Christina Burch

The work of Christina Burch has been exhibited internationally and has been represented by Voltz Clarke Gallery, in New York City since 2000. Ultimate reality and the sublime mystery at the heart of experience are the focus of Burch’s artistic investigations. Most of her work is figurative painting and her influences include tantric painting, taoist arts including healing arts, classical Italian art, Japanese aesthetics and contemporary artists such as Marlene Dumas, Alice Neel, Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Kara Walker, Chris Ofili, Takashi Murakami, Manuel Mendive and Kerry James Marshall. Burch’s impeccably detailed canvases are resplendent with flora and fauna characterized by a pervading sense of mythopoetry and an ebullient use of color. Many of the works featured here are from her Garland of Skulls series which explores the liminal edge of appearance, underlying reality and the nature of mind.

Education

1994

RISD, Providence, Rhode Island, B.F.A. in Printmaking

1993

European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy

1996-1998

NYU, NY, New York and Venice, Italy, Masters in Painting

2009

Swedish Institute, New York, New York, B.P.S. and M.S. in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Exhibitions

2021

In Her World – group show at Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY 

2017

Rasa Festival- Ann Arbor, MI
Taubman Institute Evening of Art and Science – Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2017 My Heart is in the Highlands – album collaboration with Ryan Vanderhoof

2016

Garland of Skulls – solo show at Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY
Voltz Clarke Artists – Veronica Beard, Madison Avenue, New York
Fifth Annual Hamptons Paddle for Pink Breast Cancer Research Foundation Benefit – the Hamptons, NY
Twyla.com – new print editions
Taubman Institute Evening of Art and Science – Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI

2015

Winter Show – Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Market San Francisco – Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014

Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco – Adler & Co. Gallery, San Mateo, CA
Love and the Skull – solo show at Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013

October Show – Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sea of Blood – solo show at Rotunda Gallery, North Campus Research Center, U of M, Ann Arbor, MI

2012

The New Collectors Book, NY, NY
The Big Bang – Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY, Catalogue
The Armory Show in the Hamptons – Sag Harbor, NY
The Armory Show – Voltz Clarke New York, NY
Art In Focus – Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Catalogue
She Views Herself – Oddo & Cie Paris, France, Catalogue

2011

The Art of an Icon – Special project for Swarovski/Harper’s Bazaar, Hearst Gallery, NY, NY 2011 Living Art: Living Process – Copper Colored Mountain Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
The Armory Show – Voltz Clarke, NY, NY
Manhattan House with Celerie Kemble – Voltz Clarke, NY, NY
Automobiles – Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI
Art in the Garden – Copper Colored Mountain Arts, Ann Arbor, MI

Selected Past Exhibitions

2010

The Armory Show – Voltz Clarke, NY, NY

2009

The Armory Show – Voltz Clarke, NY, NY

2006

O’Neile Building – Voltz Clarke, NY, NY

2004

Skin Deep – Cook Fine Art, NY, NY
Sweet and Sour – Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery, NY, NY

2003

Rockin’ Back In Our Hearts Again – Here Gallery, NY, NY

2001

Salad Days – Bill Maynes Gallery, NY, NY
Fakespace – Here Gallery, NY, NY
Contemporanea 8 – Musee St. Paul de Vence Nice, France

1998

Graduate Thesis Exhibition, NYU – 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY, NY

1997

Graduate Thesis, NYU – Instituto Universitario d’Architettura di Venezia Venice, Italy, Catalogue 1996 Graduate Thesis, NYU – Instituto Universitario d’Architettura di Venezia Venice, Italy, Catalogue

Collections

Mugrabi Collection, NY, NY, Voltz Clarke Collection NY, NY, Watermill Center Collection, Water Mill, NY, Kirkpatrick Collection, Ann Arbor, MI, Collezione A.A.B., Brescia, Italy and various private collections in New York and around the world

Recent Publications

2017

Luxe Magazine, Spring Issue
Galerie Magazine, Spring Issue

2016

Detroit News, “Doctors, Artists collaborate to fund medical research”, Michael Hodges, April 19th
ECurrent Magazine, Best of Washtenaw County, Michigan
“Skull Sourcebook: Over 500 Skulls in Art & Culture”, Nozedar, Adele
Gotham Magazine, Scene:Gallery, “Dealer’s Choice”
New York Magazine, The Cut: “200 Designers and Their Fall 2016 Inspiration” Fashion Collaboration with Moskov, Feb. 4, 2016, nymag.com

2015

Tory Daily, “Spotlight on Voltz Clarke Gallery’s Blair Clarke”, Friday, October 9, 2015, Toryburch.com
”The Path of Moonlight” Artnet.com Homepage, Thurs., Aug 31- Fri., Sept 1, 2015, Artnet.com

2014

Must-See Art Guide: San Francisco, Thurs., Aug. 21, 2014, Artnet.com
Creem Magazine, “Astral Figuration“,Trimble, Alisha, creemmag.com
April Artist’s Spotlight Series, The English Room, theenglishroom.biz
Catherine M. Austin Interior Design Blog

2013

Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s, Catalogue, lot 139
World of Aerin, Aerin.com
Under the Influence, Phillips, Catalogue, September, lot 184

2012

The New Collectors Book, New York, New York
She Views Herself: Emerging Women Artists and the Self- Portrait, Paris, France 2012 Big Bang Painting, Watermill Center, catalogue Lot 18
RISD XYZ, Spring/Summer 2012, p 78
Art In Focus – Sotheby’s, Lot 59

2011

First Open Postwar and Contemporary – Christie’s , p. 107
Under the Influence- Phillips, Catalogue, September, lot 108,109
Harpers Bazaar, December Issue, p. 169
Lonnymag Fall Issue, p. 124-133