Staff Profile | Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

ART 451.001 Special Projects In Art: Video

ART 351.001 Special Projects: Video

ART 252.001 Video I

ART 252.002 Video I

ART 287.007 Independent Study

ART 494.001 Masters Of Fine Arts Seminar

ART 451.001 Special Projects In Art: Video

ART 253.001 Video II

MFA Interdisciplinary Studio Art

University of Michigan

BFA Studio Art, Art & Technology

Ohio State University

College Teaching Initiative Award,

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University

2024

Harold Boyd Endowed Professorship

Wonsook Kim School of Art, Illinois State University

2024

University Teaching Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2024

University Creative Activity Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2022

College Creative Activity Initiative Award

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University

2021

Creative Art Honoree

Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University

2018

Rick Valicenti Collaborative Teaching Initiative

School of Art, Bowling Green State University

2018

7th/8th Showcase Winne

Artslant

2017

First Year Award, Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan

2016

Best in Show

Tacocat Collective

2015

Grants & Contracts

Mills Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2024)

Re-Integration of Mixed-Power Systems in Agroecological Intensification. U.S. Department of Agriculture SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Projects). Federal. (2024)

SARE Partnership Grant. Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE). Federal. (2024)

University Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2022)

Slow (Co)Working Spaces: Interspecies Labor and Collaboration. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2021)

Performances and Exhibits

BREATHE 2024
Ruth Burke
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA). June 2024 - July 2024

Black Dirt
Ruth Burke
Blow Up Art House Film Festival. November 1 2024 - November 5 2024

Near Dwellers as Creative Collaborators Julie Andreyev and Ruth K. Burke
Ruth Burke
Street Road Artists Space. February 1 2024 - April 15 2024

Of Love: A Labor
Ruth Burke
Co-Prosperity. June 21 2024 - July 2024

What Water Feeds
Ruth Burke, Jin S Lee
Center for Sustainable Water Futures, Illinois State University. March 2024 - April 2024

Black Dirt
Ruth Burke
Goa International Short Film Festival. November 1 2023 - November 6 2023

Black Dirt
Ruth Burke
Goa Short Film Festival. November 4 2023 - November 5 2023

INTRA/INTER
Ruth Burke
Wave Pool Gallery. November 9 2023 - December 16 2023

Sunset on the Longest Day
Ruth Burke, Shannon Christopher Epplett
ISU Horticulture Center. June 21 2023 - June 21 2023

Work: Black Dirt/Exhibit Title: SCREEN TEST
Ruth Burke
Roman Susan Art Foundation. October 16 2023 - October 16 2023

Domestic Rewilding
Ruth Burke
Franconia Sculpture Park. April 1 2022 - September 25 2022

Graze
Ruth Burke
May 22 2022 - August 15 2022

International Door Depot
Ruth Burke
MDW Fair. September 9 2022 - September 11 2022

Domestic Rewilding (A Living Land Acknowledgement)
Ruth Burke
June 1 2021 - December 1 2027

Goldenrod/Terrain Biennial
Ruth Burke
September 29 2021 - November 15 2021

This is Not My Land
Ruth Burke
September 15 2021 - October 5 2021

Book, Chapter

Burke, R., & Epplett, S. Domestic Rewilding and Interspecies Labour. Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca and Florence Fitzgerald-Allsopp (EDs), Interspecies Performance. Performance Research Books (2024): 347.

Journal Article

Burke, R. A Trace of Fashioned Violence

Burke, R. Markings: a photo essay. Valerie L. Stevens, Aviva Vincent and Bailey Fullwiler (EDs). Social Work in Mental Health 22.6

Burke, R., & Landau, J. The Process of Coming and Going in This World: Interspecies Collaboration, Domestication, and Sound

Vincent, A., Burke, R., & Coates, K. A Competition Question: horse welfare, pentathletes, and competitive riding. ZOOPHILOLOGICA. Polish Journal of Animal Studies

Other

Burke, R. Interspecies Collaborations & Socially Engaged Art

Laurent, A., & Burke, R. Animal Assisted Interventions in the Community

Presentations

Draft Animals as Creative Collaborators. World Draft Cattle Symposium. Lauresham Institution. (2024)

An Informal History of Oxen in McLean County. Barnkeepers Speaker Series. Barnkeepers. (2022)

Interdisciplinary Inquiry with a Multispecies World: Human-Animal Studies & Contemporary Art. University Club Monthly Meeting. University Club. (2022)

Roundtable: First Year Teamsters. Midwest Ox Drovers Association Annual Gathering. Midwest Ox Drovers Association. (2022)

Interspecies Art/Work. Oberlin College Visiting Artist Program. Oberlin College. (2021)