A.K. Burns
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 |
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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 | Single Titles |
Survivor's Remorse | 2018 | 00:20:11 | Single Titles |
Thumb War | 2004 | 00:03:31 | Single Titles |
Touch Parade | 2011 | 00:31:35 | 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 | Single Titles |
Untitled (shaving performance 2010) | 2014 | 00:16:21 | Single Titles |