Aaron Burleson (b. 1996) is a photographer from Glastonbury, CT, and currently resides in Essex County, MA.
Education:
2022
Master of Fine Arts, Art Photography: Syracuse University
2019
Bachelor of Fine Art, Photography, Art History Minor: Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
2016
Associate in Arts, Visual Fine Arts, Photography: Manchester Community College
Awards/Grants:
2019
-Isadore Berson Photography Award
2018
-Sal Lopes – Herb Ascherman HAS Photographic Excellence Fund
2017
-MCC Foundation Purchase Award
Two Person Exhibitions:
2021
- Present Vacancies: with Shuoran Zhou, Studio 15, Syracuse, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022
- Steady/Retcon: Governors Island, New York, NY
- Steady/Retcon: Syracuse University Art Museum
2021
- Multiple Exposures: SPE Northeast Conference, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
- ἀρχή: Random Access, Syracuse, NY
- Milford Photo’s 2021 Juried Photo Exhibition: Milford Photo, Milford, CT
- IMAGES: Shoreline Arts Alliance, Guilford, CT
2020
- Isolation.Living Apart: Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2019
- The Extinction Gallery: Random Access, Syracuse, NY
-Anamnesis: BFA Photography and Interdisciplinary Exhibition: Donald and Linda Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT
-Reading Room: Urgent Pedagogies: Donald and Linda Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT
2018
-Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition: Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT
2017
-MCC Alumni Show 2017: MCC on Main, Manchester, CT
2016
-MCC Winter Student Show: Hans Weiss Gallery, Manchester, CT
-In The Loop: MCC on Main, Manchester, CT
-MCC Sping Student Show: Hans Weiss Gallery, Manchester, CT
-Portraits and Portrayals: Gallery 136 1⁄2 at Photosynthesis, Manchester, CT
2015
-MCC Winter Student Show: Hans Weiss Gallery, Manchester, CT
-MCC Sping Student Show: Hans Weiss Gallery, Manchester, CT
2014
-MCC Winter Student Show: Hans Weiss Gallery, Manchester, CT
Professional/Work Experience:
2023-present
- Fine Art Photographer: Harvard Art Museums
2022-2024
- Instructor: Boston Photography Workshops
2022-2023
- Collections Photographer: Northeast Document Conservation Center
2022
- Adjunct Instructor: “Introduction to Black and White Analog Photography and Darkroom”, Syracuse University
2021-2022
- Digital Archivist: Syracuse University Art Museum
2021
- Intsructor’s Assistant: Associate Professor Boryana Dragoeva, “Problems in Film Preception”, Syracuse University
- Teacher’s Assistant: Associate Professor Doug DuBois, “Beginning Seminar in Photography”& “This is a Portrait if I Say So”, Syracuse University
2020
- Instructor: Photography and Literacy Project (PAL Project), Syracuse, NY
2019
- Teacher’s Assistant: Associate Professor Michael Vahrenwald, “Analogue Darkroom I and II”, Hartford Art School: International Limited-Residency MFA: Photography
-Teacher’s Assistant: Adjunct Professor John Reuter, “Lighting Studio”, Hartford Art School
2018
-Teacher’s Assistant: Associate Professor Michael Vahrenwald, “Color Photography I”, Hartford Art School
2017-2019
-Photography Department Lab Monitor: Hartford Art School
2017
-Photographer’s Assistant: Stanley Fellman, West Hartford, CT
2016
-Curator and Juror for In The Loop student group show: MCC on Main, Manchester, CT
2016-2019
-Photographers Assistant: Andrew Buck, Farmington, CT
2015-2017
-Gallery Photographer: MCC on Main, Manchester, CT
Publications:
2017
-Be E-Zine Issue 1: Be Easy Boards
2016
-Portraits and Portrayals (exhibition catalogue): Gallery 136 1⁄2 at Photosynthesis, Manchester, CT