Education
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Masters of Fine Arts
2014–2017
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Glass
Minor - Art History
2000-2005
Scoula del Vetro Abate Zanetti, Murano, Italy. July-August 2004
Awards
2023
“Third Place” Cutting Edge, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
“Etsy Pick Badge” Etsy, Brooklyn, New York
2022
“Juror’s Award for Glass” Craft Forms 2022. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Finalist, Tg: Transitions in Kiln Glass, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
2020
“Seller of the Week,” Room Solutions, www.roomssolutions.com
2018
Third Place, Kingston Kitsap Fine Art Exhibition
Finalist, "Emerge" Bullseye Projects
Honorable Mention, Valdosta National 2018
2017
New Glass Review 38, Corning Museum of Glass
2016
Graduate Student Recognition Award, Ball State University
2015
Finalist, Niche Awards
Finalist, 82nd Annual National Sculpture Society Awards
“Glass Alliance, Best of Glass Award,” “80th Annual Student Art Awards,” Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2009
“People’s Choice Award,”” Best of Class,” “First Place,” Southeast Alaska State Fair, Haines, Alaska
2005
Finalist, Rickert Ziebolt Trust Artist Competition
Finalist, Illinois Governor’s Colligate Art Competition
Publications
2023
“Kohr Explores: Get Unique Art at Local Art Glass’s Holiday Sale” KOIN Morning Show, December 4, 2023 https://www.koin.com/top-stories/kohr-explores-get-unique-art-at-local-art-glasss-holiday-sale/
“Featured Artist, Evan Burnett [sic]” Pacific Northwest Glass Guild, September 13, 2023, https://www.pnwglassguild.org/article-cat/issue-2023-09/ accessed September 15, 2023
“Interview with glass artist Evan Burnette,” Dave Miller, Think Out Loud, aired March 17, 2023, on NPR, KOPB 91.1 FM.
2022
McBee, Ben. “Glass Art in Portland, Oregon.” PDX Today, Aug 24, 2022, accessed Aug 26, 2022, https://pdxtoday.6amcity.com/glass-art-portland-or/
Lee, Helen “Tg – To Cohere and Coalesce: The Movement of Kilnforming” Neus Glas. Issue 2, 2022, 36-41.
2020
Ben. “Seller of the Week,” Room Solutions, May 30, 2020, accessed Aug 26, 2022, https://www.roomssolutions.com/seller-of-the-week-local-art-glass/?fbclid=IwAR2j31K8HmuGsV6OMUnb2qu6sXeeckPpGbEwRPL_cv0nWhfkHBkzPxIhNqU
2019
Page, Andrew ed. “Urban Glass’ biannual MFA Exhibition, New York. ”Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly.” Summer 2019, 58-59.
2018
Emerge 2018. Bullseye Glass Company. Portland, OR. 2018, pg. 34.
2017
New Glass Review. Corning Museum of Glass, New York. 2017, pg. 8.
