| Born in Fort Stockton, Texas Lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas 2004, Vermont College, MFA Visual Art 2001, Vermont College, BA, Emphasis in Visual Art 1997, Eastfield College, Undergraduate Studies SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2009 This Would Be a Big To-do in Georgia. (collaborative project with Jim Burton), Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX 2008 You won't remember this because it isn't about you. The Art Depot, Lubbock, TX How else can I say this? Sarah Maxwell English and David Willburn, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX 2007 "99 Red Balloons" was the Greatest Song Ever Written: Jim Burton and David Willburn, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX 2006 will you be mine? (collaborative project with Lily Hanson), 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX 2005 Somebody: Simeen Ishaque and David Willburn, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX 2004 You & Me Both, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 Midnite Snacks: Chicago (curated by Brian Hubble), 1366 Space, Chicago, IL Art In the District Contemporary Art Fair (curated by Jordan Roth and Susan Roth Romans), Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX 2009 Thread Baring: Portraits of Masculinity One Stitch at a Time (curated by Andrea Avery), Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI No. 3: What you do after No. 2, RJP Nomadic Gallery, Waypoint Gallery, Marfa, TX 2008 Paper Jam, My House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Your Favorite Artist Was a Member Here: 30 Years at 500X Gallery, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX 2007 Pricked: Extreme Embroidery (curated by David McFadden), Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY Inside Out (curated by Randall Garrett), Richland College, Dallas, TX Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine (curated by John Oliver Lewis and Jessica McCambly), Good Good Things, Dallas, TX Translation: Dreams/Nightmares, Backroads Gallery, Damariscotta, ME 2006 New Embroidery (curated by Annin Barrett, Manya Shapiro, Namita Gupta Wiggers), Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR All Together, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX 500X: Love Us For Good (Contemporary Art Month Invitational), Motel 3 Bungalow Project, San Antonio, TX Platform (curated by Simeen Ishaque), Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX Direct, Northlake College, Irving, TX 2005 West Meets West, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland Small Works Invitational, SoHo20 Gallery, New York, NY Missives - Visual Takes on Presumptive Thought, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY New Texas Talent XII (Juror: Nancy Cohen Israel), Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX Oppositions, Backroads Gallery, Damariscotta, ME 2004 Paño, El Centro College Gallery, Dallas, TX Process in Practice, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX Destination: Biscay, Backroads Gallery, Damariscotta, ME Installations: New Work by Six Texas Artists (curated by Kathy Windrow), Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX BIBLIOGRAPHY Joseph-Lowery, Frédérique, "Embroidery Goes Contemporary." ArtPress December 2008. Anjali Gupta, 500X Gallery, Artlies, #56 Winter, 2008, p. 74-79. (reproduction of work p. 78) "Pricked: Embroidery in the Extreme at MAD." Fiberarts Nov/Dec 2007: 14. McFadden, David. Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, New York: Museum of Arts & Design, 2007. (reproduction of work) Liss, Kay. "Backroads Gallery presents provocative show" The Lincoln County News, July 2007. Dallas Artcast Issue Number 5, Erik Tosten interviews Jim Burton and David Willburn, May 2007. Ingram, Kaitlin. "Take Flight: 99 Red Balloons Go By" The Dallas Observer, April 5, 2007. Neugarten, Rachel. “Embroidery, with an edge” The Oregonian, October 6, 2006. Pfiefer, Hilary. “Not Your Grandmother's Doily" Bunny with an Artblog, hilarypfiefer.blogspot.com, September 23, 2006. Barrett, Annin, "New Embroidery: Not Your Grandma's Doily." Museum of Contemporary Craft, Catalog Essay. |