Marie José Burki

Marie José Burki
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Biel, Switzerland
Other namesMarie-José Burki, Marie Jose Burki
Alma materUniversity of Geneva,
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
Occupation(s)Visual artist, educator
Known forVideo art
SpouseMitja Tušek
AwardsManor Cultural Prize (1993)

Marie–José Burki (born 1961) is a Swiss visual artist and educator. She is best known for video art,[1] but also has worked in photography, screen printing, sculpture, and installation art.[2][3] Her work is interested in exploring the interaction between words and images, the passing of time, and the narrative story.[3][4] Burki teaches at Beaux-Arts de Paris. She lives between Brussels and Paris.

Biography

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Marie José Burki was born on 11 January 1961 in Biel.[2] She attended the University of Geneva, where she studied French literature and history. She later attended the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève.[3] She is married to Mitja Tušek.[2]

Burki has collaborated on artwork with her spouse Tušek (born 1961) and Éric Lanz (born 1962).[2] Burki and Lanz formed the art collective Bel Veder, and joined the Gen Lock association.[2] In 1986, Burki and Lanz had their first large exhibition at the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris.[2]

From 1989 to 1990, she had a one year art residency at MoMA PS1;[3] and took part in the related group exhibition, National and International Studio Artist Exhibition Series 1989–1990 (from 1989 to 1990) at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).[5] In 1993, Burki was awarded the Manor Cultural Prize for the Canton of Geneva.[6] Burki's first major solo exhibition took place in 1995 at the Kunsthalle Basel. Her first solo exhibition in the United States was at Lehman Maupin gallery in 1998; which featured the video installation of Exposure: Dawn, 1997.[7][8]

She taught art at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon.[2] From 2003 to 2008, Burki was professor of video art at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (German: Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Hamburg).[2][9]

Artwork

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Her early video art work, Celui qui a vu passer les éléphants blancs (English: He Who Saw the White Elephants Pass By) (1985, runtime: 11 minutes) won film festival awards, and is held in video collection libraries (Kunsthaus Zürich; and Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Geneva).[3]

Her large scale, multi-channel video work on different walls, Exposure: Dawn (1997, runtime: approx. 20 minutes), features storefront prostitutes in a red-light district with cars passing and reflections of light.[8] Burki's single channel video, Chicken (2000, runtime: 6 minutes), features a chef preparing a dead chicken for a meal.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cotter, Holland (2004-04-16). "Art in Review; Marie José Burki". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Rerat, Melissa (2020). "Burki, Marie José [Burki, Marie-José]". SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e Lechot, Lysianne. "Marie José Burki". MAMCO Archives. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Hans Rudolf Reust on Marie José Burki". Artforum.com. September 2007. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  5. ^ "National and International Studio Program". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ "Kunstpreis - Veronika Spierenburg erhält den diesjährigen Manor Kunstpreis Aarau". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). February 27, 2013. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. ^ "Art Guide". The New York Times. 1998-02-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  8. ^ a b Griffin, Tim (May 1, 1998). "Marie José Burki, Ateliers D'Artistes". Art in America.
  9. ^ "Hochschulreport 2006 HfbK Hamburg". Monopol magazine (in German). January 9, 2006. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
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