Born Australia, 1964
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

PhD (Philosophy) 2008, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011
Supreme Fiction, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny (Solo)
Anne Landa Award for video and new media arts 2011, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Going where the weather suits my clothes… a fall of light on fabric, mother’s tankstation, Dublin
2010
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (Solo)
2009
Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Artists' Residency Programme, Project Room. Irish Museum of Modern art, Dublin
The Arctic Circle, Farm Foundation of Arts and Sciences voyage into Arctic Circle
Fantopia – A state of impossible perfection. Or, how to live with perfect people (and not kill them). Mother’s tankstation, Dublin
Fax, The Drawing Center, New York
Mixing it Up, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York
Artists' Residency Programme, Irish Museum of Modern art, Dublin
2008
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
Don’t try this at home, mother’s tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
Melbourne Art Fair (Solo), mother’s tankstation
DELL Gallery at Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
New York State of Mind, Queens Museum, New York, NY
2007
The Manner of Work (Solo) Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
AniMotion Galerie F15, Oslo, Norway
New York State of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Til I Die, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
StereoVision, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Art Paris (Solo), Hilger Gallery at Art Paris, France
The End (Solo) Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
The Last Blue Sky, mother’s tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY (Solo)
Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria (Solo)
Re-Dis-Trans. Apex Art, New Museum, New York
Now, Voyager, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Kiss My Object, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Studio Visit, Exit Art, NY
2005
Torino Triennale Tremusei, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NY (Solo)
Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY [Group Show]
ArtOmi International Residency, Omi, NY
Jack (3-person show), Cuchifritos, New York, NY
Comix Ex-Machina, Flux Factory, LIC, NY
No Name Exhibitions, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Greater New York, PS1 Museum of Contemporary Art, LIC, NY
Triangle Arts Residency (Spring) New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Galleries, New York, NY
2004
Between Interconnectedness, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Light, Sound, Art & Science, Miami Museum of Science, FL
Triangle Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
In-Practice Series, The Sculpture Center, LIC, NY
Giganticism, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY
Fresh, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Somerville Art Prize (Awarded by Hunter College)
2003
Beneath the Surface, Newcastle Region Art Museum, Newcastle, Australia [solo]
Artist in Residence at Newcastle Region Art Museum, Australia
William Graf Travel Grant (Awarded by Hunter College)
2002
Summer Salt, Gallery 128, New York, NY
Ides of March, ABC NoRio, New York, NY
2000
Buffalo Babylon, Hallwall’s Contemporary Art Center Fundraiser, Buffalo, NY
Murder the Word, Site-specific event, Buffalo, NY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Mark Holsworth, ‘Ian Burns “And Then”’, Melbourne Art and Culture Critic, 1 August 2010
Marcus Bunyan, ‘And then’, Art Blart, 22 August 2010
Georgina Lee, ‘Fool me, Ian Burns’, Not Quite Critics, 28 August 2010
‘Willentlich der Illusion erliegen’, derStandard.at, 24 March 2010
John Gayer, ‘Ian Burns’, Art Papers Press, January/February. 2009
Tim Stott,  Frieze magazine, March/April. 2009
Mai Blount, ‘Don’t try this at home’, Circa Online, December. 2008
