Tim Burns

In Residence on the verandahs at Donnelly River Village

6-13 June 2023

Tim Burns is a legendary figure in the history of Australian underground art. He rose to notoriety in the early 1970s with a series of (literally) explosive art actions, before decamping to New York, where he remained, on and off until the mid-1990s. He now resides in the town of York, in Western Australia.

Rather than identifying as a painter, filmmaker, karaoke videographer, installation artist, theatre director or performer (although he has done all these and more), Burns calls himself “a context artist”. What unites the hugely varied set of projects Burns has worked on over the last forty years is a constant desire to set up situations which critically reflect on our hypermediated, industrialised western society.

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Wheatbelted Appropriations

2016
TIM BURNS FILMS
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES NYC

2015
AGAINST THE GRAIN TIM BURNS SURVEY IN TAIPEI APRIL MAY IN GERALDTON WITH AOTM IN JUNE
AGAINST THE GRAIN TIM BURNS SURVEY IN TAIPEI APRIL MAY IN GERALDTON WITH AOTM IN JUNE

Group Exhibitions

2023

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA

2022

Sculpture at Bathers

2016
HOMELESS CARAPACE
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA

2015
SPAM MANDURAH ART CENTREFEB
SPAM MANDURAH ART CENTREFEB

2015
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA SCULPTURE AT BATHERS BEACH
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA SCULPTURE AT BATHERS BEACH

Awards

2019
SACRED SITE GWAMBYGINE
PERTTH ROYAL SHOW ART PRIZE

Lukes Party (co-producer/director, 1991) a 16 min film which won the Cinema du Reel Paris, the San F
Lukes Party (co-producer/director, 1991) a 16 min film which won the best australian short Melbourne International Film Festival The Frames short fiction “Innovation’ award Adelaide