Jack Burton was born in Barry, South Wales in 1988. He holds a BA in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Arts, London, from where he graduated in 2010, and an M.Res in Cultural Studies and Humanities from the London Consortium (2010-2011). In 2017 Burton completed the three-year postgraduate programme of the Royal Academy Schools in London.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Long Journey, Fever-Dream, Elika Gallery, Athens.
2015 Kelly, Elika Gallery, Athens.
Group Exhibitions
2017
Royal Academy of Arts Schools Show 2017, London.
The Politics of Dreams: Defying Dysfunction. Curated by Vassilios Doupas and Christina Mitrents. Shipton Street Gallery, London.
Art-Athina 2017, Elika Gallery, Athens.
Printed Matters II, Gesso Art Space, Vienna.
Red Mansion Prize Exhibition, St Johns College, Oxford.
ON & OFF, Proyecto Medellin, Mexico City.
2016
National Eisteddfod of Wales, Abergavenny, Wales.
My Private Idaho, Chalton Gallery, London.
Art-Athina 2016, Elika Gallery, Athens.
Premiums:Interim Projects, Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London.
Contemporary British Art show as part of the year of the UK in Mexico with Chalton Gallery Projects. Metro Polanco, Mexico City.
2015
Curious Artifacts, The ArtWall, Athens.
Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter.
2014
Another Athens, writing project, Athens/Edinburgh.
The Esperanto Café@ Studio/Parlour, Artlicks Weekend, London.
Art-Athina art fair, Athens.
The Esperanto Café@Unit(e), g39, Cardiff.
Boundaries, Snehta, Athens.
Concrete Love Song, Snehta, Athens.
Up, metamatic:taf, Athens.
2013
Fake Walls, Arte Café, Paris.
2011
Trip, Warehouse exhibition, Borough, London.
Everything, event at ICA, London.
2010
Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.
Studio Show, Cannon Hill Art Space, Barry.
Flag: The Educational Turn, Triangle Space, London.
Place/Displace, Camberwell Wilson Road Space, London.
2009
Bricks 2, Area 10, London.
Bricks 1, Shoreditch Town Hall, London.
On Site Lab group exhibition, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo.
Re:Think, Matisonn Burgin Shoreditch Space, London.
Dislocation, Exploration and Meaning, Gallery 39K, Lahore.
2008
Vault, Shoreditch Town Hall, London.
Y Lle Celf, Welsh National Eisteddfod, Cardiff.
2007
Y Lle Celf, Welsh National Eisteddfod, Mold
Seminars/Talks/Writing
2012
Croissy-Beaubourg, Photo essay published by The New Wolf
Comedy, Humour and Anxiety, seminar series, University of the Arts London
2011
Speed Seminars: a cultural theory of Speed, seminar series, University of the Arts London.
Review of Dark Matter by Gregory Sholette, published by The New Wolf
Residencies
2014 Snehta two-month residency, Athens.
2009 On Site Lab Workshop, creator in residence, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo.
Awards
2007 Young Artist Scholarship
2007 Ivor Davies Award