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Casey Burns

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NEW TANGIBLES
I won a GOLD in the 2008 Create Awards for the 3-D Chinese Zodiac Animals I designed for Hewlett-Packard while I was working with Curiosity Group . Killa.
Limited edition vinyl Nurse BUD due any day now from Jamungo toys.
I did the back cover for the latest issue of I Want Your Skull . Pick it up now.
The fifth volume of Failing Records ' compilation of Portland music is also due in stores soon, and sports cover art by me.
Portland FunBook 3 is bigger and better than ever and has a giant full-page drawing I did of Matt Brown inside ...
Look for my work in the pages of Fistful of Rock coming from Dark Horse , The Gigposters.com Coloring Book , and two more books about contemporary poster art in the next twelve months.
I'm also excited to be working on the packaging of the debut record from North Carolina's The Love Language . Portland's own Bladen County Records is releasing it in January 2009, and it is hands down the best pop record I have heard in years.
I recently did posters for Steel Pole Bath Tub and Queens of the Stone Age. Write me if you'd like to buy them, because my webstore isn't ready yet.
GALLERY SHOWS
I've currently got screenprints hanging at Gold Dust Meridian in Portland. Go see them and buy them while you can.
November: New work showing at Mark Woolley Gallery and a few pieces in a group show at Together Gallery .
In December I'm once again part of the fifth annual Art of Musical Maintenance poster show at the Goodfoot .
Coming in January 2009 I've got a show at Compound Gallery .
WEBSTORE coming soon! Finally have my inventory in order, and will be redesigning caseyburns.com soon, with click and purchase action for all you impulse purchasers out there. Prices will range from $10 to $1100, so there's something for everyone.
***UNC LIBRARY EXHIBIT JUST ENDED!***
PAPER TRAIL: THE POSTER ART OF CASEY BURNS AND RON LIBERTI
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 17 - July 1, 2008
5:00 pm: Reception and Exhibit, Manuscripts Department, 4th Floor, Wilson Library
5:45 pm: Program, Pleasants Family Assembly Room (panel discussion with Casey Burns, Ron Liberti, and Frank Heath, followed by live music by Lud, Regina Hexaphone, and Billy Sugarfix)
Many thanks to all who made this event a huge success ... UNC, friends of the library, and the Southern Folklife Collection. The record turnout of the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and UNC academic and arts communities all under one roof made for one hell of an event. Here's a link to a great full-page feature the Chapel Hill News ran on the event: Paper Covers Rock .
More coverage of the show appeared in the Independent Weekly
and the News and Observer , which featured the show in both its "Rock Picks" and "Art Picks" sections. Thanks everybody!
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UNC alumni: Check out this issue of the Carolina Alumni Review for a cover by me (depicting the entrance to my old workplace, Cat's Cradle), and a feature on yours truly with several pages of my posters.
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My Interests

Over 50 of my screenprinted posters are now a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's permanent Southern Folklife Collection. View the inventory of the Casey Burns Collection here.

Casey Burns : born in Hendersonville, NC, in 1975. Lived in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC, from 1993 to 2006. Responsible for a ton of stuff. Played bass in The Nein, Gold Chainz, Soundtrack. Worked for Frank Heath at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC, from 1996 to 2006, more or less. Made a ton of posters and designed a ton of records. Also served several tons of burritos to the masses at Lizard and Snake Cafe and the Burrito Bunker back in the day. Served quite a few pizzas at Pepper's, as well. Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina, class of 1998. Journalism Degree. Eagle Scout. Grammar nerd. Aware of the rules as I break them in the name of style. Base of operations currently Portland, OR. Wearer of many hats, none of which are visible. Maker of choices. Big fan of the big picture. Can appreciate a microcosm from arm's length. Go Heels.

I'd like to meet:

All the real girls.

Music:

EPs.

Movies:

A Very Long Engagement, Ernest Goes to Jail.

Television:

Antenna.

Books:

I've been enjoying my subscription to the New Yorker lately.

Heroes:



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BOURBON! limited edition two-color silkscreened fine art print. Limited to 100 signed and numbered 18" x 24" prints.

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NURSE! limited edition three-color silkscreened fine art print

"A Nice Thought." Nine-color serigraph. Edition of 100 signed and numbered 18" x 24" prints.

My Blog

Poster auctions to benefit Cy Rawls

The lovable Cy Rawls has a whole bunch of cancer and not much money. Cy and I trained together as WXYC DJs together in the early 90s. The first cut I played on the air was a CAN song, and Cy's first...
Posted by Casey Burns on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:57:00 PST

Some of my Clients

Client List (illustration, print design, graphic production, art direction, 3-D package design, screenprinting, color mixing, papercraft engineering, project management, ID, web design, site creation,...
Posted by Casey Burns on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:05:00 PST

List of Exhibitions

Casey BurnsBorn 1975, Hendersonville, NCSolo Exhibitions2008 Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns and Ron Liberti, Southern Folklife Collection Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Chapel H...
Posted by Casey Burns on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:33:00 PST