D Brian Burns II
Artist
ABOUT ME
I was born In California. The son of a school teacher and an air force navigator. We moved frequently growing up; I did preschool in Louisiana, and I have lived in several other states, including Colorado and New Mexico.
At an early age I drew and painted, and I began to identify as an artist as soon as elementary school. I used to get in trouble in school for drawing on my homework and tests, but despite that continued to make images.
In 2009 I began my formal training in California. There I built a studio and worked for the next several years.
In 2014, my mother passed away, and I moved to New York shortly after in the summer of 2015. In 2017 I received my Masters of Fine Arts degree from SUNY Purchase in New York, and moved to Brooklyn shortly after.
Now I live and work out of Brooklyn in New York City, mostly making paintings.
Exhibitions
Education:
2017 MFA Fine Art Purchase College, Purchase, New York
2014 BA Studio Art California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California
2006 Graduated Del Campo High School, Sacramento, California
Awards and Publications
2019 Winner of the Call for Color: Orange Edition, Artrepreneur, New York, NY
2019 Newspaper publication, Friday August 9, The Rivertowns Enterprise, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
2018 The Stu, Fall Issue, Published by Unkahmen, New York, NY
2015 Award of Merit, From the California State fair, Sacramento, CA
2014 Award of Merit, From the California State fair, Sacramento, CA
2014 Deans Honor List, CSUS, Sacramento, CA
2014 R.W. Witt Scholarship Award – Third Place, from the Else Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2011 ARC President’s Student Award, from the James Kaneko gallery, Sacramento, CA
Solo and Pair Exhibitions
2014 Mental Media, Witt Gallery, Sacramento CA
2014 Space Paintings, CSUS Writing Center, Sacramento, CA
2014 D Brian Burns II and Roberta Rousos, Blue Moon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Group Shows
2019 Transformations: Figures of Our Other Selves, Mills Pond Gallery, Long Island, NY
2019 Drawn from Life, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
2019 Summer Exhibition, LIC Arts Open Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2019 Summer Showcase, Unkahmen, New York, NY
2018 Summer Showcase, Unkahmen, New York, NY
2017 Artefactual, MFA Show, Equity Gallery, NY
2017 Artefactual, Dolly Maass Gallery, NY
2016 Broken, Stolen, Lost, Dolly Maass Gallery, NY
2015 Medium Rare, Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2015 Broken, Oakwilde Sculpture Ranch, Valley Springs, CA
2014 California State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
2014 Art Ball Sculpture Show, CSUS ASL,, Sacramento, CA
2014 Senior Show, Else Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2014 Nature vs Nurture, Oak Wilde sculpture Ranch, with Art Oneeightseven Collective, Valley Springs, CA
2014 Our Brain, Crocker Art Museum, with the Art Oneeightseven Collective, Sacramento, CA
2014 Depth and Change, Witt Gallery, with the Art Oneeightseven Collective, Sacramento, CA
2014 Award Show, Else Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2013 Collage and Beyond, 21 Ten Gallery, Sacramento CA
2013 Art Ball, CSUS ASL, Sacramento, CA
2013 Sculpture Show, Witt Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2013 Award Show, Else Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2012-13 Spiritual show, Blank Canvas studios, Sacramento, CA
2012 Political show, Blank Canvas studios, Sacramento, CA
2012 Art Ball, Sacramento State ASL, Sacramento, CA