MICHAEL BURLES

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My work is currently concerned with exploring landscape primarily through memory and mood. ' Atmosphere ' is as important as a sense of place in these paintings, and I use layers and veils of paint to suggest hidden forms and shapes in and on and behind the picture surface. I create my images through a fusion of observation , memory of places and my imagination.I also enjoy printmaking and regularly produce monoprints, drypoints, and etchings . I live in Dulwich, have a studio in Brixton, and teach part-time in an Art college in North London.

1959 . Born in Englefield Green, Surrey.

1959-1965 Lived in Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia, Africa.

1978-1982 Studied Art History at Manchester University.
Achieved a 2:1 B.A.Honours degree.

1984-1986 Studied Fine Art at Sir John John Cass school of art,
London Metropolitan University, awarded C.F.A.

1989- 1996 Teaching Fine Art and gallery / museum studies at
Fine Arts College, Hampstead, NW3

1996 Studied Etching on a two week summer school at the Slade school of Art, University College , London.

1996-2009 Teaching at Fine Arts College Hampstead, NW3. Head of Printmaking, Illustration and Graphic Design

Michael Burles is also a practicing artist and printmaker, has a studio in Brixton, South London, and has exhibited in group and one man shows over the last twenty years at galleries which include :

Connaught Brown Gallery , Albermarle St, SW1
The Colonial Gallery , Chiswick
Gallery 111, Spitalfields
The Royal National Theatre
FRESH ART at the Business Design Centre
The National Print exhibition, Mall galleries
The Quaker Gallery , St Martins Lane WC1
Arts unwrapped/ A.S.C. Open Studios
‘One Love” at the Lowry Museum, Manchester
11.04 Gallery Shoreditch
JAGS art fair
Red Dog Gallery SE23