Michael Coombs Burmeister
621 Washington Street
Evanston, IL 60202
(616) 405-3000


EDUCATION

The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Master of Fine Arts: The Mount Royal School of Art, May 2008

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
B.A.A. in Fine Arts: Major in Photography, Dual-Minor in Art History and Outdoor Education, May 2001

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Fall 2009 - present
Courses Taught:
 2 Dimensional Design - Fall 2009
Drawing I - Fall 2010, 2011, & Summer 2011
Drawing II - Spring 2010, 2011, & 2012
Painting I - Summer 2010
Painting II - Spring 2011

Head Preparator, Lafayette College Art Galleries, Easton, PA
August 2011 - present
Responsibilities include: exhibition installation, art handling, and shipping and receiving.

Assistant to Collections Manager,
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
October 2008 - February 2010
Responsibilities include: collection documentation, recording and storing, art handling, shipping and receiving, & warehouse maintenance.

Artist in Residence, Grossman Gallery & Art Department, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
August 2008 - November 2009
Student interaction, teaching, and classroom demonstrations.

Visiting Artist/Instructor, Summer Community Arts Teaching Program, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Summer 2009
Lectured on personal artwork, introduced and instructed on principles of collage.

Visiting Artist/Critic, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Fall 2009 & Spring 2010
Invited by Professor Scott Sherk to critique upper level students’ independent work.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Color Abstraction, Spring 2008
Painting I, Spring 2007
Life Drawing, Fall 2007

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Area Artists.
Siegel Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2011.

Commuter.
Vacant building, Downtown Easton, PA, 2010.

Faculty Show.
The Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA,
2010.

Up the Ante.
The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, 2010.

Recent Drawings.
Williams Center of the Arts,
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 2009.

Pleasure Cruise.
Baltimore Theater Project, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

Archimage.
Gallery 4, H & H Building, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

The MFA Thesis Show, Thesis Exhibition.
Decker Gallery, The Maryland Institute
College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

A Vague Spatial Area
Mt. Royal School of Art.
The Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore,MD, 2007.

Art Students Exhibition.
ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, New York, 2007.

A Confluence of Raconteurs.
Towson University, Towson, MD, 2007.

Prelude.
Pinkard Gallery. The Maryland Institute
College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2007.

which is kind of interesting.
Mt. Royal School of Art. The Maryland
Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2006.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Awarded Vermont Studio Center Residency,
Johnson, VT, June 2009.

Nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation
MFA Grant 2008.

Awarded fellowship to attend The Mount Royal School
of Art from The Maryland Institute College of Art.

Attended Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists' Residency,
Saugatuck, MI, August 2003.

Head Juror Student Exhibition, HUB Gallery
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 2011.