Kimberley Burrows
Selected Works
Exhibition History
Press Release
Publications
Kimberley Burrows (b. 1988, Salford) graduated in 2023 from the Royal College of Art MA Painting programme. Her previous exhibitions have included Inside Out (Core Arts Hackney, London, 2023), Meet the Artist, (166 Cafe Bar Battersea, March 2023) and Art N’ Soul - Live Painting Performance (The Nest in Treehouse, March 2023).
Kimberley Burrows is an abstract expressionist artist, whose practice evolved with her sight loss. Combining elements of painting, printmaking, and poetry, she explores and challenges the limits of painting, moving effortlessly between the visual and the sensory. She invites the viewer to experience her work through non-traditional methods of perception — to step in between the layers of her paintings and to feel the haptic surfaces.
There’s a sense of fearlessness and boldness in Burrows’ work, displayed in the purposeful, conscious brushwork and evident in the subject matter, capturing complex narratives of loss and grief. These emotions, often repressed, are placed in the foreground of Burrows’ practice. She encourages everyone to confront and experience grief, pointing to its transformative power and cathartic capability.
Selected Works
Exhibitions and Projects
2023 – ‘ADDENDUM,’ No 20 Arts, London, UK
- ‘Writing Myself,’ Wellcome Collection, London, UK
- ‘Royal College of Art MA2,’ Truman Brewery, London, UK
- ‘Inside Out – Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week,’ Core Arts Hackney, London, UK
- ‘Meet the Artist,’ 166 Café Bar Battersea, London, UK
- ‘Art ‘N’ Soul – Live Painting Performance,’ The Nest in Treehouse, London, UK
2022 – Warehouse UK x Kimberley Burrows Limited Edition Collection
2021 - Illustration Degree Show, Leeds Arts University
2016 - ‘Dialogue Beyond Sight,’ Oxo Tower, MaMoMi Initiative
- Access to HE End of Year Show, Leeds College of Art
2015 – Memory Makers, Holocaust Memorial Trust
2014 – ‘Celebrating 150 Years of John Lewis,’ Trafford Centre, Manchester, UK
- Solo Exhibition, St Vincent’s School for the Blind, Liverpool, UK
Awards
2023 - Shaw Trust Disability Power 100
- Visible Artist Award Shortlist
2017 - Guide Dogs Partnership Award
2016 – Specialist Intuitions Award for Student of the Year, Leeds Arts University
2014 - Gillian Lawrence Award
- RNIB Young Illustrator of the Year
Press Releases
ADDENDUM
15 September-14 October 2023
Kimberley Burrows, Euan Evans, Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia, Heiyi Tam
Publications
ADDENDUM
Exhibition catalogue
22 pages - Fully illustrated in colour,
5.8 x 8.3 inches (14.8 x 21 cm)
Click here to download a pdf version of the catalogue, or please contact the gallery at info@no20arts.com to enquire about a paper copy.