David Burrows (contemporary artist)
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David Burrows is British
artist and writer. His work consists of drawings and paint-spattered, debris-littered, haphazard installations
. He writes articles on art and aesthetics and is the editor of Article Press at Birmingham City University
. He is a lecturer in Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art
, where his research interests include the depictions of events and aftermaths, utopian narratives and indexical art practices.
and obtained an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in 1994. Between 1993 and 1995 he was a member of the art collective BANK
with Simon Bedwell
, John Russell, Milly Thompson and Andrew Williamson. In 2001 he was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures
art prize. He collaborates with Simon O’Sullivan to create the fictional group Plastique Fantastique, who employ ritualised performance to manifest human and inhuman avatars who deliver communiqués from the past and the future.
Solo exhibitions include Praz-Delavallade, Paris (2001); fa projects, London (2002); Fredericke Taylor Gallery, New York (2002); Note, Arezzo (2002). Burrows' practice also includes collaborations, most recently with DJ Simpson at Artspace Sydney as part of an Arts Council England International Residency in 2003. Burrows received a Paul Hamlyn Award for Visual Artists in 2002.
He is represented by IMT Gallery
, London.
United Kingdom
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artist and writer. His work consists of drawings and paint-spattered, debris-littered, haphazard installations
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
. He writes articles on art and aesthetics and is the editor of Article Press at Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
. He is a lecturer in Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
, where his research interests include the depictions of events and aftermaths, utopian narratives and indexical art practices.
Life and work
Burrows was born in LondonLondon
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and obtained an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in 1994. Between 1993 and 1995 he was a member of the art collective BANK
BANK (art collective)
BANK was an artists’ group active in London during the 1990s.-History and project:John Russell, Dino Demosthenous and Simon Bedwell founded the group in 1991. Dino Demosthenous left in 1992. In 1993, Russell and Bedwell were joined by Milly Thompson, David Burrows and Andrew Williamson. Burrows...
with Simon Bedwell
Simon Bedwell
Simon Bedwell is an artist based in London.He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including solo show “The Furnishers” at White Columns in New York, “Galleon and Other Stories” at the Saatchi Gallery in London, “England Their England” at Laden fur Nichts in Leipzig, “Beck's Futures...
, John Russell, Milly Thompson and Andrew Williamson. In 2001 he was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures was a British art prize founded by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and sponsored by Beck's beer given to contemporary artists....
art prize. He collaborates with Simon O’Sullivan to create the fictional group Plastique Fantastique, who employ ritualised performance to manifest human and inhuman avatars who deliver communiqués from the past and the future.
Solo exhibitions include Praz-Delavallade, Paris (2001); fa projects, London (2002); Fredericke Taylor Gallery, New York (2002); Note, Arezzo (2002). Burrows' practice also includes collaborations, most recently with DJ Simpson at Artspace Sydney as part of an Arts Council England International Residency in 2003. Burrows received a Paul Hamlyn Award for Visual Artists in 2002.
He is represented by IMT Gallery
IMT Gallery
IMT Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green in London's East End.-History:IMT Gallery was founded by Lindsay Friend in 2005 and launched with the first London solo exhibition by O Zhang. Other artists to have been given their first London solo exhibitions with IMT Gallery include...
, London.