Trevor Burgess
London
I make paintings, arising from my visual experience of daily life, often of people in urban spaces
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I make paintings inspired by people's everyday lives in the urban space of cities. I am interested in the social use of public spaces.
Stacks and Wrap-ups A series of large-scale paintings of objects and assemblages encountered behind the scenes and after hours in markets.
The Market Paintings are an ongoing series of paintings of markets around the world, drawing on experience of travelling in Latin America, Europe and India.
In Deptford. Since moving to Deptford, South East London, in 2007, I have made paintings of the local area. A selection of these pictures were brought together in an exhibition "In Deptford" at Deptford Does Art on Deptford High Street in 2018.
A Place to Live is a series of over 60 paintings of homes in London, inspired by Estate Agent property adverts.
Granary Square. In 2015 I undertook a private commission for for a triptych painting of Granary Square, the main public space at the new King's Cross development in London, which generated a series of studies and related drawings and paintings.
Urban people Since arriving in London at the turn of the century I have been making paintings of my immediate surroundings – streets, markets and public places. I set out in these pictures to paint people going about their ordinary lives in the city.
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetables. "Wholesale" was a site-specific exhibition which I took part in in Norwich in 1996 in a disused warehouse which had previously been occupied by a fruit and vegetable wholesalers. I filled what had been the cold-store with a series of 18 panels depicting fruit and vegetables
Curation
I also curate exhibitions as an artist-curator, collaborating with and exploring the practice of painters in a social context.
Where We Live, touring nationally. Five artists whose work explores the social landscape of England. Opened at Alan Baxter Gallery, London in autumn 2021 and currently showing at Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Museums.
That Island Feeling, co-curated with Madi Acharya-Baskerville at Terrace Gallery, London in 2022
This instead of That was co-curated with artist Alexandra Baraitser at ArtHouse1, London in 2019, explored how artists respond to each others' work.
Inner and Outer Worlds was co-curated with artist Marguerite Horner at Bermondsey Project Space, London in 2018.
IN THE CITY began at Lion and Lamb Gallery London, in 2014 as an exhibition of painters whose work reflects aspects of the contemporary city on four continents, and toured to East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts and University of Greenwich Galleries in 2018.
Solo & two person exhibitions
2023 - Fruits and Vegetables, Galerie W|O|S, Zurich, Switzerland
2023 - Back Stories, Anna Lovely Gallery, London
2022 - Have a Look!, Petit Village, London
2022 - Urban People, Mandell's Gallery, Norwich
2021-2 Elegy (with Cai Bellis), Kato Wong Gallery, online
2021 - Inverse Colour, Flashback Gallery, London
2019 - Urban People, DMH Stallard, London
2018 - In Deptford, Deptford Does Art, London
2016 - The Market Paintings, Menier Gallery, London
2014 - A Place to Live, Peacock Gallery, Reading
2014 - Life in the City, Freespace and New Space Galleries, London
2012 - A Place to Live, Dreamspace Gallery, London
2011 - A Place to Live, Paul McPherson Gallery, Greenwich, London
2007 - Casa de Cultura, El Campello, Alicante, Spain
2007 - Liceo de San Juan, San Juan, Alicante, Spain
2007 - Sala de Exposiciones, Villa de Blanca, , Blanca, Murcia, Spain
2005 - Wigs and Chips, Tara Bryan Gallery, London
1999 - Els Castellers, Galeria Groc, Barcelona, Spain and touring in Catalunya
1999 - Galerie Daniel Wahrenburger, Zurich, Switzerland
1996 - Family Snaps, King's Lynn Arts Centre, King's Lynn, UK
1992 - Chappel Galleries, Colchester, UK
Group exhibitions
2023 - Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2022 - Group Exhibition, Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex
2022 - The Urban Sublime, Urban Contemporaries, Coningsby Gallery, London
2021-22 - Where We Live (curated by Trevor Burgess), Alan Baxter Gallery; Millennium Gallery, Sheffield & Angear Visitor Centre, Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham
