Background
Burkhardt, Ronald Robert was born in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Edward and Lois Jeane (Ordway) Burkhardt.
artist filmmaker writer advertising executive
Burkhardt, Ronald Robert was born in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Edward and Lois Jeane (Ordway) Burkhardt.
Associate of Arts, Jackson Community College. Bachelor of Business Administration in Advertising, Western Michigan University.
Copywriter, producer Campbell-Ewald Company, Detroit. Senior writer Cargill-Wilson & Acree/Doyle Dane Bernbach, Atlanta. Senior vice president, creative director Flemister & Burkhardt.
Senior writer Bozell & Jacobs, New York City. Creative supervisor Young & Rubicam. Vice president, creative group head Lowe-Marschalk.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, executive creative director, founder Burkhardt & Christy Advertising Inc., 1986—1995. Chief Executive Officer, creative director, and founder Burkhardt & Partners Ltd. Founding partner Artezzia, since 2008.
Pro bono consultant mayor's office, New York City, Save American Forests, Washington. Judge Clios, International television and Film Festival New York, CEBA Awards, Andy Awards, Stephen Kelly Awards, Addy Awards, Mercury Radio Awards, New York Festivals.
Executive producer: (short feature film) Red, 2001. Executive producer, creative consultant (feature film) The Mark, 2005. One-man shows include Soho Star Gallery, 2001, Forbes Gallery, New York City, 2002, Trump Towers Art Release Galleries, New York City, 2003, Grand Havana Room Gallery, 2003, Think Art Gallery, 2003, Gallery Asto, Los Angeles, 2004, Sothebya Auction, New York City, 2009, VS Biennde, one-man shows include One Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, 2005, Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville, 2006, Biennnale International Dell 'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy, 2005 (won Medici medal), Bachelor of Journalism Spoke Gallery, New York, 2005, Paperworks, 2005 (International Winner Juror: Art in American Magazine), 7 Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, 2006, Austria Biennale of International Contemporary Art, 2006, Art Basel/Casa Decor, Miami, Florida, 2006, Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, New York, 2008, Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, California, 2008, Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, California, 2008, Phillips de Pury Gallery, New York, 2008, Notism Art Acquired, Museum Coral Springs, Florida, 2009, Peter Marcelle Contemporary, New York, 2009, Notism Art Acquired, Shacknow Museum, Boca Rato, Florida, 2010, Lee Scott Fine Art, New York, 2010, Forster Gallery, Miami, 2010, Long Beach Arts Gallery, California, 2010 (art prize, 2011).
Contributor articles to professional journals including Adweek, AdAge, magazines. W National Broadcasting Company-television, Cable News Network, NBC, Columbia Broadcasting System, WVVM television, 2006, Public Broadcasting Service television, George Bush Presidl. Library.
, Dallas, Texas, 2010, Ella Sharp Mus. Jurich. Michigan, 2011.
Featured artist New York Arts Magazine, 2011, International Contemporary Artists, Athens, Greece, 2011.
Executive committee New York Korean Veterans Memorial Commission. Pro-bono Riverkeeper, New York, Painted Violins, Fort Worth Symphony, 2007. Member benefit committee Edwin Gould ARTrageous Children's Services, Sheltering Arms Children's Services.
Board directors, branding chair television-co-chairman Miss America Organization, Las Vegas, 2003-2010, featured artist Art & Living Magazine, 2009. Member of Museum of Modern Art, New York, Guggenheim Museum, New York, Whitney Museum, New York, One Club for Art and Copy.