Trevor Burgess
London
I make paintings, arising from my visual experience of daily life, often of people in urban spaces
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I make paintings inspired by people's everyday lives in the urban space of cities. I am interested in the social use of public spaces.
Stacks and Wrap-ups A series of large-scale paintings of objects and assemblages encountered behind the scenes and after hours in markets.
The Market Paintings are an ongoing series of paintings of markets around the world, drawing on experience of travelling in Latin America, Europe and India.
In Deptford. Since moving to Deptford, South East London, in 2007, I have made paintings of the local area. A selection of these pictures were brought together in an exhibition "In Deptford" at Deptford Does Art on Deptford High Street in 2018.
A Place to Live is a series of over 60 paintings of homes in London, inspired by Estate Agent property adverts.
Granary Square. In 2015 I undertook a private commission for for a triptych painting of Granary Square, the main public space at the new King's Cross development in London, which generated a series of studies and related drawings and paintings.
Urban people Since arriving in London at the turn of the century I have been making paintings of my immediate surroundings – streets, markets and public places. I set out in these pictures to paint people going about their ordinary lives in the city.
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetables. "Wholesale" was a site-specific exhibition which I took part in in Norwich in 1996 in a disused warehouse which had previously been occupied by a fruit and vegetable wholesalers. I filled what had been the cold-store with a series of 18 panels depicting fruit and vegetables
Curation
I also curate exhibitions as an artist-curator, collaborating with and exploring the practice of painters in a social context.
Where We Live, touring nationally. Five artists whose work explores the social landscape of England. Opened at Alan Baxter Gallery, London in autumn 2021 and currently showing at Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Museums.
That Island Feeling, co-curated with Madi Acharya-Baskerville at Terrace Gallery, London in 2022
This instead of That was co-curated with artist Alexandra Baraitser at ArtHouse1, London in 2019, explored how artists respond to each others' work.
Inner and Outer Worlds was co-curated with artist Marguerite Horner at Bermondsey Project Space, London in 2018.
IN THE CITY began at Lion and Lamb Gallery London, in 2014 as an exhibition of painters whose work reflects aspects of the contemporary city on four continents, and toured to East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts and University of Greenwich Galleries in 2018.
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