2022 - That Island Feeling (co-curated with Madi Acharya-Baskerville), Terrace Gallery, London
2020 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2020 - The Art of Painting, Copeland Project Space, London
2019 - Creekside Open (selected by Sacha Craddock), APT Gallery, London
2019 - Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2019 - This Instead of That (co-curated with Alexandra Baraitser), ArtHouse1, London
2018 - This Instead of That (curated by Alexandra Baraitser), Lewisham Art House, London
2018 - Tetris Hang (curated by Simon Haddock), Family.Housespace, London
2018 - In The City (curated by Trevor Burgess), East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts & Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich
2018 - Inner and Outer Worlds (co-curated with Marguerite Horner), Bermondsey Project Space, London
2017 - XIV Encounter of Artists, Espacio El Dorado, Fondacion Amelia Moreno, Quintenar, Spain
2016 - Beauty in the Everyday, Cavaliero Finn, London
2016 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2016 - Dulwich Festival, Cavaliero Finn, London
2016 - Works on Paper, Lovely Gallery, London
2016 - Jane Newbery Gallery, London
2015 - Life Between Buildings, Spinach, London
2015 - A London Painters Survey 2015, Artists Project Space, London
2015 - Summer Salon, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
2015 - The Exhibit, Balham, London
2015 - Open CueB 2015, CueB Gallery, London
2014 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2014 - In the City, Lion and Lamb, London
2014- Open House, Cavaliero Finn, London
2013 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2013-15 - Developing Artists, Devonshires, London
2013 - Open cueB 2013, cueB Gallery, London
2012 - Affordable Art Fair, Cavaliero Finn, Battersea, London
2012 - Open House, Cavaliero Finn, London
2012 - Winter Show, Cavaliero Finn, London
2011 - Group Exhibition, StArt Space, London
2011 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, Prizewinner
2011 - The London Group, The Cello Factory , Waterloo, London
2010 - Captured, Catmose Arts Gallery, Oakham, Rutland,
2010 - Open House, Cavaliero Finn, London
2010 - Open Studios Guest Artist, APT Studios, Deptford, London
2009 - Ars Artis Gratia, Rivington Gallery, London
2009 - Creekside Open 2009, APT Gallery, Deptford, London
2006 - Chocolate Factory Open Studios, Chocolate Factory, Wood Green, London
2006 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2005 - Group exhibition, Galerie Daniel Wahrenberger, Zurich, Switzerland
2003 - Open Studios Guest Artist, Chocolate Factory, London
2002 - Open Studios, Guest Artist, Chocolate Factory, London
2001 - 7 Painters and 1 Self, The Dockroom, London
1998 - Centro Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
1998 - Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Art and tour to Hull, UK and Berlin, Germany
1998 - Galerie Daniel Wahrenburger, Zurich, Switzerland
1997 - New Visions, Broad Horizons, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh
1997- Artbook, London
1996 - Kettles Yard Open, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
1996 - Private Views, works from Norfolk collections selected by John Kiki, Contact Gallery, Norwich
1996 - Sofia 96 Triennial International Exhibition of painting, Art Gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 - Wholesale site specific art project, Norwich
1995 - Eastern Open, King's Lynn Arts Centre
1995 - The way we live now, Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton
1994 - Andrew Usiskin Contemporary Art, London
1994 - Rexel Derwent Drawing Competition, Cheltenham and Gloucester School of Art
1993 - Castle Art Show, Castle Museum, Norwich
1993 - Unicorn Pictures, London
1990 - Eastern Open, King's Lynn Arts Centre
1988 - Constable Landscape Competition, Camden Arts Centre, London
1988 - Eastern Open, King's Lynn Arts Centre
Commissions
2015 - Private commission for triptych painting of Granary Square, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
2020 - Artrepreneur international award. Art of Everyday Life
2011 - Regional Artists Prize, South East, The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2006 - Creative Growth Award, Cultural Industries Development Agency (CIDA), London
1997 - Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Award
1996 - Artists Development Grant, Eastern Arts Board, Cambridge
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