Laura C. Burke
Education
2018 Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2017 Master of Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2013 Associate in Applied Science, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
Professional Experience
2021-Present Mentor, Joslyn Art Museum’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha, NE
2021-Present Gallery Coordinator, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2018-2020 Studio Assistant to Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez and Charley Friedman, Lincoln, NE
2018-2019 Gallery Coordinator, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2018-2019 Adjunct Faculty, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2015-2018 Instructor of Record, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2013-Present Adjunct Faculty, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2011-2015 Photography Lab Technician, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Exhibitions
2023 Evolution, MCC Photography Faculty Exhibition, Elkhorn Valley Gallery of Art and Design, Omaha, NE
2022 Solo Show: Sunday Funday, Link Gallery, Omaha, NE
2021 Inside Out: A Joslyn Staff Art Show, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
2021 Solo Show: Okoboji, Link Gallery, Omaha, NE
2019 Vignette, Link Gallery, Omaha, NE
2019 Ephemeral/Eternal, Link Gallery, Omaha, NE
2019 Praxis: Works by MCC Photo Faculty, Elkhorn Valley Gallery of Art and Design, Omaha, NE
2018 Solo Show: She was a quiet storm., Process Gallery, Omaha, NE
2018 Solo Show: She was a quiet storm., Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2018 Reconnect: A Juried Alumni Exhibition, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
2017 Seven, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2017 Ecclesia, Process Gallery, Omaha, NE
2017 Symptomatic Process, The Deadwood, Iowa City, IA
2017 Trade Talks: Tokyo-Nebraska Photography Exchange, Place M Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Elkhorn Valley Gallery of Art and Design, Omaha, NE; Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2017 16x16x16 Traveling Exhibition, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2017 Solo Show: Remembering Happens in the Present, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2016 Five, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2016 4x5x10, The Deadwood, Iowa City, IA
2016 16x16x16 Traveling Exhibition, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2015 Throwing Light, Catching Shadows, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
2015 Command P, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2015 Past, Present, and Future: Photography at Metropolitan Community College, Color Court Building, Lincoln, NE
2014 Dodge + Burn, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2014 Collective Perspective, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2013 Only When, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2013 Silver & Sensors, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2013 16x16x16 Traveling Exhibition, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI; Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2013 Photo Club2, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2012 Nebraska National Juried Collegiate Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2012 Prairie Expedition Exhibition, The Mule Barn, Omaha, NE
2012 On Paper, Porridge Papers, Lincoln, NE
2012 Alt Process/Low Tech, The Mule Barn, Omaha, NE
2012 5th Annual Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2012 For Sale By Owner, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2012 16x16x16 Traveling Exhibition, Daytona State College, Daytona, FL; Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA; Art Institutes International-Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Awards & Grants
2016 Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Grant, University of Iowa
2015 Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant, University of Iowa
2015 Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Adjunct Award
Publications
2017 Colombo, Silvia, and Antonio Muratore. Shift. Rome: LoosenArt, 2017.
2012 Both Sides of the Lens: Self-Portraiture, catalogue, Kiernan Gallery
Lectures & Workshops
2018 Pinhole Camera Workshop, Girl Scouts-Spirit of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
2017 Pinhole Camera Workshop, Girl Scouts-Spirit of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
2015 “Notes,” artist lecture, Throwing Light, Catching Shadows – Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Louisville, KY
2014 Photogram workshop, Mercy High School, Omaha, NE
Collections
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
Skills
Traditional film and wet photographic printing processes:
- Black and white; 35 mm through 8x10
- Color (C-41 and RA-4)
- Darkroom management and maintenance
- Knowledge of chemical mixing
- Film camera maintenance and troubleshooting
- Enlarger and processor maintenance and troubleshooting
- Jobo processors
Alternative photographic processes:
- Salt prints
- Albumen prints
- Dry-plate tintypes
- Van Dyke prints
- Cyanotypes
- Lumen prints
- Wet-plate collodion tintypes
Digital photography and printing:
- Photoshop CC
- Lightroom
- Imacon Flextight scanner
- Inkjet printing
- ImagePrint RIP software
- Epson printer maintenance and troubleshooting
Strobe and continuous lighting
Silkscreen
Photogravure
Affiliations
2010-Present Metro Photo Club, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2010-Present Society for Photographic Education, Cleveland, OH