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Education: BFA University of Iowa (1942); MFA University of Iowa (1947)

Employment (teaching): University of Iowa School of Art and History, Iowa City, IA; University of Minnesota; University of Massachusetts; California Arts and Crafts; and Portland State College

In addition, Byron Burford has received many awards and grants. A selected list includes the following: American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Awards 1979, 1966; Tamarind Fellowship 1978; National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1973-75; Yaddo Fellowship 1980, 1979, 1975, 1973; American Federation of Arts Grant 1965; National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant 1972; J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship 1960-61; Ford Foundation Awards 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961; Julius Rosenwald Fellowship 1948.

Exhibitions: Byron Burford's art has been exhibited internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Cedar Rapids Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA; Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington, DC; Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA; and University of South Dakota.
Selected Group and Invitational Exhibitions include "Realisms" University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Circus Invitational, Madison Square Garden, NY; Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan; Kunsthaus, Zurich; Musee Des Artes Decoratif, Paris.
Selected Public Collections include American Republic Insurance, Des Moines, IA; Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, IA; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA; Eastman House, Rochester, NY; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Josyln Art Museum, Omaha, NE; J.S. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY; Minneapolis "Star-Tribune", Minneapolis, MN; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; San Franscisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN; and National Museum of Art, Smithsonian, Washignton, D.C.;

Represented by: Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsinand Babcock Gallery, New York, NY

(biographical information last updated on September 28, 1999)