ("The Changing Paradigm") and on Time Warner's MNN-Channels 34 and 57 in New York.
2002--October. Notism Art Selected by David Rockefeller's Business Committee for the Arts and Exhibited at Forbes Magazine Galleries/New York, New York.
2002--July. Executive Producer/Creative Director of Short Film "Red"; Bought by Independent Film Channel, Aired Throughout U.S.
2001--March. Solo in Soho. First One Man Art Show--"Mind Imprints: Art of Note." Exhibit Launched New Genre of Contemporary American Art at START Gallery in Soho, New York. Multi-Media, Acrylics, Pen and Ink on Paper Works Drew 400+ People to Opening Night.
2000--October. Executive Producer and Creative Consultant on Surreal Half-Hour Feature Film "The Mark," 1870's Period Piece.
2000--January. Created and Produced "Cowboys Dueling Tornado" Super Bowl TV Spot for lastminutetravel.com. Won International Broadcast Award and Acclaim in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Atlanta Journal and Los Angeles Times.
1999--August. Executive Producer and Creative Director of Highly-Charged Short Film "Red," Honored at Palm Springs International Film Festival.
1998--September. Created Art Concept for Bronze Medallion Chosen "Best of United Nations" in Honor of UN's 50th Anniversary. Art Designed and Cast by Sculptress Gwen Marcus.
1998--July. Subject of Manhattan Magazine Feature Story, "Creative Branding In The Age of Fast Media," New York, New York.
1996--Sold Burkhardt & Christy Ad Agency to Open Creative Think Tank (Burkhardt & Partners) in NYC. Burkhardt Featured on Cover of Adweek Magazine, "Southern Exposure."
1990's--Was Major Creative Agency Force for World Class Ad Agencies Young and Rubicam/New York, Doyle-Dane-Bernbach/Atlanta, Lowe/New York and founder of Burkhardt & Christy Agency/New York. Successfully Branded Many of World's Top Fortune 500 Companies, Including National Consumer Campaigns for BMW Motorcycles, Sony, Time-Warner Music, Falcon Jet, Minolta, Heineken, Bulova Watch, Volvo, New York Yankees/Rangers/Knicks, Merrill Lynch, and BellSouth.
1983--Named One of Outstanding Young Men of America.
1980--Moved to New York, Resulting in Long-Term Residency Encompassing East Side, West Side, Westport, Ct., and Hamptons.
1980--Wrote Acclaimed Editorial Series "Is Creativity a Product of Its Environment?" for Adweek Magazine.
1979--Wrote Lead Feature Article "The Return of The Creative Mind" for Advertising Age.
1978--Moved to Atlanta, Wrote and Conceived Ads for McDonald-Little and Cargill-Wilson-Acree/Doyle-Dane-Bernbach Agencies.
Prior--Graduated from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Began Two Years of Nomadic Journeys Throughout Southern and Western United States. Briefly Wrote and Produced for Campbell-Ewald/Detroit and Foote-Cone-Belding/Chicago Ad Agencies.
Spent Childhood in Idyllic Jackson, Michigan, Assimilating Esthetic Influences of Nature--Began Lifelong Habit of "Hieroglyphic Ideation and Note-Taking." What Started as Simple "To-Do List" Slowly Evolved into Weekly Journal, Data Resource and Art Form.
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AFFILIATIONS: Board Member & Branding Chair, TV Co-Chair, and Liaison to Former Miss Americas of Miss America Organization, Atlantic City, NJ. (Elected in 2003)
Member, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Member, Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Member Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
Member, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California.
Member The One Club, New York, NY.
EDUCATION: Graduated Western Michigan University/Kalamazoo.
Studies at Art Students League of New York, and National Academy of Fine Art/New York.
OVER THE YEARS: Ron Burkhardt has received over 200 awards for creative excellence and his work has been recognized or honored by The United Nations, The Art Directors Club of New York, The One Show, Andys, Creativity, Clios, Gold Effies, IBA, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Addys, Tellies,Mobius, Hollywood International Broadcast Awards, Cannes, Black Book Awards, CA Annual, Outstanding Young Men of America, the Presidential Order of Merit and numerous Museums. Burkhardt has also been featured in Gotham Magazine, Southampton Press, Promenade, and Dan's Papers; and on CNN Headline News, Hamptons TV, Inside Edition, American Journal, Aspen PBS-The Changing Paradigm, MNN-57, CNN Business Unusual and NBC. He has judged the Stephen Kelly Awards, Andys, CEBA, International TV & Film Festival, Creativity, Addys, Mercury Radio Awards and The CLIOS.
CHARITIES Beta Foster Care, Irvine, California 2009; Ivy Cup Polo/Greenwich, Ct. 2007; Benefit Committee for Sheltering Arms Children's Society/NY 2003-06; Eisenhower Medical Center/Rancho Mirage, Ca. 2006; Childrens' Cancer & Blood Foundation/New York, NY 2008; Edwin Gould's "ARTrageous" Children's Charity of New York 2006; Ft. Worth Symphony "Painted Violins"/Ft. Worth, Texas 2008; Children's Development Center of the Hamptons 2005-06; East Side Settlement House & International Auto Show/NY 2003; Positive Resistance for Foster Children/Newport, Ca. 2005; and pro bono creative work for Mayor Koch's Korean War Veterans Memorial Committee 1994; Save America's Forests 2000; Miracle House 1999; and Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Riverkeeper 2003 .