Quick Facts
Biography
Amanda Burk is an artist from Ontario who specializes in drawing. Amanda Burk is currently an Associate Professor at Nipissing University in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts.
Early life and education
Burk grew up in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. She attended the University of Waterloo and graduated with an Honours BA Fine Arts Studio Specialization, English Minor in 2001. Burk also received a Masters of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in 2003.
Career
Artistic practice
Burk's art is represented by Halde Galerie in Widen, Switzerland and Graphite Galleries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Los Angeles, Miami and Peoria, Illinois.
In 2009, Burk moved to North Bay and began featuring wild animals in her drawings. Burk's most recent solo exhibition, Stories of Contentment and Other Fables, was held at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery from January 13 to March 26, 2017. This exhibition featured large-scale drawings of mammals found in Northern Ontario and explored the ideas of human survival instincts and innate behaviours using animal imagery. This exhibition was supported by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council.
Burk's work, Full Circle (unrest), was selected for Manifest’s International Drawing Annual (INDA 11). The publication will feature 81 artists and is due out mid-2017.
The Line Gallery
The Line Gallery in North Bay was founded by Burk in 2011, which is the first gallery in Canada with a mandate dedicated to exhibiting contemporary Canadian drawing. Since its inception, the gallery has held twenty-five solo exhibitions of Canadian artists who specialize in drawing.