Donald Burgy was born on 1937 and is an American conceptual artist, author, and teacher.
11 Facts About Donald Burgy
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Donald Burgy is Professor Emeritus in the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.
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Donald Burgy earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston in 1959 and a Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University in 1963.
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From 1966 - 1973, Donald Burgy taught Art History and Art Studio at the Bradford Junior College in Bradford, MA.
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Donald Burgy was the chair of the Art Department at Milton Academy in Milton, MA from 1973 - 1975.
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Donald Burgy taught Studio Art at Harvard University before his tenure at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the Studio for Interrelated Media in Boston from 1971 until 2001.
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Donald Burgy has studied neurology, cosmology, and Paleolithic art as the basis for his conceptual artwork since 1969.
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Donald Burgy has received grants from the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller National Endowment, National Endowment for the Arts, and Massachusetts Council on the Arts.
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Donald Burgy's work has been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, at the Stadtiches Museum, Leverkusen, Germany, the Third Conference on Planetology and Space Mission Planning, New York Academy of Sciences, New York.
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Donald Burgy's work includes a book entitled, Art Ideas for the Year 4000, published by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.
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Donald Burgy is one of the founders of the Conceptual Art Movement.