Biography
Erin Burns was born in California. She studied painting at the University of California at
Berkeley where she attained a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. At UCB she studied with
and was greatly influenced by the late Wendy Sussman, who encouraged her to move to
New York City to further her studies. Taking the advice, Burns went on to receive a
Masters of Fine Arts degree from New York University. There she studied with and was
the studio assistant to Cora Cohen and then to Lisa Yuskavage.
After several successful shows in her native San Francisco where she has shown on
consignment with the Andrea Schwartz Gallery, she moved to the UK and in 2005/06 was
awarded a one year residency at the Florence Trust Studios in London.
Her work involves delicately painting and marking the surface of a photograph taken in a
natural environment which is then mounted on aluminum and then covered in multiple
layers of viscous polymer resin and paint. The viewer appears to be looking through a
translucent solid where textures, layers, and imagery converge.
Burns has shown in Paris, New York, San Francisco, London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.
She lives and works outside of London in the coastal town of Brighton, East Sussex. Her
corporate clients include Nordstrom who commissioned 5 pieces for their new flagship
store in Palm Beach, Florida; her work is also in these fine collections: The Ritz Carleton
Hotel. Marina Del Rey; The Dorchester Hotel, London; and Great Ormond Street
Hospital, London. She is represented by Art Star in London and Ille Arts in East Hampton, New York.
Berkeley where she attained a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. At UCB she studied with
and was greatly influenced by the late Wendy Sussman, who encouraged her to move to
New York City to further her studies. Taking the advice, Burns went on to receive a
Masters of Fine Arts degree from New York University. There she studied with and was
the studio assistant to Cora Cohen and then to Lisa Yuskavage.
After several successful shows in her native San Francisco where she has shown on
consignment with the Andrea Schwartz Gallery, she moved to the UK and in 2005/06 was
awarded a one year residency at the Florence Trust Studios in London.
Her work involves delicately painting and marking the surface of a photograph taken in a
natural environment which is then mounted on aluminum and then covered in multiple
layers of viscous polymer resin and paint. The viewer appears to be looking through a
translucent solid where textures, layers, and imagery converge.
Burns has shown in Paris, New York, San Francisco, London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.
She lives and works outside of London in the coastal town of Brighton, East Sussex. Her
corporate clients include Nordstrom who commissioned 5 pieces for their new flagship
store in Palm Beach, Florida; her work is also in these fine collections: The Ritz Carleton
Hotel. Marina Del Rey; The Dorchester Hotel, London; and Great Ormond Street
Hospital, London. She is represented by Art Star in London and Ille Arts in East Hampton, New York.
