# Amanda Burk

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'''Amanda Burk''' is an artist from Ontario who specializes in drawing.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.amandaburk.com/Bio.aspx|title=Bio|website=Amanda Burk|last1=Burk|first1=Amanda|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://theag.ca/events/stories-of-contentment-and-other-fables-recent-drawings-by-amanda-burk/|title=Stories of Contentment and Other Fables: Recent Drawings by Amanda Burk|last=Kurd|first=Nadia|date=2016-12-01|work=Thunder Bay Art Gallery|access-date=2017-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421193627/http://theag.ca/events/stories-of-contentment-and-other-fables-recent-drawings-by-amanda-burk/|archive-date=2017-04-21|language=en-US|url-status=dead}}</ref> Burk previously taught as an Associate Professor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nipissingu.ca/users/amanda-burk|title=amanda burk|website=www.nipissingu.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref> at [Nipissing University](/source/Nipissing_University) in the Department of Fine Arts and Visual Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/people/Pages/Amanda-Burk.aspx|title=Amanda Burk|website=Nipissing University|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>  
 
== Early life and education ==
Burk grew up in [Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario](/source/Kitchener-Waterloo%2C_Ontario).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/853368899907|title=Outdoor Column - Wildlife Art|date=January 12, 2017|work=[CBC Radio](/source/CBC_Radio)|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> She attended the [University of Waterloo](/source/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](/source/NSCAD_University) in 2003.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />

== Career ==

=== Artistic practice ===
Burk's art is represented by Halde Galerie in [Widen, Switzerland](/source/Widen%2C_Switzerland) and Graphite Galleries in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), Louisiana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.g101.ca/artists/amanda-burk|title=Amanda Burk|website=Gallery 101}}</ref> Her work has been exhibited internationally in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.graphitenola.com/amanda-burk.html|title=Amanda Burk|website=Graphite Galleries New Orleans|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref> [Miami](/source/Miami%2C_FL)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/aldous-huxley-meet-george-w-6335965|title=Aldous Huxley, Meet George W.|last=Jesus|first=Carlos Suarez De|date=2006-09-07|work=Miami New Times|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref> and [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/newsroom/Pages/Burk%E2%80%99s-work-selected-for-exhibition-and-publication.aspx|title=Burk's work selected for exhibition and publication|date=March 4, 2015|website=Nipissing University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092759/http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/newsroom/Pages/Burk%E2%80%99s-work-selected-for-exhibition-and-publication.aspx|archive-date=April 21, 2017|access-date=2017-04-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2009, Burk moved to [North Bay, Ontario](/source/North_Bay%2C_Ontario) and began featuring wild animals in her drawings.<ref name=":2">{{cite book|title=Fight or Flight: The Return of the Sublime in the Drawings of Amanda Burk|publisher=Thunder Bay Art Gallery|location=Thunder Bay|last1=Saunders|first1=Heather}}</ref> Burk's most recent solo exhibition, ''Stories of Contentment and Other Fables'', was held at the [Thunder Bay Art Gallery](/source/Thunder_Bay_Art_Gallery) from January 13 to March 26, 2017.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chroniclejournal.com/entertainment/local/artwork-tells-human-stories-through-animals/article_dfa42796-da23-11e6-a06f-cfc74fcb7475.html|title=Artwork tells human stories through animals|date=January 14, 2017|work=Chronicle Journal|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> This exhibition featured large-scale drawings of mammals found in [Northern Ontario](/source/Northern_Ontario) and explored the ideas of human survival instincts and innate behaviours using animal imagery.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Home-Gaul|first=Laura|date=March 20, 2017|title=Stories of Contentment and Other Fables|url=https://www.tusslemagazine.com/amanda-burk|journal=Tussle Magazine}}</ref> This exhibition was supported by a grant from the [Ontario Arts Council](/source/Ontario_Arts_Council).

Burk's work, ''Full Circle (unrest)'', was selected for Manifest's International Drawing Annual (INDA 11).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda11/|title=About the INDA 11|website=Manifest|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref> The 2017 publication features 120 works by 81 artists and an essay by Morgan Laurens.

=== The Line Gallery ===
The Line Gallery in North Bay was founded by Burk in 2011, which is the first gallery in Canada dedicated to exhibiting contemporary Canadian drawing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linegallery.ca/Content/index.php/category/announcements/|title=Line Gallery: Announcements|last=Burk|first=Amanda|website=Line Gallery|access-date=April 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/04/14/art-gallery-of-sudbury-presents-assemble|title=Art Gallery of Sudbury presents Assemble|date=April 14, 2016|work=Sudbury Star|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> Since its inception, the gallery has held twenty-five solo exhibitions of Canadian artists who specialize in drawing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/newsroom/Pages/Burk-to-Curate-Contemporary-Drawing-Exhibition-at-the-Art-Gallery-of-Sudbury.aspx|title=Burk to Curate Contemporary Drawing Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Sudbury|date=April 13, 2016|work=Nipissing University|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144957/http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/newsroom/Pages/Burk-to-Curate-Contemporary-Drawing-Exhibition-at-the-Art-Gallery-of-Sudbury.aspx|archive-date=April 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of University of Waterloo people](/source/List_of_University_of_Waterloo_people)

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/people/Pages/Amanda-Burk.aspx}} at [Nipissing University](/source/Nipissing_University)

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