Ian Burns

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Australia
Lives: in New York

Education
PhD, 2008
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
MFA, 2003
Hunter College of CUNY, New York, NY
BFA, 2000
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
BEng, 1989
Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia


Solo Exhibitions
2010
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2009
Melbourne Art Fair, mother�s tankstation
2007
The Manner of Work, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Art Paris, Hilger Gallery at Art Paris, France
The End, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2006
Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2005
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NY
2003
Beneath the Surface, Newcastle Region Art Museum, Newcastle, Australia

Group Exhibitions
2009
Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Artists' Residency Programme, Project Room. Irish Museum of Modern art, Dublin
The Arctic Circle, Farm Foundation of Arts and Sciences voyage into Arctic Circle
Fantopia � A state of impossible perfection. Or, how to live with perfect people (and not kill them). Mother�s tankstation, Dublin
Fax, The Drawing Center, New York
Mixing it Up, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York
Artists' Residency Programme, Irish Museum of Modern art, Dublin
2008
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
Don�t try this at home, mother�s tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
DELL Gallery at Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
New York State of Mind, Queens Museum, New York, NY
2007
AniMotion Galerie F15, Oslo, Norway
New York State of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Til I Die, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
StereoVision, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
The Last Blue Sky, mother�s tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Re-Dis-Trans. Apex Art, New Museum, New York
Now, Voyager, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Kiss My Object, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Studio Visit, Exit Art, NY
2005
Torino Triennale Tremusei, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY [Group Show]
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
Artist in Residence at Newcastle Region Art Museum, Australia
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, Hallwall�s Contemporary Art Center Fundraiser, Buffalo, NY
Murder the Word, Site-specific event, Buffalo, NY

Publications
John Gayer, �Ian Burns�, Art Papers Press, January/February. 2009
Tim Stott, Frieze magazine, March/April. 2009
Mai Blount, �Don�t try this at home�, Circa Online, December. 2008
Sue Canning, Sculpture Magazine, July/August. 2008
Nicole Curin-Birch, �Robot hits the floor in Melbourne�, New Zealand Herald, 3 August. 2008
James Danziger, �Miami, Day 2�, The Year in Pictures, 4 December. 2008
Paddy Johnson, TimeOut New York, 19-�25 June. 2008
Peter Hill & Steve Bush, �The 2008 Melbourne Art Fair�, Art World, October/November 2008
Shaheen Merali, New York: States of Mind. Art in the City, Saqi, London, pp. 90�3. 2008
Julia Morrisroe, �Art Basel � Miami�, Sculpture Magazine, April, p. 79. 2008
Jonathan T. D. Neil, �Future Greats�, Art Review, March, pp. 92�3. 2008
Sandra Relme, �Flowers East�, Time Out London, 4 September 2008
Review with Image, Kim Levin, ArtNews, December, p. 158. 2007
Barbara A. MacAdam, �Object Overruled�, ArtNews, December, pp. 124�7. 2007
Cover artwork, FlavorpillNYC, #383, 9�15 October, http://flavorpill.net/m4/1/10.09.07/designby/ 2007
Art Listings, FlavorpillNYC, #382, 2�8 October, http://nyc.flavorpill.net/145412. 2007
Review with Image, Flash Art, July/ September, p. 61. 2007
Review, Valentina Sansone, Flash Art, (Italian ed.) April 2007
Elisabeth Byre, Animotion, Galerie f15, Moss, Norway. 2007
Listing/Review - Text and Image, Vienna Listing, ArtKrush, Issue#41, 30 September, p. 5. 2006
Review, Text and Image, Richard Huntington, Buffalo News, 13 October 2006
Reviewer Pick, Text and Image, K. O�Day, ArtVoice, 7�13 September, p. 36. 2006
Article - Text and images, Robert Knafo, Studio Visit, June 2006
Article - Text and image, Liz Finnegan, Islip Bulletin, 23 February 2006
Review, Helen A. Harrison, The New York Times, 5 March 2006
Listing/Review � Text and Image, Vienna Listing, ArtKrush, Issue#41, 30 September, p. 5. 2006
Susan Canning, �Now Voyager�, Islip Art Museum, Islip. 2006
Article, Charlotte Laubard, Text and Image, O2 (France), Vol. 36, pp. 12�13. 2006
Article, Vineta Kaulaca, Text and Image, Studija (Latvia), No. 44, Oct/Nov, pp. 50�3. 2005
Klaus Beisenbach ed., Greater New York, 2005, PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York, pp. 34�41; 100�1. 2005
Art Basel, Miami Beach 2005, Hatje Cantz Verlag,Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, pp. 458�9. 2005
Francesco Bonami & Carolyn Christov Bakargiev, The Pantagruel Syndrome: T1 Torino Trienniale Tremusei 2005, Skira Editore, Milano, Italy, pp. 212�5. 20
Review - Text and Image, Jeffrey Kastner, ArtForum, December, pp. 281�2. 2005
Review - Text and Image, Jonathon T. D. Neil, Modern Painter, December�January, p. 120. 2005
Stephen Hilger, �Reviews�, Tema Celeste, New York, NY. 2005
Ken Johnson, �Week in Review�, The New York Times, 30 September, New York, NY. 2005
Jason Schmidt, �Work in Progress�, V Magazine, Fall, New York, NY. 2005
�The Listings�, The New York Times, 7 October 2005
Eleanor Heartney, �Return to the Real?�, Art in America, June�July 2005
Elizabeth Kley, �Greater New York 2005�, Art News, May 2005
Alesh Houdek, �Positions + More Basel�, Critical Miami, 2 December 2005
Nick Stillman, �Jack�, Time Out New York, 23 June 2005