David Burdeny
Vancouver BC-based photography artist, David Burdeny has exhibited with the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery since 2001, showcasing his images from the world over, including Japan, Antarctica, Kenya, Brazil, China, Burma, France, Italy, Canada and the USA. Known for his finely composed photographs, Burdeny has explored a variegated photographic landscape ranging from minimal seascapes, ornate European interiors to abstract aerial images. Be it leaning out from a low flying helicopter, shooting from the deck of an Antarctic bound icebreaker or wading in hip-waders for an ocean tide to advance, Burdeny faithfully imbeds his own formal and minimalist signature into each and every image, further expressing a life long passion for the built environment and the camera’s interpretation of it. Burdeny’s photography takes the viewer on a visual journey through some of the world’s most iconic cities while his vast aerial photographs serve to build bridges of empathy to sensitive landscapes and ecosystems of our world in a way that is both beautiful and thought provoking.
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Artist Website: davidburdeny.com
Vancouver, Canada, based David Burdeny has exhibited with the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery since 2001, showcasing his images from the world over, including Antarctica, Iceland, Brazil, China, Burma, Cambodia, France, Italy, Canada and the USA. Known for his finely composed photographs, David Burdeny has spent the past 20 years exploring a variegated photographic Landscape ranging from minimal seascapes, ornate European interiors to abstract aerial images. Widely collected in Canada, the USA, Asia and Europe, the sheer beauty of David’s images has firmly placed him within the realm of Canada’s most sought after photo-based artists. David’s willingness to take risks, eschew dogma and continuously pursue his innate curiosity for new subjects and themes has become a signature element in his work. Be it mounting a camera beneath a self -built drone, shooting from the deck of an Antarctic bound icebreaker or waiting for an ocean tide to advance, David faithfully imbeds his own formal signature into each and every image further expressing a lifelong passion for the built environment and the camera’s interpretation of it. Distinctly David Burdeny, the photographs are rigorous yet graceful, inviting the viewer to form their own narrative as if they too were passing through space or gazing into the horizon for the very first time.
David Burdeny’s Masters in Architecture and Interior Design background combined with his upbringing in the vast Canadian prairies provides the template for his keen technical ability, enduring patience and minimalist aesthetic. Recently moving from using large format film to now the finest available digital cameras and precision optics, his images are rendered large and detailed. A Bright Future- Photographs of Russian Subways, Theaters and Palaces 2015 received an explosion of media interest, especially in the UK and Russia. Burdeny was in New York City to receive his First Place Award from IPA for Avata Metro Station, St. Petersburg, Russia in the Category of Historic Architecture, and was interviewed for the most recent articles for The Guardian UK and Wired publications amongst several others. In 2012, the Ancora Series of 2010 was exhibited at the Centre for Photographic Art, Carmel CA, Curated by Richard Gadd. Burdeny has won several gold awards in international art photography competitions, most significantly receiving International Photographer of the Year in the Nature category for Canada, revealed at the Lucie Awards Ceremony in New York City, October 2008. His first book Shorelines sold out in both the limited collector edition and trade publication. He has 10 Limited Edition Photographic Series currently offered and is represented by other art dealers in Canada, the USA and Europe. His second hard cover book is A Bright Future, 2015 with text by esteemed writer and translator, Rosamund Bartlett.
DAVID BURDENY
Residence: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Born: 1968 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Education
1998 Master of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture
1993 Bachelor of Interior Design, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 City on a Hill, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021 A Prairie Town, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2020 Multiplex, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 Before Ever After, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 Salt, Pervander Horst Gallery, The Hague & Taipei
2019 Before Ever After, , Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
2018 Carrara -Cava Bianco, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Oceans 2017, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
2017 Oceans, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2017 Parallels and Meridians, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
2017 Tulips, Gillman Contemproary, Ketchum ID. USA
2016 Salt, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016 Salt & Veld, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
