Jeff Burden
Professor
Biography
Jeff Burden is a Full Professor teaching in the Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking area. He teaches Advanced Drawing, Etching, Lithography, and Silkscreen. He has been involved in the use of technology in art and design for over twenty years. Recently, he has been working in Online-Education developing strategies for the use of visual imagery as a teaching tool. Professor Burden is also a curator of over sixty exhibitions. He has received numerous grants for researching both technology and global art. While at UNLV, he has curated or organized AmpleProof (printmaking invitational) 2008; The Scottish Show (a touring exhibit of 15 Scottish Artists) 2009; Extreme Sensibility (a touring exhibit of Taiwanese Video Art) 2009; Not Without Form (drawing invitational) 2010; At First Glance (painting) 2010; Seeing Voices (drawing invitational) 2013; Layered and Burnished (mixed media invitational) 2015, and A Wail and a Clang: Contemporary Drawing and Sculpture 2017. Professor Burden has worked closely with artists in Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Great Britain, and Taiwan to bring exhibits and artists from those countries to the U.S.