Doug Burton

Doug Burton

Doug Burton graduated from the Royal Academy Schools in 2002. His interest in theoretical physics and cosmology has led him to a residency and exhibition at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland and taking part in the International Year of Astronomy.

The transmission of reality from analogue to the digital space is central to his current practice. Burton is interested in discovering how the physical plane of reality is perceived and understood when that perception goes from our understanding of the analogue world to the confrontation with the digital domain.

Burton's work questions what it is to alter the fabric of physical materiality, creating an artefact out of the commonplace structure and allowing his powers as an artist to augment its state.

Exhibitions

Nov 2011 Animation Open, Selected Group Show, Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury

June 2011 Doug Burton Sculptures, 60 Threadneedle Street, London

June 2011 Connection Point London, Group Show Curated by Edward Lucie Smith and Max Presneill, SE1 Project Space, London

Oct 2010 Visions, Selected Moving Image Group Show, The Nunnery Gallery, London
 

July 2010 Continuum, Solo Show Schwartz Gallery, Hackney Wick East London
 

June 2010 Broomhill National Sculpture Prize 2010, Broomhill Sculpture Park, Devon
 

Jan 2010 Print Now, London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre, London
 

Dec 2009 Trident Way 2: The Southall Project, Group Show organised by Departure Gallery in a 30'000sqft Warehouse, London
 

Oct 2009 Galileo, Galileo, Group show, Islington Arts Factory, London (Arts Council England, Royal Astronomical Society funded)
 

Apr 2009 The Shoe Horn, Group show, Crimes Town Gallery, London

Mar 2009 Hines Urban Gallery Showcase, Hines One Grafton Street Building Wrap, London
 

Dec 2008 Wonder Island, Group show, Schwartz Gallery, London
 

June 2008 Burton + Palmer, George Polke 2, London
 

Jan 2008 Morphology, Doug Burton and Nicky Hirst, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, London
 

May 2006 International Competition for Young Sculptors, Group show, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy