Peter Burke was born in London in 1944 and had exhibited internationally and in Britain. His work is held in private collections across the globe, including Europe, the Far East and America.
He works with man-made materials which interact with their surrounding environment to evolve with natural weathering processes.
‘Central to my work is the idea of human presence. I feel we have a predisposition to recognise and read the human form with an intensity that accords to no other visual activity.’
Often in groups but sometimes a lone figure, the human form is an echo which runs through al, his works. With his engineering background, he has incorporated his interest in industrial working methods into his sculptures. The precision which characterises these methods, encounters the accidental of the reclaimed materials and natures processes of change.
In these works we see the structures of engineering meet with the fragmented form.
Lucy Tyler, July 2006
Osborne Samuel
Curriculum Vitae
Student Apprenticeship with Rolls Royce Aero Engines, Bristol.
Studied Sculpture at Bristol Polytechnic.
One-Man Exhibitions:
1978 South Hill Park, Bracknell.
Festival Gallery, Bath.
1981 Festival Gallery, Bath.
1986 Victoria Gallery, Bath.
1987 Watermans Art Centre, Brentford.
1988 Bath Contemporary Art Fair.[Louise Hallet Gallery]
1991 Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath.
1992 The New Art Centre, London.
1993 The Orangery, New Art Centre, Roche Court,Salisbury
1994 Atrium Gallery, Coopers and Lybrand, London.
2005 Spectrum Gallery, London
Mixed Exhibitions:
1973 Cheltenham Festival Open Air Sculpture Exhibition.
1974 Roland Browse and Delbanco, London.
1984 White Space Open Drawing Exhibition, London.
1988 Louise Hallet Gallery,London
1989-90 Chicago Contemporary Art Fair.
1989 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
Fischer-Reinhardt Gallery,Berlin.
1990 Grob Gallery,London.
1990-91 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Touring Exhibition.
1992 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
London Contemporary Art Fair.
ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
Chicago International Art Expo, U.S.A.
Art 23,92, Basel, Switzerland.
1993 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
Miami International Art Expo, U.S.A.
ARCO.Madrid, Spain.
Art 24’93, Basel, Switzerland.
1994 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
ARCO, Madrid. Spain.
Art 25’94, Basel, Switzerland.
1995 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Hochfelden, Switzerland.
Art 26’95, Basel, Switzerland.
1996 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Hochfelden, Switzerland.
Art 27’96, Basel, Switzerland.
Engineering Art, North Tynside ‘96.
Installation -Sculpture at Goodwood.
1997 The New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
Art 28’97 Basel, Switzerland.
A.C.A. Gallery, Munich.
1998 The New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
Art 29’98 Basel, Switzerland.
Installation - Sculpture at Goodwood.
Flowers East, London - Contemporary British Figurative Sculpture.
Drawings and Models Exhibition for Sculpture at Goodwood -
Pallant House, Chichester.
1999 The New Art Centre Sculpture Garden at Roche Court, Salisbury.
2nd Installation - Sculpture at Goodwood.
Art 30’99 Basel, Switzerland.
Drawings and Models Exhibition for Sculpture at Goodwood -
Stadische Kunsthalle, Mannheim.
Drawings and Models Exhibition for Sculpture at Good wood, Cologne.
Drawings and Models Exhibition for Sculpture at Goodwood -
Noorbrabants Museum, Hertogenbosch, Holland.
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London.
2000 Odapark, Venray, Holland.
Installation - New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury.
Drawings and Models Exhibition for Sculpture at Goodwood -
Derby City Museum.
Art 31’00 Basel, Switzerland.
Installation at Dyson Factory Courtyard, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Stephen Lacey Gallery.London.
2001 3rd. Installation-Sculpture at Goodwood.
2002 Peggy Guggenheim Collection-Venice-Concepts for 21st Century British Sculpture
2003 Berkeley Square Gallery,London.
4th Installation Sculpture at Goodwood
Sculpture at Goodwood, London - Project Models
2004 Osborne Samuel Gallery - London and at Art Chicago
2005 Spectrum gallery London
Osborne Samuel Gallery - London
Cass Foundation - London and Goodwood
Installation ‘Assembly’ at Woolwich Arsenal, London
2006 Osborne Samuel Gallery, London.
5th installation Cass Sculpture Foundation - Goodwood
Public Collections:
Contemporary Art Society, London, Henry Moore Foundation purchase.
Private Collections:
Britain, Europe, United States and the Far East.
Awards and Residencies:
1994 Residency in metal reclamation yard funded by Southern Arts.
1995 Pollock Krasner award.
1997/8 Development funding, Southern Arts.
2005 Diane Middlebrook Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artist Programe, USA
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