Erik Burke works primarily on the street applying his work with wheatpaste and/or paint. His latest work
can be seen in Atlanta, GA and Albany, NY for the 'Living Walls Conference', the book
"Street Art; The Best Urban Art from Around the World", and his upcoming exhibition
'Paperboys' with Labrona and ND'A in Brooklyn, NY. He currently is living wherever there are no mosquitos.
My explorative nature has taken me to places surreal and commonplace. I use these opportunities to meet people as well as places through my art. I also like the souvenirs.
My interests have always included street art, architecture, and the creative use of urban spaces. My past works have included building and living in a cabin in the heart of Brooklyn, running a gallery in an alleyway in Reno, biking across Europe, and seeking out weathered and decommissioned spaces for wheat pastes and murals. Throughout my decade-plus of public works I have continually returned to the concepts of urban refuge, exploration, and the aesthetics of architectural repurposing.
Once it was my goal to bring art from the pedestal to the people but I realized you can't do it if you set out to do it. So in order to make art a part of everyone's daily life I make art a part of my daily life. Now I just have to remember to take the oil stick out of my pants before I do laundry.
I work primarily on the street.
Photo by Katarina Hybenova
My explorative nature has taken me to places surreal and commonplace. I use these opportunities to meet people as well as places through my art. I also like the souvenirs.
My interests have always included street art, architecture, and the creative use of urban spaces. My past works have included building and living in a cabin in the heart of Brooklyn, running a gallery in an alleyway in Reno, biking across Europe, and seeking out weathered and decommissioned spaces for wheat pastes and murals. Throughout my decade-plus of public works I have continually returned to the concepts of urban refuge, exploration, and the aesthetics of architectural repurposing.
Once it was my goal to bring art from the pedestal to the people but I realized you can't do it if you set out to do it. So in order to make art a part of everyone's daily life I make art a part of my daily life. Now I just have to remember to take the oil stick out of my pants before I do laundry.
I work primarily on the street.
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Photo by Katarina Hybenova
