Gregory Burns. American Artist, born 1960

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Artist Statement

We all come and go-circling our homes in search of something yet defined. For 30 years I have left and returned to California, home of my family and what little roots I have. Here I find nature and people I love. Here I am like the child playing hide-and-go seek at the end of the game yelling, "Oli oli in come free". It's time to return. Its time to go home for dinner. It's time to be with what makes me whole.

- Gregory Burns

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Essays/Monograph

CNN: A Painted Journey, Gregory Burns from GB Inspire on Vimeo.

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Biography

Born in Washington DC, Gregory Burns, has lived all over the world. His passion for art began as a boy growing up in Paris where he created comic strips and painted bottles of Beaujolais. During his first university art class he knew he had found his calling when confronted with the nude. He slipped into the fabric of Asia in 1984, concluding a cloistered existence painting the beauty of the California Dream. Setting sail for Taiwan he studied Chinese brush painting and calligraphy with local masters for two years.

With broken Mandarin and paintbrushes he began a summer backpacking trip overland through China, Tibet, Nepal, India and Pakistan, which stretched into a 16-month sojourn. While seeking out Buddhist and Hindu sacred sites, his artwork began referencing the different religious and architectural imagery of Asia.

Since completing his Master in Painting at the end of the last century, the intrepid traveler continues to cast a wide net in order to pull in a diverse collection of colors and imagery from which he tries to express the power of the human spirit searching for meaning and a sense of place.

Gregory has held 80 solo and group painting exhibitions in over a dozen countries since 1980 and has been the celebrated Artist-in-Residence at thirty 5-Star Resorts and venues since 1999. Gregory has published three books in English and Mandarin and has been featured on BBC, CNN, CNBC, ESPN, CNA, CCTV and in The AWSJ, Time Magazine and The China Daily. He is represented by the Tanya Baxter Gallery in London, the Tony Raka Gallery in Bali and the Yang Gallery in Singapore and Beijing.

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CV

born 1960 Washington DC

education

1999  MFA Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

1984-85  Graduate Studies, Chinese painting, calligraphy and art history, Chung Da University; Taipei, Taiwan

1980  BA University of California, Santa Barbara

public collections

2015 The Cumberland Hotel, London, UK (Mural behind Reception)

2013 First Gulf Bank, Singapore

One & Only Reethi Rah, Maldives

2012 Jones Day, Shanghai, China

Rias Ark Museum of Art, Kesennuma, Japan

Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China

2010 The Schoolhouse at Mutianyu, China

2009 First Gulf Bank, Singapore

Ho Bee, Singapore

2008 BHP Billiton, Australia & China

2007 Four Seasons Resorts, Indonesia

2006 Banyan Tree Resorts, China & Maldives

2005 Clifford Chance Wong, Singapore

Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong

Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore

2004 Credit Suisse, Singapore

Utrecht, New Jersey, USA

2003 P&G Asia, Singapore

2002 Oberoi Resorts, Udaipur, India

2001 ST Micro Electronics, Singapore

2000 The United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, USA

Bill & Hilary Clinton, Washington D.C., USA

The Mingei International Museum, San Diego, USA

The Drachen Foundation, Seattle, USA

1999 Ambassador to the United States and Mrs. Green, Singapore

Mercedes Benz, Singapore

M1 Mobile Telephone, Singapore

1998 Iomega, Singapore

Nokia Telecommunications, Singapore

Allied Domecq, London, England

1997 National Council of Social Services, Singapore

1995 PepsiCo Foundation, Purchase, New York

1994 Belgian Bank, Hong Kong

Dewey Ballantine Law Office, Hong Kong

1985 TYPA Community Center, Wall Murals, Taipei, Taiwan

1983 Dole Pineapple Corporation, Honolulu, USA

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Reviews

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Bibliography

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Videos

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Artist/Dealer Websites

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