Christy Burdock

Researching groups and communities, in situ, across the country, then drawing in her London studio, Christy Burdock creates works that are based in the here and now, but steeped in philosophy and historical narrative.

Christy has an interest in ideas, religion, history and heritage, communicating and reinterpreting emerging culture, as it manifests within contemporary society. She is absorbed in observing the knots and shoots emerging through collective consciousness, transported from person to person and group to group, finally creating wider culture.

Research is based within museum collections. She refers to historic painting, the work of the old masters and works within the tradition of William Hogarth and Stanley Spencer, both English artists that documented life around them.

1999 BA Central St Martin’s Art Achool
2017 MA The Royal College of Art

Awards

2024 Judd Medical Third Prize Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Portrait Award
​2022 A-N: Time Space Money Bursary
2021 Oppenheim-John Downes Award
2021 Tatha Award - The Royal Scottish Academy
​2021 Commended - The Moth Prize
​2021 Space Artist Award
​2020 Arts Council Emergency Award
​2019 John Purcell Paper Award - The Bolton Museum
2017 Bloomberg New Contemporaries Artist (selectors: Caroline Achaintre, Elizabeth Price and George Shaw)
2017 House of Illustration Gallery - Resident artist
2017 Sheila Robinson Award 2nd prize The Royal College of Art
​2016 Gordon Peter Pickard Travel Award The Royal College of Art
2016 Educational Award The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
2016 Educational Award The City of London Corporation
1999 First Prize Caffe Nero Competition Central St Martins
1997 First Prize Photography Competition Central St Martins
1996 Best Student Award Hertfordshire University

Awards shortlisted
​2023 Cheltenham Illustration Award
​2023 RBSA Prize
2022 Oxmarket Drawing Prize
​2022 Sir John Hurt Prize shortlisted
2022 Wells Contemporary Prize
2022 Signature Art Prize Finalist
2022 Yorkshire Coast Dbid Prize shortl...

Solo Exhibitions
2023 Newton Abbot Museum, Devon
​2022 Tatha Gallery, Scotland
2020 Politics, Sex and Religion - online show Aleph Contemporary
​2018 People in the Gallery, Quentin Blake’s House of Illustration, London
Gallery K, Hampstead, London
Space Gallery, London

Collections
In the Kensington and Chelsea Jubilee Collection and private collections across Britain including, London, Cambridge, Sheffield and Northern Ireland.

Exhibitions
2022 The Sussex Open, BA i360, Sussex
2022 Tŷ Pawb Open
2022 Letchworth Open Broadway Gallery, Letchworth
​2022 RBSA Prize, Birmingham
​2022 Wales Contemporary, Waterfront Gallery, Wales
2022 Wales Contemporary, Oxo Tower, London
2022 Oxmarket Open, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester
​2022 Sir John Hurt Prize shortlist exhibition, Norfolk
2022 Kensington and Chelsea Civic Gallery Jubilee Collection, London
​2022 Derbyshire Open, Buxton Museum, Derbyshire
​2022 Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral
2022 Summer Open, Townhouse Gallery, London
​2022 Signature Prize, London
2022 Unmute, Dunoon, Scotland
​2022 RBSA exhibition, Birmingham
2022 Riverside Views Exhibition, County Hall, London
2022 Janus Exhibition, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
​2022 Old Parcels Office Open Artspace exhibition, Scarboro...