Hi, Obsessive Consumption is me, Kate Bingaman-Burt.

I make work about personal consumption.

This is the page that leads you to other pages. Please click the color links and enjoy.

Follow my daily purchase drawings, read about show updates and see works in progress over at my blog: What Did You Buy Today? Check out some other work: Drawings, Installations, Photography and Works in Progress.

Oh, and if you want to buy some zines, prints or any drawings, check out my shop!

I have some events/shows going on/coming up and/or just recently happened. This spring I went to the Maine College of Art where I conducted a zine workshop and had crits with the cool kids. I did the same at University of Georgia and Missouri State University! Here are some images: Obsessive Consumption Zine Workshops! Let me know if you want me to come to your school. Let's make some zines!

Current/Recent group shows: Devotion To Thread, Milwaukee International, Handmade Nation / Poketo Silent Auction Fundraiser Show, RSVP: MONA | Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney Nebraska, Dark Matter - VersionFest/Chicago, Poketo First Editions Print Show, The Dotted LIne at the PRIC Rotunda Gallery, AD|AGENCY at the Boston Photographic Resource Center, Products of Our Time at The Goldstein Museum in Minneapolis. I just had a solo show at Rare Device in San Francisco (pictures!) and in September I made my NYC solo debut at Jen Bekman. Here are some pictures! Jen also represents me.

Right now you can catch my work or writings about my work in the New York Times, Print Magazine, Adorn Magazine, Hand Job! A Catalog of Type, Lodown 55, The Artist’s Guide to Making Money, The Crafter Culture Handbook, HOW Magazine and Becoming a Digital Designer. Netdiver included Obsessive Consumption on their Best of the Year / 2006 list as well and Coudal Partners has always been very good to me. You may also listen to me say “you know, and like” numerous times on Weekend America .

I also do other things than make artwork about my mundane purchases. Really.

For the past four years I was an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Mississippi State University. This fall I will be an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University. Check out my teaching design blog Crap Detector!

I have had my illustrations published in and/or by The New York Times, Poketo, 20x200 and I have been working on illustrations for the companion book to the documentary Handmade Nation. I also draw until my hand hurts for the J.Crew company, Madewell 1937. I am wearing a pair of their green jeans right now! If you want me to make some drawings for you, just give a shout!

My husband and I have started a non-profit called The Public Design Center. The PDC (as I like to call it), is a graphic design resource center. Right now I am working on creating a zine and design library for anyone to visit. Pretty. Damn. Cool.

If you want, you may add me on Flickr, Facebook, del.icio.us, Twitter and Last.fm. Myspace is ugly.

Drop me a line if you just want to say hi or if you want to buy any of my work or if you want Obsessive Consumption products in your handsome gallery space or lovely boutique.

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