2016 Salt, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
2015 A Bright Future, New Work From Russia, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
2015 A Decade of Landscapes, FAF Cracow, Poland.
2015 Saudade, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT
2015 Saudade, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2015 XS, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
2014 Saudade, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
2014 Saudade, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC Canada
2013 Traces of Time, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
2013 Traces of Time, , Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC Canada
2012 Ancora, Centre for Photographic Art, Carmel CA, Curated by Richard Gadd
2012 Herringer Kiss Gallery, Exposure 2012, Gallery, Alberta, Canada
2012 Traverse Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 Ancora, Camera 16, Milano, Italy.
2011 Ancora, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2011 Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2011 Ancora, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Iris Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
2010 David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2010 Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2010 Galerie Schindel, Freiburg, Germany
2010 Brucie Collections, Kiev, Ukraine
2010 Sacred & Secular, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Young Gallery Brussels, Belgium
2009 Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2008 North|South, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 NorthISouth, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2008 David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2008 Antartica/Greenland, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007 New Photographs, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2007 Specific Gravity, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
2007 Shorelines, Collins Lefebvre Stoneberger, Montreal QC, Canada
2007 Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho, USA
2007 Drift, Exposure 2007, Gallery; Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary Alberta, Canada
2006 Photographs, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona, USA
2006 Photographs, 3×10 Seattle, Washington, USA
2005 Shorelines, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004 Sur-Mer, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004 Hollinger Collins Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2004 Gateway Theatre, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
2003 Interval, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003 World In Focus, Juried by Carl Gronquist, Cathryn Buchanan, Rainier Square building, Seattle, WA
2003 Recent Images, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
2003 Artropolis 2003: Residue, curated by Pauline Conley, CBC Building, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002 Fifteenth Annual Juried Miniature Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
2002 Seascapes, Architectura, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1996 Kathmandu Urban Images, Gallery 111, Winnipeg, Canada
1992 Juried Photography Show, Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2016 Art Chicago, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Chicago, IL, USA
2016 Art New York, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2016 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, FL, USA
2016 Art Palm Beach, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2015 Art Miami Context, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2015 Far and Away, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 Art Miami Context, Bau-XI Photo, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2015 Surfs Up, Art Project Paia, Maui, Hawaii, USA
2015 TIAF Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-XI Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2013 Realiteit,, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery Vancouver BC
2008 The Best of 2007 – A Retrospective, The Iris Gallery of Fine Art Photography
2007 Bit Impressions, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho. USA
2007 Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho, Alex Couwenberg, David Burdeny, Robert Glenn Ketchum
2007 DIA Invitational, The Centre for Fine Art Photography, DIA, CO, USA
2007 LUMAS New York, NORIZONS – landscape in contemporary photography, NY, USA
2006 IPA Best of Show, Farmani Gallery Los Angeles, California
2006 Here are Your Waters, Green Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2005 Indian Hill Gallery of Fine Photography, Wells Vermont, USA
2004 Hollinger Collins Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2004 Summer at the Gallery, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Summer Group Show, Gallery 54, Calgary, Canada
2004 Photographs by John Dean, David Burdeny, Dan Gordon, + Brian Henson, Gallery 54, Calgary, Canada
2004 Keep Expanding, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver Canada
2003 Terrain, Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 World In Focus, Juried by Carl Gronquist, Cathryn Buchanan, Seattle, USA
