Simon Burton was born in

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in 1973 and received a first class bachelor's degree at the

University of Brighton The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieve ...

in 1995, before completing his MA in 1997 at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

. Described by Lucian Freud in 1997 as, "the most promising young artist in Britain today," Burton received the Birtle prize for painting (1995), a travel award to ARCO studios in

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, Portugal (1996), The John Minton Travel award (1996), The Jenny Hall Scholarship (1996) and worked in the U.S.A under the patronage of Robert and Susan Kasen-Summer (1997–98). Burton's work is described as "figurative painting that treads a line between classical, abstraction and magic realism" being "heavily layered both physically and with art historical references".

Selected solo exhibitions

* 2013 – ''One year later'', York College Gallery, York, England * 2012 – ''Between Cave and Gate'', ARTARY Gallery, Stuttgart * 2011 –''Nowhere Men'', Arch 402 Gallery, London * 2010 – ''Black Swan, Blue Woman'', Huddersfield Museum * 2007 – ''Under the Sign of Saturn'' Kookmin Gallery, Seoul

Selected group exhibitions

* 2017 – Towards Night, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK * 2016 – ''Paper Cuts'', Transition Gallery, London * 2016 – ''March,'' James Freeman Gallery, London * 2016 – ''Selected works from the Priseman Seabrook Collection,'' The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, England * 2015 – ''Contemporary British Drawing'', Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, China * 2015 – ''Neiland's Choice,'' GX Gallery, London * 2014 – ''Opinion Makers 2'', Curated by Lubomirov-Easton, Londonewcastle Project Space, London * 2014 – ''Enclosures, Elsewhere'' at the Lion and Lamb Gallery * 2014 – ''Some of My Colours'' at the Eagle Gallery * 2014 – ''About Face'' Swindon Museum and Art Gallery * 2011 – ''A Sort of Night to the Mind,'' ARTARY Gallery, Stuttgart

Selected collections

* The Aldrich Collection, University of Brighton, England * The Louis-Dreyfus Collection, USA *

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, England *

The Priseman Seabrook Collection The Priseman Seabrook Collection is a British-based private collection founded by the artist Robert Priseman and his wife Ally Seabrook. It is composed of three distinct categories: 21st Century British Painting, 20th and 21st Century British Wor ...

, UK * Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, England *

, London

References

External links

Simon Burton official website

Contemporary British Painting
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