Exhibitors
Born 1964
Ian Burns’ devices require some imagination to come to grips with both the physical ‘laws’ governing their function and the development of any moral to the story. The place where the unpresentable is made tangible is inexorably linked to the imagination. His work reexamines Burke’s romantic sublime against Lyotard’s sublime of disappointment and nostalgia. It is metaphoric for our contemporary relationship to the unpresentable in art through the apparently divergent messages of hope and disappointment conveyed.
Education:
Master of Fine Arts
Hunter College of CUNY, New York, New York, USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering
Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
Exhibitions (selection):
2006 “Now,Voyager”, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2005 Torino Triennale Tremusei, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Solo Exhibition, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NY
“Red, White, Blue”, (Group Show) Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
ArtOmi International Residency, Omi, NY
“Jack” (3 person show) Cuchifritos, New York, NY
“Comix Ex-Machina”, Flux Factory, LIC, NY
“No Name Exhibitions”, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
“Greater New York”, PS1 Museum of Contemporary Art, LIC, NY
Triangle Arts Residency (Spring) New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Galleries, New York, NY
2004 “Between Interconnectedness”, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
“Light, Sound, Art & Science”, Miami Museum of Science, FL
Triangle Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
“In-Practice Series”, The Sculpture Center, LIC, NY
“Giganticism”, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY
“Fresh”, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Somerville Art Prize (Awarded by Hunter College)
2003 (Solo) Beneath the Surface Newcastle Region Art Museum, Newcastle, Australia
Artist in Residence at Newcastle Region Art Museum, Australia
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
William Graf Travel Grant (Awarded by Hunter College)
2002 Summer Salt, Gallery 128, New York, NY
Ides of March, ABC NoRio, New York, NY
2000 Buffalo Babylon. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center Fundraiser, Buffalo, NY
“Murder the Word”, Site specific event, Buffalo, NY
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