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@chrisburns_
I have maintained a studio practice in London for the last 20 years. My work deals with the deconstruction and reinvention of iconic imagery; it is often very personal but not obviously so, as I use motifs as stand in actors for my emotional response to the world. I want the painting or art piece to take me somewhere beyond the illustration of an idea; so my work will undergo many stages both in preparatory studies and within the final paintings. Drawing plays a fundamental role in my practice. I also use printmaking and process techniques developed by myself as a means to create another dimension to my work.
Chris Burns holds his BA, Fine Art, Painting, Brighton University, 1992 Additional studies: Fine Art, Painting, Leeds Polytechnic, 1993 and Foundation Art, Wakefield Tech, 1986.. Film and video production city and guilds Nottingham 1999. More recently Turps Banana off site painting course 2021-23
Solo exhibitions:
Art ‘Otel, London ‘CONSUMED’ 2025
Aleph Contemporary ‘KINGDOM’ 2024
Andaz Hotel, London ‘PROGRESS’ 2018.
Tripp Gallery, London SIREN 2017
Art Nice : France 'ANIMALS' 2016
Select group shows:
Royal Academy Summer Show 2024: Etching ‘Symbiotic Relationship’
‘New Wave’ Spitalfields Studios: ‘Harlot’ & Moll no.7.London 2023
As It Was/As It Will Be=As It Is. Fitzrovia Gallery, London 2022
All the Same Age at Different Times. Fitzrovia Gallery. London 2022
Turps Banana end of year show. London 2022
Royal Academy, Bristol 2019
Special Project: Hauser and Wirth ‘David Hume Consumed’ Philosophy Room, Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar, Scotland, 2019
Figure 8 Tripp Gallery London 2017
.Editions Tripp Gallery London 2017
What’s it going to then Eh? Tripp Gallery London 2017
The Royal Society of Print Makers Open, London, 2012 and 2010
With or Without God L-17 Gallery London 2009
Royal Academy Drawing and modern masters 2008
The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, 2009.
In various collections Uk and International
