Jack Burton
British b. 1988
Jack Burton is a multidisciplinary artist whose works can be broadly categorized as paintings but are deeply infused with elements of photography and collage. Drawing from diverse influences such as pop art, expressionism, abstract art, and street art, Burton creates dynamic compositions that blend these media into a single image. Within his works, the mediums compete for attention, disrupting traditional perceptions and expectations.
His art is characterized by a spontaneous and dreamlike quality, with elements arranged as if emerging from his subconscious or an absurd, fragmented dream. The resulting pieces are visually explosive and disorienting, transcending the limits of conventional painting and photography. Burton’s works evoke the overwhelming sensory experience of contemporary society, with its fast-moving, advertising-saturated, post-industrial landscape. Viewing his art can feel like a journey through the chaos of modern life, akin to racing through the environment aboard a high-speed train.
Born in Barry, South Wales, in 1988, Burton holds a BA in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Art and Design and graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2017.
His art is characterized by a spontaneous and dreamlike quality, with elements arranged as if emerging from his subconscious or an absurd, fragmented dream. The resulting pieces are visually explosive and disorienting, transcending the limits of conventional painting and photography. Burton’s works evoke the overwhelming sensory experience of contemporary society, with its fast-moving, advertising-saturated, post-industrial landscape. Viewing his art can feel like a journey through the chaos of modern life, akin to racing through the environment aboard a high-speed train.
Born in Barry, South Wales, in 1988, Burton holds a BA in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Art and Design and graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2017.
EDUCATION
+2017-14 PGdip Fine Art, The Royal Academy Schools, London
+2012-11 Mres Cultural Studies and the Humanities, The London Consortium
+2010-01 Ba Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
+2023 BRICO JACK, 10n, Brussels
+2022 Music For An Exhibition Vol. 1, The Gimp, Berlin
+2022 Long Distance Highway Hotel, Mauve, Vienna
+2021 Thank You, thank You, Merci, Bedankt, Pepper’s Ghost & Menowski, Brussels
+2021 Earthly Things, Ecology, and Currency, P12, Brussels
+2020 Pro-Social Fries, Castor Projects, London
+2018 Emotional Paintings About Economics, Josh Lilley, London
+2017 Long Journey, Fever-Dream, Elika Gallery, Athens
+2017 Soft Diary, Castor Projects, Deptford
+2015 Kelly, Elika Gallery, Athens
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
+2023 Memory Palace in Ruins, C-Lab, Taipei
+2021 New Space Show, Gesso Art Space, Vienna
+2020 Europa and the Rock, online exhibition, Barbara Thumm, Berlin
+2020 Habitual, Castor Projects, London
+2019 Two of Hearts, SB34, Brussels
+2019 Greetings, Mauve, Vienna
+2019 Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London
+2019 All in green went my love riding, Giardino dello Zuccaro, Venice
+2019 Preparing for What, Josh Lilley, London
+2019 They Live, Platform Southwark, London
+2019 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London
+2019 Set in Scene, Haus am Lutzowplatz, Berlin
+2018 The Ashtray Show West, Belmacz, London
+2017 Chumming, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow International, Glasgow
+2017 Dead Heat, Kunstraum Ortloff, Leipzig
+2017 Royal Academy of Arts Schools Show, Royal Academy of Art, London
+2017-14 PGdip Fine Art, The Royal Academy Schools, London
+2012-11 Mres Cultural Studies and the Humanities, The London Consortium
+2010-01 Ba Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
+2023 BRICO JACK, 10n, Brussels
+2022 Music For An Exhibition Vol. 1, The Gimp, Berlin
+2022 Long Distance Highway Hotel, Mauve, Vienna
+2021 Thank You, thank You, Merci, Bedankt, Pepper’s Ghost & Menowski, Brussels
+2021 Earthly Things, Ecology, and Currency, P12, Brussels
+2020 Pro-Social Fries, Castor Projects, London
+2018 Emotional Paintings About Economics, Josh Lilley, London
+2017 Long Journey, Fever-Dream, Elika Gallery, Athens
+2017 Soft Diary, Castor Projects, Deptford
+2015 Kelly, Elika Gallery, Athens
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
+2023 Memory Palace in Ruins, C-Lab, Taipei
+2021 New Space Show, Gesso Art Space, Vienna
+2020 Europa and the Rock, online exhibition, Barbara Thumm, Berlin
+2020 Habitual, Castor Projects, London
+2019 Two of Hearts, SB34, Brussels
+2019 Greetings, Mauve, Vienna
+2019 Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London
+2019 All in green went my love riding, Giardino dello Zuccaro, Venice
+2019 Preparing for What, Josh Lilley, London
+2019 They Live, Platform Southwark, London
+2019 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London
+2019 Set in Scene, Haus am Lutzowplatz, Berlin
+2018 The Ashtray Show West, Belmacz, London
+2017 Chumming, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow International, Glasgow
+2017 Dead Heat, Kunstraum Ortloff, Leipzig
+2017 Royal Academy of Arts Schools Show, Royal Academy of Art, London
Featured Works
Exhibitions
Gallery Exhibition
Ubiquitous nº14
26.09.23 - 10.12.23
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