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A.K. Burns

Born 1975 - Capitola, CA

A.K. Burns is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in New York. Using video, installation, sculpture, drawing, and collaboration, Burns explores systems of value and the body as a contentious domain wherein socio-political issues are negotiated. A.K. Burns has exhibited internationally including recently at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; MMK Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt, Germany; FRONT International: The Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art in Cleveland, OH; The Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA; and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, in Portland OR. Burns is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2021 Art Purchase Program, was a 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Interdisciplinary Art, a 2016 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, and a 2015 Creative Capital Foundation Visual Arts Award recipient. A frequent collaborator, Burns was a co-founder of Working Artists in the Greater Economy, an advocacy organization focused on sustainable economic practices between artist and arts institutions.

A.K. Burns is currently a Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College, Department of Art & Art History and serves as faculty in the Bard MFA Program. Burns is represented by Michel Rein Gallery, Paris/Brussels.


Available Titles by A.K. Burns

Title Year Runtime Collection
A.K. Burns: Early Videoworks 2015 00:07:55 Single Artist Compilations
Community Action Center 2010 01:09:00 Single Titles
Electric at the Cosmic Age Lodge 2005 00:02:52 Single Titles
Loss in Exchange 2005 00:01:32 Single Titles
Orchid Show 2013 00:13:34 New Releases, Single Titles
Survivor's Remorse 2018 00:20:11 New Releases, Single Titles
Thumb War 2004 00:03:31 Single Titles
Touch Parade 2011 00:31:35 New Releases, Single Artist Compilations, Single Titles
Touch Parade (crush) 2011 00:09:22 Single Titles
Touch Parade (glove love) 2011 00:06:58 Single Titles
Touch Parade (pedal pump) 2011 00:05:45 Single Titles
Touch Parade (squeeze-2-pop) 2011 00:05:49 Single Titles
Touch Parade (wading) 2011 00:03:41 Single Titles
Untitled (eclipse) 2019 00:13:00 New Releases, Single Titles
Untitled (shaving performance 2010) 2014 00:16:21 Single Titles

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