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Robert Xavier Burden | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Pop Surrealism, Contemporary Icon painting |
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Robert Xavier Burden is a Canadian artist currently based in California. [1] He is best known for his large-scale decorative oil paintings depicting his childhood action figures, set against wallpaper and fabric patterns from his childhood home. [2] [3] [4]
Burden was born in 1982 in Hamilton, Ontario. [5] He drew at a very early age, and started painting seriously at the age of 16.
In 2005, he completed his BFA in Art and Art History at Queen's University. [6]
In 2007, he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in California. [7]
While at the Art Institute, he was awarded the Irène Pijoan Memorial Painting Award. [8] Burden was also the recipient of the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship. [9] He has also previously held part-time faculty positions at City College of San Francisco and Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California. [1] Burden received a large amount of attention for his 15 foot by 8 foot oil painting The 20th Century Space Opera, [10] [11] which depicts over 150 different vintage Star Wars action figures. [12] [13] The painting received mixed reviews, and was featured on ABC News, StarWars.com, [4] and The Chicago Tribune. [14] [15] [16] Wired Magazine wrote a news article about the painting under the headline The $200k Star Wars Painting That No One Will Ever Buy. [17] [18] [19] Burden currently resides in Southern California.
Burden's work has been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout North America, including The Carnegie Arts Center, [20] The MOAH, The Lesher Center For The Arts, The Huntsville Museum of Art, [21] The California Center For The Arts, Escondido, [22] La Luz De Jesus Gallery, [23] Roq La Rue Gallery, [24] Gregorio Escalante Gallery, [25] [12] and Oceanside Museum of Art. [26]
This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's
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Robert Xavier Burden | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Pop Surrealism, Contemporary Icon painting |
Website |
www |
Robert Xavier Burden is a Canadian artist currently based in California. [1] He is best known for his large-scale decorative oil paintings depicting his childhood action figures, set against wallpaper and fabric patterns from his childhood home. [2] [3] [4]
Burden was born in 1982 in Hamilton, Ontario. [5] He drew at a very early age, and started painting seriously at the age of 16.
In 2005, he completed his BFA in Art and Art History at Queen's University. [6]
In 2007, he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in California. [7]
While at the Art Institute, he was awarded the Irène Pijoan Memorial Painting Award. [8] Burden was also the recipient of the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship. [9] He has also previously held part-time faculty positions at City College of San Francisco and Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California. [1] Burden received a large amount of attention for his 15 foot by 8 foot oil painting The 20th Century Space Opera, [10] [11] which depicts over 150 different vintage Star Wars action figures. [12] [13] The painting received mixed reviews, and was featured on ABC News, StarWars.com, [4] and The Chicago Tribune. [14] [15] [16] Wired Magazine wrote a news article about the painting under the headline The $200k Star Wars Painting That No One Will Ever Buy. [17] [18] [19] Burden currently resides in Southern California.
Burden's work has been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout North America, including The Carnegie Arts Center, [20] The MOAH, The Lesher Center For The Arts, The Huntsville Museum of Art, [21] The California Center For The Arts, Escondido, [22] La Luz De Jesus Gallery, [23] Roq La Rue Gallery, [24] Gregorio Escalante Gallery, [25] [12] and Oceanside Museum of Art. [26]