Maria Burtis’ paintings are born of a conversation between the artist’s physical action and internal stillness. An initial transfer of energy with marks, washes, brushstrokes and drips leads to a process of editing through adding, obscuring and revealing. Burtis deliberately keeps the painting open and unresolved for as long as possible, dwelling in uncertainty and pushing the edge of her understanding, while remaining present throughout. The result produces paintings with richly layered surfaces and an underlying history that exudes breath, depth and life. Burtis’ work is both personal and universal; her subject matter is highly influenced by the natural world but the true landscape she paints is an internal one. Her goal is to reach the viewer on a somatic level, inviting them to discover their own truth, freedom and openness. Daily practices are essential to Burtis, and since 2005, the artist has made one small painting a day. She collects bits of visual information and experiments with different media and subject matter in these daily meditations. Now totaling over 7000 works on paper, the daily paintings seamlessly feed her larger abstract paintings and collages. EDUCATION Carleton College, Northfield, MinnesotaBachelor of Arts, Religion Major. Graduated 1991 Massachusetts College Of Art, Boston, MassachusettsBachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Major. Graduated, 2000, with Distinction. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Paper Planes, March 2025Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2024Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Heat Wave, July 2024Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2023Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California de Young Open, September 2023-January 2024de Young Museum, San Francisco, California Trunk Show, November 2023Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Summer Selection, June 2023225 West Santa Clara with Slate Contemporary, San Jose, California Trunk Show, November 2022Simon - Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California New Abstracts, March 2022Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Blooming: Abstract Florals, March 2022530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, Florida New Abstracts, March 2022Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2021Simon - Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Trunk Show, November 2020Simon - Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California de Young Open, October 2020de Young Museum, San Francisco, California In the Moment, October 2020530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Summer Selection, May 2020Clorox Building with Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Play, April 2020Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2019Simon - Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Trunk Show, November 2018Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Making your Mark, October 2018Gallery 111, ICB, Sausalito, California 50th Anniversary Show, October 2018 – January 2019Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California Spring Collection, May-September 2018 Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2017Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Painting and Sculpture, June-August 2017 555 City Center, Oakland, California Winter Collection, November 2016-May 2017Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe, Truckee, California PhilARThropy, December 2016Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2016Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Summer Collection, August-September 2016 Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, California Summer Showing, May-October 2016 Nikki Sedacca Gallery, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard Winter Collection, November 2015-May 2017Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe, Truckee, California PhilARThropy, December 2016Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California Trunk Show, November 2016Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Summer Collection, August-September 2016 Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, California Summer Showing, May-October 2016 Nikki Sedacca Gallery, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard Winter Collection, November 2015-May 2016Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe, Truckee, California Trunk Show, November 2015Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Summer Showing, May-September 2015 Nikki Sedacca Gallery, Edgartown, Martha’s VineyardIn Bloom, December 2014-May 2015530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Winter Collection, November 2014-May 2015Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe, Truckee, California Trunk Show, November 2014Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California ArtSpan Open Studios, October 2014Yosemite Place, San Francisco, California Spring Collection, March-April 2014Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, California Trunk Show, December 2013Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California ArtSpan Open Studios, November 2013Yosemite Place, San Francisco, California One-of-a-kind paintings, July 2013-May 2014Pottery Barn, www.potterybarn.com Recent Work, August 2012Annisquam Art Gallery, Annisquam, MA Fleurs, March 2012O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA Red, February 2012O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA ArtSpan Open Studios, October 2011Yosemite Place, San Francisco, California ArtSpan Open Studios, October 2010Yosemite Place, San Francisco, California Inside out: an exhibition of Bay Area abstract artists, February-March 2010MarinMOCA, Novato, California Family Matters, October–November 2009Moreau Art Gallery, Notre Dame, Indiana Annual Juried Exhibition, January 2009Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, California Glow, May 2008De La Sole, San Francisco, California Bay Area Annual Juried Exhibition, October 2008Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California National Annual Juried Exhibition, December 2008Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, California Small Works Show, November–December 2008Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, California Old Enough to Buy Art III, September 2007Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, California It runs in the family, August 2006Annisquam Art Gallery, Annisquam, Massachusetts An Afternoon of Art and Conversation, November 2004Andersen Residence, Palo Alto, California 100 Artists for 100 Years, May 2003Fessenden School, West Newton, Massachusetts Graduation Exhibition, May 2000Unitarian Universalist Church, Brookline, Massachusetts Members Annual Juried Exhibition, January 2000Concord Art Association, Concord, Massachusetts