Thomas Burke was born in 1978 in Buffalo, New York. He received his BFA from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 2002. In 2004, he completed his residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include “New Paintings,” Western Project, Los Angeles, CA; “A Smooth Optimism,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; and Galerie Jean Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France. Recent group exhibitions include “11 YEARS – Western Project Anniversary Group Exhibition,” Western Project, Los Angeles, CA; “Four Approaches to Color: Anne Appleby, Thomas Burke, Herbert Hamak & Yek,” James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM; “Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland,” Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Dave Hickey. Burke currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. (http://www.amy-nyc.com/artists/thomas-burke) Thomas Burke’s new paintings are eye-grabbing extravaganzas that pack more visual wallop into their brightly colored surfaces than has been seen since artists like Richard Anuszkiewicz, Bridget Riley, Julian Stanczak and Victor Vasarely invented Op Art in the 1960s. That short-lived moment, along with Photo-Realism, are two of the few that have not been revisited, recycled and rehashed by subsequent generations, whose members increasingly seem to be vultures picking smaller and smaller scraps from the carcass of art history. In contrast, Burke treats Op as a springboard into something bigger and bolder and more muscular than it was the first time around. A great deal of oomph, and even more delicacy, are palpable in “Dutch Jailbreak,” his rollicking exhibition of eight new paintings at Western Project. Each is a diamond-shaped panel that the New York artist has taped and painted with an airbrush. The borders between Burke’s screaming colors are razor sharp..... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-art-review-thomas-burke-dutch-jailbreak-20150224-story.html undefined

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