Mark Burch
Mark Burch (b.1996, Wiltshire) is a British painter living and working in London. He graduated with an MA in Fine Art from the Bath School of Art in 2020, having previously completed his BA in Fine Art at Southampton Solent School of Art & Design (2017).
Burch’s painting’s explore our mind’s tendency to daydream, replaying selective memories in a nostalgic, cinematic loop. By collecting, collating and editing pre-existing VHS footage, he is able to present scenes from an otherwise unexplained narrative. Both these de-contextualised compositions, as well as a painting style that embraces the digital distortions and disruptions found in archival film, express the imperfections evident in a memory. Instead, emotion is idealised over accuracy, with feelings such as fear, desire or disgust foregrounded.
CV
Solo
'Chasing rabbits' , Shipton Gallery, London // 1st December 2023
Group Shows
Alone in the moonlight, Soup Gallery, London, // 15th January 2025
Soft edge of the blade, Shipton Gallery, London, // 2nd August 2024
I dropped my eye in the sea, ASC Studios, London // 18th April 2024
F.O.M.O, Roper Gallery, Bath artists' studios, Bath // 1st July 2022
The death of an object, Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath // 20th January 2022
Bath society of artists 116h Annual open exhibition, Victoria Art gallery, Bath // October 1st 2021
Of echoes and fragments, Pound Arts Centre, Corsham // 17th May 2021
Bocabar Autumn collection, Bristol // 6th October 2020
MA degree show, Untitled 2020, Bath School of Art and Design // 7th September 2020
Residencies
Goodeye Projects, London // Janauary 2025 - May 2025
Emerge, Sion hill Campus, Bath // March 2021 - August 2022