• Artworks
    • David Burdeny Saltern Study 10, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015 Archival pigment print 21 x 26 in. unframed 23 x 28 in. framed
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      Saltern Study 10, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015
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    • David Burdeny Saltern Study 06, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015 Archival pigment print 60 3/4 x 60 3/4 in. unframed 62 3/4 x 62 3/4 in. framed
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      Saltern Study 06, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015
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    • David Burdeny Saltern Study 12, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015 Archival pigment print 21 x 26 in. unframed 23 x 28 in. framed
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      Saltern Study 12, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015
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    • David Burdeny Saltern Study 14, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. unframed 46 x 57 in. framed
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      Saltern Study 14, Great Salt Lake, UT, 2015
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    • David Burdeny Salt Flat & Stream, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, 2016 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Salt Flat & Stream, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, 2016
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    • David Burdeny Adeli Penguins on Fast Ice, Antarctica, 2020 Archival pigment print 44 x 44 in. 45 x 45 in. framed
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      Adeli Penguins on Fast Ice, Antarctica, 2020
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    • David Burdeny Ephemera, Huangshan, China, 2017 Archival pigment print 44 x 44 in. 45 x 45 in. framed
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      Ephemera, Huangshan, China, 2017
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    • David Burdeny Five Icebergs, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 2007 Archival pigment print 44 x 44 in. 45 x 45 in. framed
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      Five Icebergs, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 2007
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    • David Burdeny Hanami (Rainy 1), Kyoto, 2019 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Hanami (Rainy 1), Kyoto, 2019
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    • David Burdeny Iceberg 2, 2007 Archival pigment print 44 x 76 in. 45 x 77 in. framed
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      Iceberg 2, 2007
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    • David Burdeny Map Room, Caprarola, Italy, 2016 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Map Room, Caprarola, Italy, 2016
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    • David Burdeny Nets Study 5, China, 2017 Archival pigment print 44 x 66 in. 45 x 67 in. framed
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      Nets Study 5, China, 2017
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    • David Burdeny Photosynthetic 1, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2017 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Photosynthetic 1, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2017
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    • David Burdeny Reggia di Venaria Reale II, Torino, Italy, 2016 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Reggia di Venaria Reale II, Torino, Italy, 2016
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    • David Burdeny Rice Terraces, (Laohuzui I), Yunnan, China, 2013 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Rice Terraces, (Laohuzui I), Yunnan, China, 2013
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    • David Burdeny Rock Pool, Australia, 2016 Archival pigment print 44 x 44 in. 45 x 45 in. framed
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      Rock Pool, Australia, 2016
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    • David Burdeny Tangents 2, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2015 Archival pigment print 44 x 44 in. 45 x 45 in. framed
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      Tangents 2, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2015
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    • David Burdeny Veld 11, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016 Archival pigment print 44 x 55 in. 45 x 56 in. framed
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      Veld 11, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
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  • Biography
    David Burdeny
    David Burdeny's haunting and deeply evocative aerial photographs deconstruct the relationship between man and nature. At once raw yet perfectly composed, surreal yet tangible, his work seeks the sublime in the ordinary, capturing landscapes through an unexpected perspective. Shot with a painterly expressiveness, his minimalist photographs exhibit an exacting simplicity that stems from the artists' background in architecture and design. This meticulous structure imbues them with a synchronous and effortless sense of coherence, balance and quiet grandeur.
     
    In Burdeny's photographs, organic and inorganic forms are juxtaposed in a mesmerizing and absorbing visual experience. Geometric patterns and amorphous, sinewy shapes create graceful and vibrant abstract compositions that belie a provocative narrative about man's impact on the natural world. The powerful interplay between color and light, coupled with a remarkable sense of spatial infinity, captures the transcendent experience of seeing nature as art.
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    As a photographer, Burdeny is afforded a specific immediacy and intimacy with the subjects he shoots. It is this visceral encounter that he hopes to convey in his work, bringing to life not only a particular landscape, but also an inherent subtext that speaks to a distinctive mood and sensuality. The artist himself is, "fascinated by the opportunity to invest symbols and narrative into built form or see the metaphor in a material space. I have an abiding interest in thresholds and liminality - places that seem somehow a bridge between the concrete and the ephemeral, elevated above time, hallowed."

