Amelia Burns
ameliaburns.com
amelia@ameliaburns.com
Detroit, MI 48227
607-227-4929
Education
2023 — MFA in Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2005 — BFA in Photography, Pratt Institute
Teaching Experience
2022 — Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, University of Wisconsin–River Falls
2023 — Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2023 — Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2024 — Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2024 — Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2025 — Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2025 — Special Lecturer, Art Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Residencies
2024 — Summer Collective Residency, Talking Dolls, Detroit, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 — Club Soda, Sometimes Space Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2025 — Night Visions, Not Not Gallery, Chicago, IL
2024 — The Curated Fridge Autumn Show, Massachusetts
2023 — The Curated Fridge Fall Show, Massachusetts
2023 — The Curated Fridge Summer Show, Queens, NY
2023 — The Curated Fridge Spring Show, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 — Women Street Photographers and Leica Exhibition, Artspace PS109, New York, NY
2022 — Too Cool Four School, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 — The Bootleg Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 — Art of Freelance Fall Showcase, Los Angeles, CA
2019 — Art of Freelance Spring Showcase, Los Angeles, CA
2018 — Art of Freelance Fall Showcase, Los Angeles, CA
2017 — Art of Freelance Spring Showcase, Los Angeles, CA
2012 — Homelessness and the Indigent: Causes, Effects, Solutions, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
2011 — Castaways Artsy Night Feature Show, Ithaca, NY
2010 — The Family Show, DTLA
2009 — The Dark Side of the Light, Gallery Godo, Glendale, CA
2006 — People in Their Spaces, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
2004 — Abiding Reverence, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Monographs
2024 — Natureland: Volume Five, It’s OK Press
2023 — Natureland: Volume 4; Grief Poem, It’s OK Press
2023 — Something Wonderful, It’s OK Press
2022 — Natureland: Volume 3, It’s OK Press
2021 — Natureland: Volume 2, It’s OK Press
2020 — Natureland: Volume 1, It’s OK Press
2016 — Everything Belongs, It’s OK Press
Curation
2024 — Club Soda, Sometimes Space Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2022 — Altars Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bibliography
2021 — Shoutout LA: “Meet Amelia Burns: Photographer and Multidisciplinary Artist”
2018 — Voyage LA: “Art and Life with Amelia Burns”
2018 — Gothesque Magazine, Issue #65: “Black Girl Magic”
2016 — The Ithaca Times: “A Family's Hope”