You Look So Normal
"But you look so normal on the outside" is the best compliment Ginger Burrell ever received about her work. Join Ginger as she shares her lifelong journey through art making. A journey that began with her first artist’s book at age 8, to a high school teacher’s proclamation that her art was "no good," to having her artwork featured in the Smithsonian. From driving down dark streets
With a tripod in the back of her minivan to filling a gumball machine with books, Ginger expresses her ideas, feelings, and opinions through art. She finds the flexibility of Artists' Books exciting and endless. Ginger often collaborates with her husband, Greg, who is adept at sudden U-turns because there is something that really needs to be photographed.
On her way to becoming an artist Ginger was a teacher, ran a preschool, and headed Human Resource departments for high-tech companies. A round of layoffs, a class at the San Francisco Center for the Book taught by Laura Russell, and a visit to the annual Artist Books' show at the Donna Seager gallery transformed a love for photography into a need to create Artist's Books. Ginger has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from San Jose State University's School of Art and Design and a degree in Child and Adolescent Development.
Ginger's work includes photography, monotype, composite imagery, sound, electronics, poetry, and, most recently, ceramics. She explores a range of topics, especially social and political issues. Ginger has exhibited nationally and internationally, and her books are held in museums and private and public collections, including SFMOMA, the National Museum of Women in the
Arts, Ringling School of Art and Design, The Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University, and many more. For a full list, please see www.gingerburrell.com
Ginger lives in Marana, AZ, with her husband and "too many" cats.
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