James Burke (b.1983) is a London based visual artist. 6 years of fine art training, culminated in a Masters degree at UAL Central Saint Martins in 2007.

James Burke’s practice challenges current notions of colour & process, pattern & geometry, materiality & form; whilst drawing on principles from Formalism, Hard Edge & Minimilism, to the Bauhaus, Design Art & Relational Aesthetics.

The circular geometry used by the artist seeps into cultures, with subtle differences & a broad range of applications. Similar geometry has been seen & experienced inside the most sacred and mundane spaces - Churches, cathedrals, mosques, synagogues, roman villas, ancient ruins, museums, books, haute couture, shopping malls, coffee shops & on streets. The artist extracts this geometric form & applies it through a postmodern working methodology.

Artist notes:

• ‘The act of using circular forms, creates a bridge between geometry as the machinery of reality, and the ergonomics of organic matter.’ J Burke, Financial Times Magazine, 2007.

• Design principles & psychological narratives are explored through the lenses of both nature & the machine.

• The circular form is beautiful. It never ends.

• Belief is built around what is not visible, the empty fragments between what is visible.