BILL BURNS (b. 1956, Canada)

Bill Burns: Dogs and Boats and Airplanes, 2008

SIGNED Limited Edition Artists' Book

Publ. by MKG127, Toronto, Canada, 2008. A 31-page postcard book. Limited edition of only 69 copies. SIGNED and numbered '19/69' by artist on back. This set of bound postcards is comprised of excerpts from the artist's extensive archive of dog, boat and airplane pictures. Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 4". BRAND NEW.

Bill Burns most recently exhibited at the ICA, London, UK in the winter of 2008. Burns is best known for his Safety Gear for Small Animals (SGSA) project with manifestations of this project including an installation of safety gear and triage tents at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York as part of Safe in 2005-2006; A comprehensive exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in 2005; A Concert for Patagonia at the Bienal del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia, Argentina in 2007 and Bird Radio at KW - Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany in summer/fall 2007.

Burns was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and currently lives in Toronto. His work concerning drugs, animals and safety has been published and exhibited widely, including solo projects at Wellcome Trust, London, UK; Kunst-Werke-ICA, Berlin, Germany; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK. His Safety Gear for Small Animals exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, (MoCCA) Toronto and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound toured to nine locations including the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada; California State University-Fullerton, Los Angeles, CA; and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada. His book works and artists' editions have become highly valued and are included in numerous collections including the MoMA, New York; the Tate Britain, London, UK; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; and the Getty Center,  Los Angeles, CA.

SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2023
'Uses of Enchantment: Art and Environmentalism' (group exhibition), McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada

2022
'Bill Burns: The Salt, the Milk, the Donkey, the Honey, the Folk Singers', Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Regina, SK, Canada

2021
'Bill Burns: The Salt, the Oil, the Milk', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2019
'Bill Burns', Galerie du Tableau, Marseilles, France
'Bill Burns', La Capataza,Buenos Aires, Argentina
'Bill Burns', Atelier Amden, Amden, Switzerland
'Bill Burns', Bookart Artbooks, London, UK

2018
'Record Shop' (group exhibition), MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
'Bill Burns', Amden Atelier, Amden Utopian Colony, Amden, Switzerland
'Bienal de Curitiba' (group exhibition), Memorial de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil

2017
'The Bill Burns Show (Part 3)', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015
'Bill Burns: Hans-Ulrich Obrist Hear Us', Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

2012
'Oh, Canada' (group exhibition), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
'Forced Perspective' (group exhibition), Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
'Bill Burns: Dogs & Boats & Airplanes', C4 Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2011
'Bill Burns: Safety and Affection', Medes Wood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
'Bill Burns', Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), Dawson City, Canada

2010
'Bitter Sweet' (group exhibition), Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
'Bill Burns: How to Help Animals Escape from Natural History (Photos 1995 - 2005)', Fundación Cristina Enea, San Sebastián, Spain
'I-Lands' (group exhibition), Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Nystedvej, Denmark
'Bill Burns: Bird Radio for Afghanistan', Manif d'Art 5, La Biennale de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada 
'Bill Burns', Mendes-Wood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
'The Bill Burns Show', MKG127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2009
'Bill Burns: Souvenirs of Guantanamo Bay', Kunsthall KBH, Skive, Denmark
'I-Lands' (group exhibition), Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense C, Denmark
'Bill Burns', Doris McCarthy Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2008
'Bill Burns: Dogs and Boats and Airplanes', A.M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
'Bill Burns: Bird Radio', Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
'Bill Burns: Bird Radio', Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (KWAG), Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
'Bill Burns: Dogs and Boats and Airplanes', MKG127, Toronto, Canada
'Bill Burns: 0.800.0FAUNA0FLORA', Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK

2006
'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Kamloops Art Gallery (KAG), Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

2005
'Safe: Design Takes on Risk' (group exhibition), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

2004
'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
'Bill Burns: Safety Gear for Small Animals', Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2002
'Bill Burns: Everything I Could Buy on eBay about Malaria', Wellcome Trust's TwoTen Gallery, London, UK

 

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