caroline burke

My primary interest lies in the processes of painting; my love for the materials, their techniques and the resulting surfaces. I find inspiration in the colour, texture and malleability of paint, and my paintings incorporate my interest in the seductive nature of surface. I use a range of tools from syringes to piping bags to exploit the behaviour of paint and explore the relationships it creates.

My recent work has made more of a reference to pleasure and appetite. I aim to construct images that elicit pleasure through allure and humour. I utilise elements of the ephemeral, the commercial, the frivolous and the childlike to produce objects that highlight contemporary preoccupations with pleasure and our enthrallment with appetite.

contact
caroline.burke@ntlworld.com

website
www.carolineburke.com

education
ba hons fine art, central saint martins, london

exhibitions
01/07/08- 01/08/08, the white room gallery, bath, england

04/12/07- 04/01/08, D:21 salon 2007, D21 salon, leipzig, germany

01/02/07 - 09/02/07, home and garden magazine show,olympia, london with newbloodart.com

28/11/06 - 10/12/06, great art fair alexandra palace, london
with newbloodart.com

21/10/06 - 25/10/06, ideal home show earls court, london
in conjunction with the london evening standard

20/10/06 - 02/11/06, artisit, ardbia, galway, ireland

01/06/06 - 01/06/06, central st martins degree show, soho, london

01/02/06 - 15/02/06, layers, window gallery, charring cross road, london

15/01/06 - 29/01/06, direction 2006, lethaby gallery, holborn, london