Brent Funderburk

Thomas Brent Funderburk (born 1952 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an awarded visual artist and W. L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Art at Mississippi State University where he has worked for several decades. He is known for his illustrated-lecture performances and workshops, as well as for exhibiting his watercolors and other visual artwork in the United States. Funderburk acknowledges influences by watercolor painters such as Edward Reep, Charles E. Burchfield and Walter Inglis Anderson.^[1] His art has been featured in specialized art magazines.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

"Soul House (Blue)", 24" x 41", watercolor, 2020 (private collection)

Career

Funderburk graduated from East Carolina University School of Art and Design (Greenville, NC), receiving Bachelor's (BFA) and Master's (MFA) degrees in Fine art/Painting in 1975 and 1978 respectively.

He taught art at Nebraska Wesleyan University before joining the faculty at Mississippi State University, in the Department of Art, which he headed from 1995 to 2002.

Funderburk has conducted illustrated lecture performances, art workshops, and exhibitions in galleries and museums in the United States.

Funderburk's watercolor series New Solar Myths and Flying World, both featured in Watercolor Artist magazine (August 2016).^[7][8]

In 2019-2020, Funderburk's pieces “Soul House (Red)”, “Anteroom”, “Angelus Vitae” and “Oaxaca” were recognized at several juried art competitions.^[9] In August - September 2021, the artist presented a solo exhibition Here and There: Brent Funderburk – Paintings and Drawings 1981–2021, at the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery, MSU campus (Starkville, MS).^[10]

Awards

At MSU, Funderburk received the John Grisham Faculty Excellence Award (1994), the Burlington Northern Excellence in Teaching Award (1986), the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award (2015),^[11] and the Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award (2016).^[12] In 2015, he was named William L. Giles Distinguished Professor (2015).

In 2010 he was named "Official Artist" for the 2010 USA International Ballet Competition.^[13] Other professional Awards he received in recent years include the Second Award at the National Biennial Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL (2012),^[14] and the First Prize at the 42nd Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (2015).^[15]

Gallery

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  "Flying World", 33" x 34.75", watercolor, 2009 (private collection)
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  "Intermittent", watercolor, 26" x 41"), watercolor, 2020 (private collection)
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  "From Who I Am to Where I Am Going",41.5" x 29", watercolor, 2020 (private collection)
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  "Anteroom", 41.5" x 29", watercolor, 2020 (private collection)
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  "Rio Arriba", 24" x 36", acrylic, 2021 (private collection)

References

1. (PDF). caad.msstate.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved Sep 26, 2016.
2. "Drama, Extravagance and Poetry, Brent Funderburk Watercolor Gallery". www.artistsnetwork.com. Retrieved Sep 24, 2016.
3. "Brent Funderburk (Faculty)". www.msstate.edu. Retrieved Sep 24, 2016.
4. . caad.msstate.edu. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved Sep 24, 2016.
5. "Shain Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by William Jameson and Brent Funderburk". www.carolinaarts.com. Retrieved Sep 24, 2016.
6. "Watercolor Artist August 2016 Issue Preview". www.daikhlo.com. Retrieved Sep 24, 2016.
7. , archived from the original on November 18, 2018
8. "Creative Quarterly 100 Best Annual 2015". www.cqjournal.com. Retrieved Sep 26, 2016.
9. "Second blooming: Retirement fuels inspiration and a new series for Funderburk". The Dispatch. 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
10. "Here and There: Brent Funderburk – Paintings and Drawings 1981–2021". msstate.edu. from the original on 2021-12-31.
11. . caad.msstate.edu. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved Sep 25, 2016.
12. "SEC announces 2016 Faculty Achievement Award winners". /www.msstate.edu. 30 March 2016. Retrieved Sep 24, 2016.
13. "June 12–27, 2010". www.usaibc.com. Retrieved Sep 26, 2016.
14. . caad.msstate.edu. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved Sep 25, 2016.
15. . caad.msstate.edu. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved Sep 26, 2016.

External links

• Brent Funderburk official website
• Video: Gallery Views, Here and There: Brent Funderburk Paintings and Drawings 1981–2021