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User Name: Alice Burton Profile Status: Professional last seen on Sunday 4th, April 2004   Location Canada Ontario Toronto
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Canadian artist, Alice Burton's paintings have been exhibited in Canada, New York City and Europe.
Personal Information:
After spending a part of my childhood in the Maritimes and the West Indies, I developed a love of travel. My work has been enriched by these experiences. I combine a knowledge of art history, which tends to be a Western interpretation, with the artistic expression of other non-western cultures that are rich in iconography, pattern and textures. Often, there are references to Myth and Symbolism in my work.
Professional Summary:
I began as a figurative painter. Although I painted in the expressionist tradition, I used line, colour and texture to describe an identifiable subject. In the late 1990s, however, I began a voyage to abstraction: a trip to China in 1998, followed by travels in India and Japan in subsequent years, totally altered the way I perceived my environment. Rather than describing a subject, my works progressively focused on colour, line, texture, and the dynamics created through their juxtaposition. Recognizable elements began to disappear; the subjects of the works became more metaphysical. My works formed a condensed visual diary of my travels. Early last year I began to ask myself whether I could render the experience of my native environment in the same manner as I did my journeys. Inspired by my impressions of Japan – both the importance the Japanese place on their own seasons and the spare yet eloquent simplicity of much of their art and design – I wanted to reduce the elements of the Canadian seasons to their bare essence. Needless to say, this required much experimentation and a great deal of concentration. I wanted to paint not only what the seasons looked like but how they felt, to succeed in “the momentary capturing of an essence or mood.” In so doing, I completed the circle of my artistic journey: I found that I had to have some recognizable features of the Canadian landscape in my works. Even so, I wanted to keep these aspects to a minimum, again drawing from my experiences in Asia to give the unseen as much importance as that which is seen. The result of this process is my DOWNRIVER series. It encompasses all four seasons and was done over the past year and a half in my studio in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario. The works are inspired by the landscape of this region, and the majesty and never-ending movement of the great St. Lawrence river.
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Upcoming Exhibitions: Solo Exhibition "Downriver" The Moore Gallery 80 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ontario Opening: June 24, 2004 C2 Gallery in Stoke Hammond (Milton Keyes) near London, UK Opening: September 16, 2004 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Moore Gallery, Toronto - Downriver Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario - Crosscurrents J.K. ROM, Royal Ontario Museum - The Silk Road and Beyond(curated by Dr. M Tiampo) Artsforum, New York City - Of Patterns and Contrasts Teodora Gallery, Toronto - Waterlily Variations Art Dialogue at Azalea, Toronto - Colours of Summer (curated by Luciana Benzi) Here and Now Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Colour Variations Gate 403, Toronto, Ontario - Exhibition in conjunction with the Du Maurier Jazz Festival Noel F. Doyle Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Through the Looking Glass Here and Now Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Garden Series SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: C 2 Gallery, Stoke Hammond, U.K. (upcoming) Moore Gallery, Toronto - Winter John B, Aird Gallery, Toronto - "The Flower Show" Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto - "The Parrot Project" Galerie im Neuen Kranzler Eck, Berlin, Germany - Four Abstract Women Artists Andalusian Palace, Seville, Spain - New York Artists Mac 21 Art Fair, Marbella, Spain - BB International Fine Arts booth Geneva International Art Fair, Switzerland - BB International Fine Arts booth Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto - Art in Textile New York ArtExpo, New York City - Artsforum booth Zurich International Art Fair, Switzerland - BB Arts International Fine Arts booth Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto - Between a Rock and a Soft Place New York ArtExpo, New York City - Artsforum booth Artsforum, New York City Davis Greene Gallery, Toronto - Contemporary Christmas Teodora Gallery, Toronto (multiple exhibitions) Fifth Street Gallery, Toronto - Surfaces Audart, New York City - Art & Technology Circus (video project with Barbara McGivern, (partially funded by exhibition grant from the Consulate General of Canada) New York ArtExpo, New York City - Teodora Gallery booth Audart, NEw York City - Inaugural Exhibition "The Urban Frontier" Audart, New York City - Painters from New York, Toronto & Tokyo John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto - Form + 4 Bistro Galleria, Toronto (with Elizabeth Elliott) Gallery 306, Toronto - Exploration of the Subject (with Heather Grindley) Toronto Indoor Art Show, Toronto ("Best Work in Show") JURIED EXHIBITIONS: Frederick H. Varley Gallery, Unionville, Ontario - A Statement of Self (Society of Canadian Artists Exhibition) Hummingbird Centre, Toronto Society of Canadian Artists and National Ballet of Canada Volunteer Committee Exhibition Painted City Gallery, Toronto, and Regent College, Vancouver A New Heaven A New Earth (IMAGO Exhibition) Tyndale College and ICS University of Toronto - Evidence of Things Unseen Oakville Gallery, Oakville, Ontario - Spring Exhibition John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto - Art and Healing (with the Ontario Society of Artists) Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, Ontario - Spring Exhibition Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto - Art Rental Program Tribunal of Canadian Artists & Producers, Ottawa (finalist for Prize of Excellence) Trinity Square Video, Toronto - SNYC Video Festival (with Barbara McGivern) Oakville Gallery, Oakville, Ontario - Fall Collection and Art Rental Program Art Fair Vancouver Ð The Artists' Centre (Calgary) booth Hummingbird Centre, Toronto - Society of Canadian Artists and Canadian Opera Company Volunteer Committee Exhibition Mississauga Civic Centre Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario -Visual Arts Exhibition John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto - Energy (with Society of Canadian Artists) John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto - Windows (with Society of Canadian Artists) Latchman Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario - Drawing Show (Honourable Mention) Alice Burton's works are in private and public collections worldwide.