Valerie Burton Original Photograph ‘Sacrifice, Day of the Dead, Oaxaca, Mexico’, 1996
Valerie Burton, (Ottawa, Canada), Canadian, born 1945, ‘Sacrifice, Day of the Dead, Oaxaca’, Edition 1/10, Photograph, 24 x 20 inches, signed, 1996.
$400 unframed
Biography for Valerie C. Burton
Educated in photography in Toronto, Canada, Valerie received the first Master of Fine Arts degree with a major in photography ever granted in Ontario. She has been an instructor of photography in Toronto, at Ryerson University and in France at Parson’s School of Design, Paris and Tufts University. She has been a fine art and commercial photographer since that time, working in Canada and in France. Directing a gallery of photographic art, The Burton Gallery in Toronto, she curated one of the first spaces in Canada dedicated solely to contemporary photography. In 1995, Valerie wrote and illustrated a best-selling instructional book of photography for children. She has exhibited widely, in Canada and internationally, and her work is featured in many public and private art collections.
Portfolio:
Indigenous Festivals, Canada and Mexico
This body of work was done over a 10 year period at various places in Mexico first, and then many others in Canada. In 2004 the images were a solo show called Otono Indigena at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg Ontario and part of the annual Day of the Dead exhibition at the Mexican Fine Art Museum in Chicago. The travel and materials for these shows were subsidized by grants from the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canada.
Research:
Collection of the National Gallery of Ottawa: https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/valerie-burton
More information: https://www.artavita.com/artists/1761-valerie-c-burton