2003 Peripheries, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, Canada, David Evans and David Burdeny
2003 Artropolis 2003: Curated by Pauline Conley, Vancouver Canada
2003 Juried Group Show, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
2002 Fifteenth Annual Juried Miniature Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
2002 Seascapes, Architectura, Vancouver, Canada
1992 Juried Photography Show, Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg, Canada.
Art Fairs
2016 Art Chicago, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Chicago, IL, USA
2016 Art New York, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2015 Art Palm Beach, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2015 Art Miami Context, Bau-Xi Photo, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2015 Art Miami Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2015 TIAF, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 TIAF, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 TIAF, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 Art Miami New York, New York, NY Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2014 TIAF, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2014 Papier 14, Montreal, QC, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2014 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2013 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2012 Art Miami, Miami FL Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2012 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2012 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2011 Art Miami, Miami FL Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2011 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2011 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2010 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2010 Photo LA, California, USA
2009 Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2009 Bridge Art Fair, New York City, NY USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2008 LAAF, Los Angeles California, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2007 Art Miami, Miami Florida, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, NY USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
PalmBeach3 Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2006 Photo L.A., Los Angeles, California USA Susan Spiritus Gallery, New Port Beach, California
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2004 Scope LA, Los Angeles, California USA Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
Publications
2009 Art Travel, France, Fall issue
2009 Photo Journeys: David Burdeny’s Icebergs, Four Seasons Magazine, August 2009
2008 Lloyd Dykk, Elevating Icebergs to Realm of the Surreal, Vancouver Sun, September 17, 2008
2008 Jeri Zeder, Startup for An Ailing Planet, Harvard Law Bulletin, Summer 2008 – Cover Image
2008 Icebergs, Nox Magazine, Madrid, 2008
2008 Four Seasons Magazine, Winter 2008
2008 Ann Rosenberg, Northern Light, Galleries West, Fall 2008- Cover Image
2008 Diminishing Shelf Life, Canadian Art (online), Summer 2008
2008 Snapshots in Time, Where Toronto, Summer 2008
2008 Photo Life Magazine, Portfolio May 2008 Vol 33, Number 3
2007 Betty Ann Jordon, Ethereal Waterworlds Bridging Heaven and Earth Inform the Gorgeously Minimalist Pictures of Vancouver Artist David Burdeny, House & Home, November 2007
2007 Morley Walker, Two Cameras, One View, Winnipeg Free Press, December 2007
2007 Black + White Magazine (USA) 2007 Portfolio Contest Awards, p. 20-23
2006 Interviewed by Russell Joslin, David Burdeny: Shorelines, Shots 94, Winter 2006. p. 12-15.
2006 September Photo Magazine Romania, Interview + Cover
2006 Vancouver Magazine, June 2006, The Ocean Club p.70, 72
2006 Communication Arts Photo Annual 2006
2006 Digital Photographer (Ukraine edition) Mar. 2006
2006 Georgia Straight Vol 39 No.1 1983
2005 Robin Laurence, David Burdeny: Shorelines, The Georgia Straight, December 2005
2005 Communications Arts Photo Annual 2005
2005 Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine, State of the Art Interview
2005 Wojtek Tkaczynski, Slady Czlowieka: David Burdeny, Fotopozytypw, May 2005 – Cover image
2005 Black + White Magazine (USA) Single Image Annual
2004 Communication Arts Photo Annual 2004
2004 Hasselblad “V” System Catalogue
2003 Photo Media, Spring 2003
2003 Grand Prize Winner: David Burdeny, PhotoLife, March 2003 vol. 28- Cover Image
2003 The Big Picture, Artropolis, 2003
Awards
2016 IPA Professional Photographer of the Year: Nature
2015 IPA Professional Photographer of the Year: Nature
2010 IPA Professional Photographer of the Year: Nature
2008 IPA International Photographer of the Year, Nature Category
2007 International B+W Portfolio Contest Award of Excellence
2006 IPA- 1st place Landscape Division
2006 Photolucida Critical Mass Winner, Portland, Oregon
2006 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Photo Annual
2005 IPA – Nonprofessional Photographer of the Year: Nature
2005 IPA – 1st Place – Nature – Non professional
2005 IPA – 2nd Place – Nature – Non professional
2005 IPA – 3rd Place – Landscape Fine Art – Non professional
2005 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Photo Annual
2004 International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Amateur Photographer of the Year
2004 International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Architectural (Amateur)
2004 International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Nature (Amateur)
2004 International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Fine Art (Amateur)
2004 International B+W Spider Awards Honorable Mention: Fine Art (Amateur
2004 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Photo Annual
2003 Honorable Mention, World In Focus, Rainier Square building, Seattle, WA
2003 Grand Prize, PhotoLife Magazine, Image International, 2002
2002 Honorable Mention, Fifteenth Annual Miniature Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1998 MAA Medal
1993 ASID Yale R. Burdge Award
2023 Artifact & City on a Hill Press Release
2021 A Prairie Town Press Release
2017 Oceans Press Release
2016 Salt & Veld Press Release:
2015 A Bright Future Press Release
2014 Saudade Press Release
2012 Traces of Time Press Release
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