James Burke

James Burke (b.1983) is a London based visual artist. 6 years of fine art training, culminated in a Masters degree at UAL Central Saint Martins in 2007.

James Burke’s practice challenges current notions of colour & process, pattern & geometry, materiality & form; whilst drawing on principles from Formalism, Hard Edge & Minimilism, to the Bauhaus, Design Art & Relational Aesthetics.

The circular geometry used by the artist seeps into cultures, with subtle differences & a broad range of applications. The geometry has been seen & experienced inside churches, cathedrals, mosques, synagogues, roman villas, ancient ruins, shopping malls, haute couture, books & museums. The artist extracts this geometric form & applies it through a postmodern working methodology.

Artist notes:

- ‘The act of using circular forms, creates a bridge between geometry as the machinery of reality, and the ergonomics of organic matter.’ J Burke, Financial Times Magazine, 2007.

- Design principles & psychological narratives are explored through the lenses of both nature & the machine.

- The circular form is beautiful. It never ends.

- Belief is built around what is not visible, the empty fragments between what is visible.

MA Fine Art - Central Saint Martins, London, UK. 2007

BA Fine Art - University for the Creative Arts. UK. 2003

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