RECENT WORK
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 12" x 12", 2010 (Commissioned)
Colored pencil on black archival paper, 12" x 9", 2009 Exhibited: Monster Show 4; Domy Books; Austin, TX; 2009 (E.A.S.T. stop #7)
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 24" x 24", 2009 CURRENTLY ON EXHIBIT: Fifth Gallery; Austin, TX; 2009
Varnished colored pencil on skateboard deck (2-sided), 6.75" x 31.25", 2009 WINNER: Best Overall Design and Best Use of Materials; We Make Stuff skateboard art juried exhibition; Scoot Inn; Austin, TX; 2009
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 8" x 10", 2009
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 24" x 24", 2009 Exhibited: Black Cock Record Release Juried Exhibition; Mohawk; Austin, TX; 2009
Mixed media on board, 24" x 48", 2009 (Colored pencil, paper, acrylic, flight safety manuals, wheatpaste, varnish)
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 12" x 12", 2009 Exhibited: 12X12; Maranda Pleasant Gallery; Austin, TX; 2009
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 24" x 24", 2009
[I. Sam; II. Elwood] Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 7" x 4" (framed: 13" x 9") each, 2009 Exhibited: Austin's Top Dog; Pump Project Gallery; Austin, TX; 2009
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 24" x 24", 2009 Exhibited: Biblical Proportions; Blue Genie Art; Austin, TX; 2009
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 12" x 12", 2009 (Commissioned)
Varnished colored pencil on birch board, 12" x 12", 2009 Exhibited: Be Mine; Epoch; Austin, TX; 2009
INQUIRIES
CURRENT EVENTS
RECENT EVENTS
12X12
Group Show
Maranda Pleasant Gallery
2235 E. 6th St. Austin, TX
Dec. 5th, 2009
2009 Retrospective
The Fifth Gallery
305B E 5th St., Austin, TX
November 14 - December 31, 2009
Monster Show 4
Domy Books
October 31 - December 3, 2009
Sex and Death
October 16 - November 13, 2009
We Make Stuff
Skateboard Art Group Show
Scoot Inn
1308 E 4th St, Austin, TX
September 19, 2009
Black Cock Record Release
Juried Group Show
Mohawk
912 Red River St., Austin, TX
July 9, 2009
[PHOTOS]
Biblical Proportions
Blue Genie Art
916 Springdale Rd # 4, Austin, TX
April 10 - 12, 2009
Be Mine
Epoch
221 W North Loop Blvd., Austin, TX
February 12 - March 25, 2009
Gallery 13 Austin
SXSW Interactive Web Awards
Hilton Hotel
500 E. 4th. St, Austin, TX
March 14 - 16, 2010
2009
Jeremy Burks
(B: 1979; Dayton, Ohio)
I grew up an only child in a medium-sized city in a grey, industrial part of Ohio. Most of my childhood was spent lost in my imagination, drawing constantly. My formative influences were comic books and summers spent roaming the Dayton Art Institute. In my youth, I was in turn obsessed with: mythology, historical piracy, horror and mystery novels, science fiction, and punk rock. My first real art heroes were Gee Vaucher and Winston Smith These were followed by the Pop Surrealist (or Lowbrow) artists, as encountered in Juxtapoz magazine and the shows at Tin Man Alley.
My work is primarily representational and figurative, and generally has narrative and symbolic qualities. The subjects are usually researched, though some are pure intuition. Themes of innocence, love, betrayal, and loss are most common. I draw a great deal of inspiration from history, religion, mythology, international folk art and music, and the natural world.
I spent four years with other like-minded artists, anarchists and weirdos, and graduated with a degree in Film Production from Antioch College in 2001. I spent the following years working in various capacities in film, graphic design, and art galleries, and living in a whole bunch of places. I am currently a full-time artist and father, and reside in Austin, Texas with my incredibly-talented wife and spectacularly-naughty son.
COMMISSIONS
Please CONTACT ME
for information regarding portraits
and other commissioned works.
RECOMMENDED
artists and/or friends, etc:
BabyBolt
Darla Teagarden
Judith Wolert-Maldonado
Forward Collective
Beth Livensperger
Black Cock
True Blue Tattoo
Tia Carrera
Circus Gold
Mark Johnson
Janet Nechama Miller
Artseen Alliance
Michael Schliefke
Ian Shults
James Perrin
Stephen Schwake
Alonso Rey
Cande Aguilar
I also lurk online at:
Saatchi Online Gallery
Myartspace
JEREMY BURKS
All images copyright Jeremy Burks, 2009.