  • CV

    Born 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Lives and works in Vancouver, BC, Canada

    EDUCATION

    Master of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture
    Bachelor of Interior Design, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2020
    Photographs 2015-2019, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Toronto, ON, Canada
    2019
    Salt, Per van der Horst Gallery, Photo Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    New Photographs, Tew Galleries, Atlanta
    Before Ever After, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Svanire , Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
    2018
    Salt, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
    Ephemera, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Italy, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
    Cava Bianco, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    2017
    Oceans, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Oceans, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Parallels and Meridians, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
    Tulips, Gillman Contemproary, Ketchum ID
    2016
    Far and Away, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Russia & Cuba, Bibliothèque publique Eleanor London Côte Sai
    Salt, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Salt, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Salt, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
    2015
    A Bright Future, New Work From Russia, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Wanderlust, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT
    Russia, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
    A Decade of Landscapes, FAF Cracow, Poland
    Saudade, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT
    Saudade, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    XS, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    2014
    Saudade, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
    Saudade, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    2013
    Traces of Time, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC Canada
    Traces of Time, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Montreal, QC Canada
    Traces of Time, Iris Gallery, Boston, MA
    Traces of Time, , Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    2012
    Ancora, Centre for Photographic Art, curated by Richard Gadd, Carmel, CA
    Herringer Kiss Gallery, Exposure 2012, Gallery, Alberta, Canada
    Traverse Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    2011
    Ancora, Camera 16, Milano, Italy
    Ancora, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Ancora, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    2010
    Iris Gallery, Boston, MA
    David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL
    Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Galerie Schindel, Freiburg, Germany
    Brucie Collections, Kiev, Ukraine
    Sacred & Secular, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    2009
    Young Gallery Brussels, Belgium
    Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    2008
    North|South, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    NorthISouth, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
    David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL
    Antartica/Greenland, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
    2007
    New Photographs, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
    Specific Gravity, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Shorelines, Collins Lefebvre Stoneberger, Montreal QC, Canada
    Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
    Drift, Exposure 2007, Gallery; Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary Alberta, Canada
    2006
    Photographs, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
    Photographs, 3x10 Seattle, WA
    2005
    Shorelines, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    2004
    Sur-Mer, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    Hollinger Collins Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
    Gateway Theatre, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
    2003
    Interval, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    World In Focus, Juried by Carl Gronquist, Cathryn Buchanan, Rainier Square building, Seattle, WA
    Recent Images, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
    Artropolis 2003: Residue, curated by Pauline Conley, CBC Building, Vancouver, Canada
    2002
    Fifteenth Annual Juried Miniature Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
    Seascapes, Architectura, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    1996
    Kathmandu Urban Images, Gallery 111, Winnipeg, Canada
    1992
    Juried Photography Show, Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg, Canada

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2019
    Coe and Co, Photography Gallery, Nantucket, MA
    Coe and Co, Photography Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
    Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Gillman Contemproary, Ketchum ID
    Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
    2018
    Winter Retreat, Meritt Gallery, Haverford, PA
    Introspective Transitions, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
    Bau-Xi Photo, Baux-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Art with Impact, Merritt Gallery, Haverford, PA
    All-American Inspired, Merritt Gallery, Haverford, PA
    Liminal: David Burdeny & Georg Kuttinger, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, North Adams, MA
    Bring the World Home, Merritt Gallery, Haverford, PA
    Elsewhere, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
    Resoltion / New Works by Gallery Artists, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
    2016
    Art Chicago, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Chicago, IL
    Art New York, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, FL
    Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, FL
    Art Palm Beach Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, FL
    2015
    Art Miami Context, Bau-Xi Photo, Miami Beach, FL
    Art Miami Context, Jennifer Kostuik Galley, Miami Beach, FL
    Far and Away, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Art Miami Context, Bau-Xi Photo, Miami Beach, FL
    Art Miami Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, FL
    ,TIAF Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    TIAF Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    TIAF Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    2014
    Surfs Up, Art Project Paia, Maui, HI
    2013
    Realiteit,, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery Vancouver, Canada
    Have A Nice Day, Tom Chambers, Rodney Smith, Laurie Victor Kay, David Burdeny, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
    2008
    The Best of 2007 - A Retrospective, The Iris Gallery of Fine Art Photography
    2007
    Bit Impressions, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
    Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho, Alex Couwenberg, David Burdeny, Robert Glenn Ketchum, ID
    DIA Invitational, The Centre for Fine Art Photography, DIA, CO
    LUMAS New York, NORIZONS - landscape in contemporary photography, NY
    2006
    IPA Best of Show, Farmani Gallery Los Angeles, CA
    Here are Your Waters, Green Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
    2005
    Indian Hill Gallery of Fine Photography, Wells, VT
    2004
    Hollinger Collins Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
    Summer at the Gallery, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    Summer Group Show, Gallery 54, Calgary, Canada
    Photographs by John Dean, David Burdeny, Dan Gordon, + Brian Henson, Gallery 54, Calgary, Canada
    Keep Expanding, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    2003
    Terrain, Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
    World In Focus, Juried by Carl Gronquist, Cathryn Buchanan, Seattle, WA
    Peripheries, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, Canada
    Artropolis 2003: Curated by Pauline Conley, Vancouver Canada
    Juried Group Show, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
    2002
    Fifteenth Annual Juried Miniature Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
    Seascapes, Architectura, Vancouver, Canada
    1992
    Juried Photography Show, Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg, Canada

