Education:
2006 - 2011 Practice Based PhD, University of Ulster, Belfast
2000 – 2002 Master of Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast
1997 – 1999 Degree in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast
Future Projects
2018 Golden Fleece Award - Winner
2018 Visual Artists Ireland Suki Tea Award Winner
2018 The Precariat/ Solo Exhibition - RHA Dublin
2018 On a Pedestal, Group Exhibition - The Office for Public Works
2018 The Dock, Leitrim - Solo Exhibition
2019 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris - Solo Exhibition
2019 Visual, Carlow - Solo Exhibition
2019 The Vermont Studio Centre - Residency
2019 Centre Cultrel Irlandais,Paris - Residency
2020 The Ulster Museum - Solo Exhibition
2020 Big Houses Project, curated by Mary Cremin for Galway 2020
Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2017 No Vestige of a Future, no Prospect of a Past - Solo presentation at Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden. Represented by Ormston House, Limerick
2016 Vestiges, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland
2016 Vestige, Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2013 Hope for a Better Past, The MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2013 National Memories, Local Stories, The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK & the Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2012 Illuminations, Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland
2012 Irish Writers, Cavan County Council, Ireland
2011 I can’t go on; I’ll go on, PS2, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2009 State of Grace, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2005 Archive Lisburn Road, Belfast Exposed, Northern Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 The Hermionie Exhibition - curated by Aisling Prior
2017 Periodical Review No 7 - Pallas Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2017 The Ulster Museum Annual Exhibition
2017 Domestic Affairs, Platform Arts, Belfast, Ireland
2017 So It Is, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
2016 Resurgence, Hillyer Arts Space, Washington, USA
2016 Irish Wave, Birth of a Nation, San Wei Gallery, Beijing, China
2016 The Ulster Museun Annual Exhibition, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2015 Claremorris Open, City Council Offices, Claremorris, Ireland
2015 Eigse Open, Visual Carlow, Ireland
2015 Displacements – The Trouble with being Human these Days, Gallery Ex Elettrofonica Gallery, Rome, Italy
2015 When the wind Blows, The MilleniumCourt Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland
2015 Roman Remains, Transition Gallery, London
2014 Art of the Troubles, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2014 Arafudo Art Annual, Fukushima, Japan
2014 Art of the Troubles, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
2014 Palimpsest, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2014 The Past is Unpredictable, the F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, Northern Ireland
2014 Spazi Aperti, Academia di Romana, Rome, Italy
2014 June Mostra, The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
2014 March Mostra, The British School at Rome, Italy
2013 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
2013 Instances of Agreement, Northern Irish Artists in Taiwan, Kao Yuan Art Centre, Kao Yuan University, Taiwan
2013 Humbly Through the Dust, The Cooper Wilkinson Gallery, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2013 Outland Arts, Satis House Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Art Fairs
2017 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden – Solo Presentation, Ormston House, Limerick
2016 VUE – RHA, Dublin, Ireland
2015 SCOPE New York, represented by Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2015 Art International, Istanbul, represented by Ex Elettrofonica Gallery, Rome
2014 SCOPE New York, represented by Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2013 SCOPE New York, represented by Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Awards and Residencies
2017 Royal Ulster Academy – Associate Academician
2017 Banff Centre for the Creative Arts, Canada
2017 Residency - Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
2016 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Self Arranged Residency Award
2015 Claremorris Open Winner, Claremorris, Ireland
2015 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for the Individual Artist Award
2015 South Tipperary Artist Award, Clonmel County Council, Tipperary, Ireland
2014 The Art Council of Northern Ireland, British School at Rome Fellowship
2013 National Memories, Local Stories, The Ulster Museum, Belfast
2013 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for the Individual Artist Award
2011 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for the Individual Artist Award
2010 Art of Regeneration, Bangor Borough Council Artist in Association
2010 The Golden Fleece Award, shortlisted, RHA, Ireland
2009 Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Platform Arts Photography Residency, Winnipeg, Canada
2005 Photographer in Association, The Cross Border Centre, Dundalk Institute of Technology
2004 Arts Council of Ireland Publications Assistance Award
Employment and Committees
2017-2019 External Assessor in Sculpture and Ceramics for Sligo IT
2015 Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art, Sligo IT
2014 Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art, University of Ulster
2010 Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
2007-2009 Board Member, Flax Art Studios, Belfast
2003-2006 Gallery Manager and Administrator for Queen Street Studios, Belfast
2003-2006 Board member, Source Photographic Review
2002-2006 Associate Lecturer, BA Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast
2001-2006 Co-trustee of ‘In You We Trust’ Cushendall Residency Programme
2000-2002 Co-director of Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast
Publications and Catalogues
2015 Mostra, produced by The British School at Rome, pgs. 16, 17 &18
2014 The Past is Unpredictable, produced the F.E. McWilliam Gallery pgs. 30-42
2014 Spazi Aperti, produced by Academia di Romana, Rome, pgs. 38 & 39
2013 Northern Ireland – 30 Years of Photography, Produced by Belfast Exposed and by Colin Graham, Archive Lisburn Road pgs. 235 – 237
2010 Where are all the People? Produced by Belfast Exposed Photography. Archive Lisburn Road, pgs. 112-114
2010 The Art of Regeneration, produced by Bangor Council and edited by Ursula Burke
2005 The Politics of Remembrance, produced and edited by Ursula Burke and in conjunction with the Cross Border Centre, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
2005 Archive Lisburn Road, produced by Belfast Exposed and edited by Daniel Jewesbury and Ursula Burke
2004 And the One Doesn’t stir without the Other, Produced and edited by Ursula Burke and Ruth Jones, in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Reviews
2017 Da Dagens Nyuether, Stockholm, 23.03.17 review of No vestige of a past, no prospect of a Future at Supermarket Art Fair
2017 Pittsburgh Tribune - Irish artists share strife and struggle in 'So It Is', 22.04.17
2017 Pittsburgh City Paper, At the Mattress Factory, artists from Northern Ireland explore oppression and injustice by Nadine Wasserman
2017 Cora Magazine, Stockholm Sweden – Supermarket Art Fair/ Ursula Burke pg. 22&23
2016 Washingtonian, There’s a Lot More to Irish Heritage in DC This Year Than St. Patrick’s Day by Meg Maher
2015 a.n. - Roman Remains: exploring the traces of a chance encounter by Stephen Palmer
2014 Irish Arts Review, summer 2014 Edition – The Past is Unpredictable, reviewed by Claire Dalton
2014 Arafudo Art Interview - http://arafudo.net/interview-urusulaburke/
2014 Irish Mirror, Art attack: Council bans painting for showing naked gay couple having sex, by Maurice Fitzmaurice, 20.05.14
2014 Belfast Telegraph, Online petition launched as Banbridge council bans gay sex painting by Amanda Ferguson 27.0514
2012 Live Fast Mag, Fair Review: SCOPE Art Fair New York City 2012 words by Aban Sonia on March 13, 2012
2011 Aesthetica Online – I can’t go on. I’ll go on, PS2 Project Space, Belfast. Reviewed by Angela Darby; http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/i‐cant‐go‐on‐ill‐go‐on‐ursula‐burke‐ ps2‐ project‐space‐belfast/
2009 a.n – State of Grace, Catalyst Arts, Belfast review by Anneka French
2008 Circa, Issue 123, Selective memories, collective histories – Declan Long
2002 Circa, Issue 102, Perspective ‐ Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. Review
2002 Circa, Issue 102, The Inheritance – The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast. Review
© 2013 Ursula Burke