Solo Exhibitions
2024. “New Work” Porsche Studio, Portland, Oregon
2017 “Disengagement Party: Comic Surrealism,” Madjax Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
2014 “New Work by Evan Burnette,” Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2013 “Making It,” Spring Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2012 “Linear Expressions,” Compônere Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2006 “Tranquil Perceptions,” Compônere Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2005 “BFA Thesis Exhibition,” Gallery HQ, Makanda, Illinois
Juried Exhibitions
2024
“Connections: Glass Art Society Member Exhibition” Wilhelm Hallen Hall, Berlin, Germany
2023
“Cutting Edge” Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
“2023 Pilchuck Annual Auction & Gala, Pilchuck: Energy of the Elements” Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
“Around Oregon Biennial” The Arts Center, Covallis, Oregon
“2023 Artworks Northwest Biennial” Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, Oregon
“2023 Glass Art Society Member’s Exhibition” Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, Michigan
“Gallerium, Food Story 2023” Biafarin Online Exhibition, https://www.gallerium.art/p/food-story-2023.html
“Tg: Transitions in Kiln Glass” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
2022
“CraftForms 2022” Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pensilvania
“Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Exhibition,” Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas
“Tg: Transitions in Kiln Glass” Pittsburg Glass Center, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
“Connections 2022: Glass from Every Angle” Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
2021
“Tg: Transitions in Kiln Glass” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
2020
“Art at the Center” Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
2019
“Urban Glass MFA Exhibition” Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York
2018
"Momentum: Hot Glass" The Arts Commission of greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
"59th Annual Kingston Kitsap Arts and Crafts Show" Kingston Community Center, Kingston, Washington
"Cutting Edge: Nontraditional Glass" Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
"Artworks Northwest" Hallie Brown Ford Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon
"Emerge 2018" Bullseye Projects, Portland, Oregon
"Expose yourSELF in Art" Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon
"Valdosta National 2018" Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
2017
"Ir*reality" Art Vale Gallery, Oakland, California
2016
“Craft Hilton Head” Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, Hilton Head, South Carolina
“Monkey Thunder Six” GFAF Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
“Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland 2016” Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Texas National 2016,” Juror - Abelardo Morrell, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
“Niche Awards, ‘American Made Show,” Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
2015
“82nd Annual National Sculpture Society Awards,” Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina
“2015 Art at the Center, Human Experience Abstracts,” Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
“80th Annual Student Art Awards,” Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2013
“Symphony of Color,” Gresham Art Committee, Gresham, Oregon
2009
“Professional Art Exhibition,” South East Alaska State Fair, Haines, Alaska
2007
“Professional Art Exhibition,” Illinois State Fair, Illinois State Fair Artisan Building, Springfield, Illinois
2005
“Solid,” Inspire Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Lines into Shapes,” Estes Park, Arts Center, Estes Park, Colorado
“Annual Collegiate Artists Competition,” Schmidt Art Gallery, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois
“Rickert Ziebolt Trust Artist Competition,” Glove Factory Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2004
“Undergraduate Art Show,” Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2003
“Purchase Awards,” Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
Group Exhibitions
2023
“Toy Show” Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2018
"Kitsch," Splendorporium, Portland, Oregon
2017
“Intersections,” University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee
2016
“Grif and Friends Art Show,” Madjax, Muncie, Indiana
“Desperately Seeking Charles,” GFAF Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
“Sculpture, Sound, and Performance,” Madjax, Muncie, Indiana
“Conglomerated Combustion,” Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2015
“Midwest Academic Glass Exhibition,” Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Graduate Art Exhibition,” Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2014
“The Heart of the Matter,” Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2013
“Little Things Thirteen,” Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Verge,” curated by Andy Paiko, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, Washington
“The Heart of the Matter,” Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2005
“Southern Glassworks,” Compônere Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
“Senior Show,” Glove Factory Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
“Blown Away,” University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
“Love at the Glove,” Glove Factory Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Untitled Show, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2004
“Love at the Glove,” Glove Factory Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Untitled Show, Vergette Gallery, Allyn Building, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
“Southern Glassworks,” Compônere Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2003
Untitled Show, University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
“Southern Glassworks,” Compônere Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2002
Untitled Show, University Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Notable Commissions
Retirement Award for Chief Executive Officer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Linda Shore, 2024
“Cinema Unbound” 2020 Awards, NW Film Center, Portland, Oregon
"75 Years of Excellence Award,” Commissioned by Ardagh Group for Red Gold Incorporated, 2017
Glass for the President of Ball State University's Holiday Greeting Card, 2016
Opening Night Awards for the Cast of “Waiting for Godot” on Broadway, 2013
“2013 Player of the Year Trophy,” for Portland Thorns, Professional Women’s Soccer Team, Portland, Oregon
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, gift for Vice Chancellor Dr. Rickey McCurry, “St. Louis Cardinals Goblet,” 2005