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Thomas Burke

American

b. 1978

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  1. Sleazy Day-Tripper by Thomas Burke, Image 1.

    Thomas Burke

    Sleazy Day-Tripper, 2003

    Acrylic on aluminum

    14 x 40 in

  2. sx mchne by Thomas Burke, Image 1.

    Thomas Burke

    sx mchne, 2002

    Acrylic on aluminum

    14 x 48 x 0.5 in

  3. Lucky Star by Thomas Burke, Image 1.

    Thomas Burke

    Lucky Star, 2005

    Acrylic on metal

    36 x 96 in

Burke was born in Buffalo, New York. In 2002 he graduated from UNLV with a BFA. Critics have described his style as a continuation of Op Art – “Burke treats Op as a springboard into something bigger and bolder and more muscular” (David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, Feb 27, 2015) – but the artist himself downplays that association. “I’d rather be taken for a formalist than a practitioner of Op-art,” he said in the commentary for the show that Pagel was reviewing. (Dutch Jailbreak). In 2011 he was quoted as saying, “In simplest terms, I think my contribution is an idea about what makes good design in painting ... Utopian and psychedelic … accidentally mesmerizing, spatially ambiguous, sexy plastic painting.”  Burke has used illusionary effects in his work throughout his career, making a flat image appear to curve out or in, or warp to one side. He generates the shapes in a computer before transferring them to the work surface.