ROBERT BURNIER (American, b. 1969) lives and works in Chicago, IL. He received his BS in Computer Science from Shippensburg, University of Pennsylvania, in 1991, and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute in 2016. He has been an artist in residence at Ragdale Foundation (Lake Forest, IL). Solo exhibitions include Corvi-Mora (London, UK), blank projects (Cape Town, SA), ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Massey Klein Gallery (New York, NY), David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO), and The Arts Club of Chicago (Chicago, IL). Group exhibitions include New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art at the University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN), Vacation (New York, NY), Korn Gallery at Drew University (Madison, NJ), Mana Contemporary (Chicago, IL), The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL), and Elmhurst Art Museum (Elmhurst, IL). Burnier’s large-scale installation Black Tiberinus was on view on Chicago’s riverfront from 2018-2019. He has exhibited at art fairs in Chicago, Copenhagen, London, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, New York, and Toronto. His work has been written about in many publications, including The Chicago Tribune, Art Forum, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, and Artnet. His work is included in numerous public and private collections.