Abraham Burickson
American writer
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Abraham Burickson (born 1975)[1] is an American poet, writer, and conceptual artist.
Abraham Burickson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Texas |
| Occupations | poet, writer, conceptual artist |
| Organization | Odyssey Works |
| Website | www |
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]
Publications
Books
- with Ayden LeRoux. Odyssey Works: Transformative Experiences for an Audience of One. Princeton Architectural Press, 2016. ISBN 9781616895150.
- Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto. Yale University Press, 2023. ISBN 9780300269475.
Chapbooks
- Charlie. Codhill Press, 2010. ISBN 9781930337497.[8]
Anthology appearances
- "At the Barbecue Joint, Taylor, Texas". In: Best New Poets 2008. Ed. Mark Strand. University of Virginia Press, 2008. ISBN 9780976629634.[9]