Abraham Burickson

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Abraham Burickson
Born1975 (1975)
Alma mater Cornell University
University of Texas
Occupation(s)poet, writer, conceptual artist
Organization Odyssey Works
Website www.abrahamburickson.com

Abraham Burickson (born 1975) [1] is an American poet, writer, and conceptual artist.

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Early life and education

Abraham Burickson was born in New York City, the son of Sherwin Burickson.[ citation needed ] He earned a BA in architecture from Cornell University, having changed his major from English and anthropology. [2] In 2008 he received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas.

Career

In 2001, with actor Matthew Purdon, Burickson co-founded the conceptual art and performance group Odyssey Works, becoming its artistic director [3] [4] and co-director of its Experience Design Certificate program. [5] In 2009 he founded an interdisciplinary retreat, the Odyssey Lab. [6] He heads the Long Architecture Project, which bases architectural design on deep analysis of clients' values and aims. [5]

Burickson was a James Michener Fellow in Poetry at the Michener Center for Writers from 2005 to 2008. He also received a fellowship from the Millay Colony for the Arts in 2005, and in 2010 was Artist-in-Residence at Risley Residential College at Cornell. He has taught at Maryland Institute College of Art [7] and at Academy of Art University. [6] In 2018, he won the Mary Sawyers Baker Prize for Interdisciplinary Art. [1]

In 2016, with Ayden LeRoux, he published Odyssey Works: Transformative Experiences for an Audience of One, which consists of six essays outlining Odyssey Works' approach to art-making as experience design. [3] His 2023 book Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto seeks to redirect design from things to experiences. [5]

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