‘The tactility of the hook of a pop song or the ribbon of an idiomatic phrase tows a line parallel with my intentions as a painter. My engagement is anchored around an honest attempt to articulate nuanced feeling.
The process of sampling in music can decontextualize a source but give a referential nod under the same breath, and it is moments like these that fascinate me about language. My work is a layering of undulating emotional responses and the pulling together of feeling that aims to disseminate preconceptions. There is just as much looking as there is actually painting. My curiosity is fuelled by street signs on the walk to my studio or vacant shop fronts that glare down the high street. Text is a keystone in my work, it is a real punchy way to ask questions without putting a question mark on the end.’
PUBLICATIONS (please click hyperlinks for more information)
2020 PODCAST with Derby Museums 'In Focus: Ed Burkes talks to Janine Derbyshire'
https://soyoungmagazine.com/so-young-artist-series-5-ed-burkes/
2019 Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award interview with Mall Galleries
2016 Saatchi Invest In Art: Edition X: UK Artists
EXHIBITIONS
2021 (UPCOMING) The Mall Galleries, London (January)
2020
DANDELION, Derby museum & Art Gallery, Derby (upcoming solo show, september)
London Art Fair, VioletsAreBlue Gallery, London
2019 London Art Fair, Arusha Gallery, London
2018 Kris Day Presents: Paper Cuts, Saatchi Gallery, London
Veil, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
L.A. Summer , Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
London Art Fair, Arusha Gallery, London
2017 Manchester Art Fair, Arusha Gallery
Contemporary Visions VII, BEERS London, London
FBA Futures 2017, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Saatchi Invest in Art - The Other Art Fair, London
Falmouth Showcase - Underdog Gallery, London
Fine Art Degree Show, Falmouth university
AWARDS
2019 Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award
2016 Wilhemina Barns-Graham Travel to Italy Award
Falmouth School of Art Purchase Prize
Bloomberg New Contemporaries shortlisted Artist
EDUCATION
2016 BA Fine art (First Class Hons) - Falmouth University