Sue Canning, Sculpture Magazine, July/August. 2008
Nicole Curin-Birch, ‘Robot hits the floor in Melbourne’, New Zealand Herald, 3 August. 2008
James Danziger, ‘Miami, Day 2’, The Year in Pictures, 4 December. 2008
Paddy Johnson, TimeOut New York, 19-–25 June. 2008
Peter Hill & Steve Bush, ‘The 2008 Melbourne Art Fair’, Art World, October/November 2008
Shaheen Merali, New York: States of Mind. Art in the City, Saqi, London, pp. 90–3. 2008
Julia Morrisroe, ‘Art Basel – Miami’, Sculpture Magazine, April, p. 79. 2008
Jonathan T. D. Neil, ‘Future Greats’, Art Review, March, pp. 92–3. 2008
Sandra Relme, ‘Flowers East’, Time Out London, 4 September 2008
Review with Image, Kim Levin, ArtNews, December, p. 158. 2007
Barbara A. MacAdam, ‘Object Overruled’, ArtNews, December, pp. 124–7. 2007
Cover artwork, FlavorpillNYC, #383, 9–15 October, http://flavorpill.net/m4/1/10.09.07/designby/ 2007
Art Listings, FlavorpillNYC, #382, 2–8 October, http://nyc.flavorpill.net/145412. 2007
Review with Image, Flash Art, July/ September, p. 61. 2007
Review, Valentina Sansone, Flash Art, (Italian ed.) April 2007
Elisabeth Byre, Animotion, Galerie f15, Moss, Norway. 2007
Listing/Review - Text and Image, Vienna Listing, ArtKrush, Issue#41, 30 September, p. 5. 2006
Review, Text and Image, Richard Huntington, Buffalo News, 13 October 2006
Reviewer Pick, Text and Image, K. O’Day, ArtVoice, 7–13 September, p. 36. 2006
Article - Text and images, Robert Knafo, Studio Visit, June 2006
Article - Text and image, Liz Finnegan, Islip Bulletin, 23 February 2006
Review, Helen A. Harrison, The New York Times, 5 March  2006
Listing/Review – Text and Image, Vienna Listing, ArtKrush, Issue#41, 30 September, p. 5. 2006
Susan Canning, ‘Now Voyager”, Islip Art Museum, Islip. 2006
Article, Charlotte Laubard, Text and Image, O2 (France), Vol. 36, pp. 12–13. 2006
Article, Vineta Kaulaca, Text and Image, Studija (Latvia), No. 44, Oct/Nov, pp. 50–3. 2005
Klaus Beisenbach ed., Greater New York, 2005, PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York, pp. 34–41; 100–1. 2005
Art Basel, Miami Beach 2005, Hatje Cantz Verlag,Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, pp. 458–9. 2005
Francesco Bonami & Carolyn Christov Bakargiev, The Pantagruel Syndrome: T1 Torino Trienniale Tremusei 2005, Skira Editore, Milano, Italy, pp. 212–5. 20
Review - Text and Image, Jeffrey Kastner, ArtForum, December, pp. 281–2. 2005
Review - Text and Image, Jonathon T. D. Neil, Modern Painter, December–January, p. 120. 2005
Stephen Hilger, ‘Reviews’, Tema Celeste, New York, NY. 2005
Ken Johnson, ‘Week in Review’, The New York Times, 30 September, New York, NY. 2005
Jason Schmidt, ‘Work in Progress’, V Magazine, Fall, New York, NY. 2005
‘The Listings’, The New York Times, 7 October 2005
Eleanor Heartney, ‘Return to the Real?’, Art in America, June–July 2005
Elizabeth Kley, ‘Greater New York 2005’, Art News, May 2005
Alesh Houdek, ‘Positions + More Basel’, Critical Miami, 2 December 2005
Nick Stillman, ‘Jack’, Time Out New York, 23 June 2005

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2010
Lock-Up Residency – Newcastle, Australia
Ashfield Municipal Council – Resident Artist, Thirning Villa, Sydney, Australia
2009
Australia Council – Emerging Artist New Work Grant
The Arctic Circle, Farm Foundation of Arts and Sciences voyage into Arctic Cricle
Jerome Foundation – Travel and Study Grant
Irish Museum of Modern Art Residency, Dublin, Ireland
Australia Council – Emerging Artist New Work Grant
2008
Queensland College of Art Resident Artist, Brisbane, Australia
NYFA – 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts fellow in video
2006
Big Orbit Gallery Summer Residency, Buffalo, NY
2005
ArtOmi International Residency, Omi, NY
Triangle Arts Studio Residency, New York, NY
2004
Triangle Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
Somerville Art Prize (Awarded by Hunter College)
2003
William Graf Travel Grant  (Awarded by Hunter College)
Artist in Residence at Newcastle Region Art Museum, Australia