Kimberley Burrows, The Disappearance I (2023), acrylic monotype on paper [Detail]

 
 

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

 

Kimberley Burrows

Act 1: The Struggle, 2022

Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Kimberley Burrows

Flashing Through the Lack of Light, 2023

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 101.6 x 50.8 cm

Kimberley Burrows

Largo, 2022

Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 60 cm

Kimberley Burrows

The Disappearance I, 2023

Acrylic monotype on paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm

 
 

Kimberley Burrows

The Disappearance II, 2023

Acrylic monotype on paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Kimberley Burrows

The Disappearance III, 2023

Acrylic monotype on paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Kimberley Burrows

The Disappearance IV, 2023

Acrylic monotype on paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Kimberley Burrows

Widow’s Weeds, 2023

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel, 101.6 x 101.6 cm

 
 

Kimberley Burrows

Widow’s Weeds II, 2023

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel, 99.06 x 33.02 cm

 
 

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.

 
 

Kimberley Burrows, The Disappearance IV (2023), acrylic monotype on paper [Detail]