Edwin Burdis

Edwin Burdis is an established British artist whose interdisciplinary practice traverses drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, film, sound and music. Burdis uses his multifaceted practice as a vehicle to fuse his activities in the visual arts, performance and music, instigating collaborations with musicians, singers, dancers, writers and artists.

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Edwin Burdis, Artissima solo presentation, 2017. Installation view. Artissima, Turn, IT.
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Edwin Burdis, AutoLaque, 2016. Installation view. VITRINE, Basel. Photographer: Nici Jost.
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Edwin Burdis, AutoLaque, 2016. Installation view. VITRINE, Basel. Photographer: Nici Jost.
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Edwin Burdis, AutoLaque, 2016. Installation view. VITRINE, Basel. Photographer: Nici Jost.
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Edwin Burdis, AutoLaque, 2016. Installation view. VITRINE, Basel. Photographer: Nici Jost.
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Edwin Burdis, The Thickening, 2015. Installation view. Photographer: Ruth Clark. Courtesy of Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, The Thickening, 2015. Installation view. Photographer: Ruth Clark. Courtesy of Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, The Thickening, 2015. Installation view. Photographer: Ruth Clark. Courtesy of Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, The Thickening, 2015. Installation view. Photographer: Ruth Clark. Courtesy of Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, Multiple points in this crude landscape, 2014. Installation view. Courtesy of PRIMARY, Nottingham, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, The Plumbers (Hygienic Gaze), 2014. Installation view. VITRINE, Bermondsey Street.
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Edwin Burdis, The Plumbers (Hygienic Gaze), 2014. Installation view. VITRINE, Bermondsey Street.
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Edwin Burdis, Mega Dairy Pig Farm, 2012. Installation view. Courtesy of Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, Recent British Painting, 2012. Installation view. Courtesy of Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, AL.
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Edwin Burdis, Home Service, 2011. Installation view. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
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Edwin Burdis, Home Service, 2011. Installation view. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
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Home, the environment and contemporary Britain, are recurring themes in Burdis’ practice, explored through striking and surreal imagery and his rich sound vocabulary, with a large helping of humour.

Burdis’ unique approach to combining paint and music in an artwork is epitomised in ‘The Fruit Machine: A Painting and an Opera in Five Parts’. Commissioned by Wysing Arts Centre and toured nationally, ‘The Fruit Machine’ features a large-scale immersive allegorical painting with a libretto, performance and sound work presented from within and around the painting. The work depicts a machine that sits in the green fields of England and is full of desire, absurdity and escapism. The work explores the dynamic relationship between viewer, performer and painting which further heightens our understanding of the world Burdis’ is leading us through.

His recent practice expanded in both scope and ambition as he continued to explore these themes through film and with music collaborations in Wales, exploring the country's proud legacy of voice.

His long standing career in the arts and music led him to producing and directing music videos for emerging and established bands, such as Arctic Monkeys, Rustin Man, Alexis Taylor and Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard. He was the first artist-in-residence for Domino Records (2017-2018) and continues to be the creative mind behind many of their music videos. Burdis’ has contributed significantly to the British art and music scenes for over two decades and continues to push artistic boundaries between these contemporary fields.

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Edwin Burdis (b. 1974, Newcastle, UK) has significantly contributed to the London art scene for over a decade. He received a Creative Wales Award (2016/2017) and an Arts Council England bursary to produce his operatic film work ‘Light Green and Dark Grey (A Personal View)’ (2014). He had a commission and residency at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh (2015); was commissioned for SCULPTURE AT Bermondsey Square, London, (2015); and had a residency at Primary, Nottingham, UK (2014).

His work has been presented internationally, including: Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK; Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK; MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK; Arnolfini, Bristol, UK; MOMA Machynlleth, Wales, UK; ICA, London, UK; TATE Modern and TATE Britain, London, UK; g|39, Cardiff, Wales, UK; Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK; Jerwood Visual Arts, London, UK; Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth, UK; Cardiff Contemporary Visual Arts Festival, Wales, UK; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; South London Gallery, London, UK; Focal Point Gallery, Southend, UK; Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK; New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK; Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, D; Skanes Kunstforening, Malmo, Sweden; Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, USA; and at the art fair ARTISSIMA, Turin, IT (solo stand with VITRINE).

He was the first artist-in-residence at Domino Records.

Edwin Burdis, The Fruit Machine, 2013
A 5 minute extract of Edwin Burdis' painting and opera 'The Fruit Machine', 2013.
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The Stage Has Eyes
Aug 2012
26
Sunday
12:00 pm
Free

Group event

The Stage Has Eyes

Music, Performance, Film Festival

Bermondsey Square and Kino Cinema, London

SUBLOOP (why make it hard when it can be easy)
Apr 2022
01
Friday
Sep 2022
04
Sunday
Group show

SUBLOOP (why make it hard when it can be easy)

VITRINE, Digital

Sounding Off 2.0
Aug 2020
09
Sunday
Nov 2020
08
Sunday

Nadim Abbas, Nicole Bachmann, Edwin Burdis, Kara Chin, Anaïs Comer, Tim Etchells, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Ludovica Gioscia, Katrin Hanusch, Candice Jacobs, Sophie Jung, Rene Matić, Campbell McConnell, Paula Pinho Martins Nacif, Milly Peck, Sam Porritt, Ralph Pritchard, Natasha Rees, Bioni Samp, James Stopforth, and Charlie Godet Thomas.

Group show

Sounding Off 2.0

VITRINE, Digital

ARTISSIMA 2017
Nov 2017
03
Friday
Nov 2017
05
Sunday
Group show

ARTISSIMA 2017

Fair

AutoLaque
Jun 2016
15
Wednesday
Oct 2016
01
Saturday
Group show

AutoLaque

VITRINE, Basel

The Manchester Contemporary 2014
Sep 2014
26
Friday
Sep 2014
28
Sunday

Jonathan Baldock and Edwin Burdis

Group show

The Manchester Contemporary 2014

Fair

Asymmetric Dance Class
Sep 2014
05
Friday
Sep 2014
27
Saturday

Talisker Black, Edwin Burdis, Chris Jones, Clare Kenny, Harry Meadows, Fiona Sarison, Sarah Kate Wilson and Vicky Wright

Group show

Asymmetric Dance Class

VITRINE, Bermondsey

The Manchester Contemporary 2013
Sep 2013
26
Thursday
Sep 2013
29
Sunday

Edwin Burdis, Justin Eagle, Clare Kenny and Wil Murray

Group show

The Manchester Contemporary 2013

Fair