David A Burrows

I graduated from art school in London in 1981.

My early practice explored the clustering and contrast of imagery, gradually evolving toward an engagement with process and chance. This work was informed by West Coast graphic design and the strategies of appropriation and image circulation associated with the Pictures Generation. During this period, I worked primarily in silkscreen printing and etching, using these processes to investigate repetition, disruption, and visual tension.

Following a period of teaching printmaking, I shifted into fashion, focusing on textile design. This phase involved designing and producing printed textiles and garments, extending my interest in surface, pattern, and the translation of imagery into material form. I later moved into coaching, leadership, and organisational development, grounding my work in psychological theory and deepening my understanding of perception, behaviour, and transformation.

My current practice spans photography, painting, drawing, and experimental film. I am particularly interested in the processes through which images are made, altered, and reinterpreted. Central to my work is the malleability of the image—how it can be fragmented, layered, stretched to the point of break...

UAL Chelsea, London UK | MFA
UAL Camberwell, London UK | BA

Exhibit in London annually
Selected competitive exhibitions and others
2017 Open Art Prize, 44AD Gallery, Royal United Hospital, Bath
2017 #illridewithyou, Paper Planes Collective, London
2016 Open Square, Art at the Heart, Bath
2016 Open Art Prize, Bath
2016 White and Black, Fringe Arts Bath,
2016 Camberwell Open
2015 Open Art Prize, Bath
2015 Camberwell Open, London
2015 Yorkshire Art Journal, Online
2015 Open Art Prize, Bath
2014 A Given Structure, Fringe Arts Festival, Bath
2014 Breaking the Fourth Wall, Nottingham
2014 Paddle8 online benefit auction

Placed with private collectors in the USA and UK