October 13 – 27, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 13, 2 – 4 p.m.
BAU-XI GALLERY
340 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1G5
T: 416.977.0600
E: toronto@bau-xi.com
www.bau-xi.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 10–5:30, Sun 11–5:30
Canadian modernism master Tom Burrows creates brilliant colour fields with poured polymer resin. Sometimes transparent, sometimes opaque, these impressive pieces give the illusion of a panel lit from within.
Burrows first began experimenting with poured polymer panels in the late 1960s while attending St. Martins school in London.
Tom Burrows received a B.A. in Art History from the University of BC in 1967, and continued post-graduate studies at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England until 1969. Burrows has had solo exhibitions in London, Rome, Tokyo, Berlin, New York, Edinburgh and across Canada. In 1999 Burrows’ work was included in survey exhibitions of Canadian art at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Glenbow Gallery in Calgary, and the Windsor Art Gallery in Ontario. He has been awarded grants by the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Japan Canada Fund, and the BC Arts Council.
Burrows’ most prominent medium is cast pigmented polymer resin with which he creates subtle, luminescent abstractions. Brilliant colour fields, sometimes transparent, sometimes opaque, give the illusion of a panel lit from within. Tom Burrows’ work is held in private, corporate, and public collections in Europe, Asia and the Americas.