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Steve Burden

Steve graduated from Goldsmiths College, London with First Class Honours and Bath Spa University with a Masters Degree in Fine Art (distinction). His current practice is inspired by his childhood growing up on the Pepys Estate in Deptford, south London, where he investigates dystopian themes and ideas associated with British housing estates.

Works

Pepys Estate

Inspired by my own experiences growing up on the Pepys (a brutalist high-rise council estate in Deptford, south London), my current practice investigates dystopian themes and ideas associated with British housing estates. These experiences are at the heart of my work and I am interested in exploring my working class roots and the urban context that I grew up in and striving to understand how this has affected my visual aesthetic and behaviour as an artist.

Flesh and Bone

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

No one likes us, we don't care

Race, class and identity, the life and times of a Millwall youth

CV

  • MA Fine Art (Distinction), Bath Spa University, (2016)
  • MA Typo/Graphics (Distinction), University of the Arts London (UAL), (2003)
  • Diploma in Classical History, Open University, (2001)
  • BA Design (First Class Honours), Goldsmiths University, London (1996)
  • Art and Design Foundation Diploma, Ravensbourne College (1992)

  • Made From Deptford, No Format, London, UK (2018)
  • Pigs at Pepys, Lane House Arts, Bath, UK (2017)
  • Utopian Myths, Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK (2017)
  • The Pepys, Roper Gallery, Bath, UK (2017)

  • 2020, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol (2020)
  • Creekside Open, (Curated by Sacha Craddock), Apt Gallery, London (2019)
  • Pop Up, Lane House Arts, Wiltshire (2019)
  • Portrait of an Egg, (Curated by Gavin Turk), Somerset House, London (2019)
  • Figures and Faces, Andelli Arts, Wells, UK (2019)
  • Next Generation, Alon Zakaim Fine Art, London (2019)
  • Reconstructing the Reality, Peyer Fine Art, Zurich, Switzerland (2019)
  • Come As You Are, Dadiani Fine Art, London (2018)
  • Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, Deptford, London (2018)
  • Heart Mirror, Artplu, Wuxi, China (2018)
  • Reconstructing the Reality, D10, Geneva, Switzerland (2018)
  • Art Capital, Hangsheng Capital, Hangzhou, CHINA (2018)
  • Artplu, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China (2018)
  • Alternative Visions, Poole Museum, UK, (2018)
  • Alternative Visions, The Wilson, Cheltenham, UK, (2018)
  • Painting Open, No Format Gallery, Deptford, London (2017)
  • Alternative Visions, Falmouth Art Gallery, UK (2017)
  • Art Shenzen, Shenzen City, China (2017)
  • Monarchs to Mongrels, The Sheppey, Godney, UK (2017)
  • Wild in the Country, Bruton Art Factory, UK (2017)
  • Alternative Visions, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK (2017)
  • Fringe Arts, Bath, UK (2017)
  • Gavin Turk and Friends, Bruton Art Factory, UK (2017)
  • Way Out West, Bruton Art Factory, UK (2017)
  • The Thames: The Artery of London, Devon House, London (2016)
  • Brut Midwinter, Bruton Art Factory, uk (2016)
  •  Entopia, Space, Bristol, UK (2016)
  • Blackswan Arts, Frome, uk (2016)
  • Fringe Arts Bath, Bath Central Library, UK (2016)
  • Open Call, Chapel Arts Cafe, Bath, UK (2016)
  • Space, Corsham Court, Wiltshire, UK (2016)
  • The Artist Behind the Work, Bath Spa University, UK (2016)
  • Mafia, Walcot Chapel, Bath, UK (2016)
  • The Art of Boxing, Old Street, London (2016)
  • Yuletide, 44ad, Bath, Uk (2015)
  • Open Call, Capital Gallery, London (2015)
  • Open call, Angus-Hughes, London (2015)
  • The Blue Skyline, Wuxi City, China (2015)

  • John Moores Prize – Shortlisted (2020)
  • Freelands Foundation (2020)
  • Creekside Open (2019)
  • Spike Island Scholarship (2019)
  • Zabludowicz Collection – Masterclass Award (2019)
  • Turps Banana (2019)
  • Ambassador – Outside In (2019)
  • Black Swan Arts – Judge (2018)
  • John Moores Prize – Shortlisted (2018)
  • Trustee Bath Artists Studios (2017)
  • Aesthetica Art Prize – Longlisted (2017)
  • A-n Bursary (2017)
  • Alternative Visions – Finalist (2017)
  • New Blood Art – Master (2017)
  • Aesthetica Art Prize – Longlisted (2016)
  • Black Swan Arts – Winner (2016)
  • Bruton Art Factory – Brutalist (2016)
  • Derek Hill Foundation Award (2016)

 

  • Zabludowicz Collection (2019)
  • Black Swan Arts, Frome (2017)
  • Bruton Art Factory, Bruton (2017)
  • Bath Artist Studios, Bath (2017)
  • The Blue School, Wells (2017)
  • Bath Spa University (2016)
  • Goldsmiths, University Of London (2015)
  • City Of Bristol College (2015)