    ART FAIRS

    2015
    Art Palm Beach, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Palm Beach, FL
    Art Miami Context, Bau-Xi Photo, Miami Beach, FL
    Art Miami Galerie de Bellefeuille, Miami Beach, FL
    TIAF Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    TIAF Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    TIAF Galerie de Bellefeuille, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    2014
    Papier 14, Montreal, QC, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    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
    Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    2011
    Art Miami, Miami FL Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    2010
    Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA
    2009
    Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
    Bridge Art Fair, New York City, NY, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    2008
    LAAF, Los Angeles, CA, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    2007
    Art Miami, Miami, FL, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    2006
    AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, NY, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    Palm Beach3 Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    Photo L.A., Los Angeles, CA, Susan Spiritus Gallery, New Port Beach, CA
    2005
    AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, NY, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    2004
    AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, NY Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
    Scope LA, Los Angeles, CA, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery

    PUBLICATIONS, PRESS, INTERVIEWS

    2009
    Art Travel, France, Fall issue
    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
    Jeri Zeder, Startup for An Ailing Planet, Harvard Law Bulletin, Summer 2008 - Cover Image
    Icebergs, Nox Magazine, Madrid, 2008
    Four Seasons Magazine, Winter 2008
    Ann Rosenberg, Northern Light, Galleries West, Fall 2008- Cover Image
    Diminishing Shelf Life, Canadian Art (online), Summer 2008
    Snapshots in Time, Where Toronto, Summer 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
    Morley Walker, Two Cameras, One View, Winnipeg Free Press, December 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.
    September Photo Magazine Romania, Interview + Cover
    Vancouver Magazine, June 2006, The Ocean Club p.70, 72
    Communication Arts Photo Annual 2006
    Digital Photographer (Ukraine edition) Mar. 2006
    Georgia Straight Vol 39 No.1 1983
    2005
    Robin Laurence, David Burdeny: Shorelines, The Georgia Straight,December 2005
    Communications Arts Photo Annual 2005
    Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine, State of the Art Interview
    Wojtek Tkaczynski, Slady Czlowieka: David Burdeny, Fotopozytypw, May 2005 - Cover image
    Black + White Magazine (USA) Single Image Annual
    2004
    Communication Arts Photo Annual 2004
    Hasselblad "V" System Catalogue
    2003
    Photo Media, Spring 2003
    Grand Prize Winner: David Burdeny, PhotoLife, March 2003 vol. 28- Cover Image
    The Big Picture, Artropolis, 2003

    AWARDS

    2014
    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
    Photolucida Critical Mass Winner, Portland, Oregon
    Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Photo Annual
    2005
    IPA - Nonprofessional Photographer of the Year: Nature
    IPA - 1st Place - Nature - Non professional
    IPA - 2nd Place - Nature - Non professional
    IPA - 3rd Place - Landscape Fine Art - Non professional
    Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Photo Annual
    2004
    International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Amateur
    Photographer of the Year
    International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Architectural (Amateur)
    International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Nature (Amateur)
    International B+W Spider Awards Outstanding Achievement: Fine Art (Amateur)
    International B+W Spider Awards Honorable Mention: Fine Art (Amateur)
    Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Photo Annual
    2003
    Honorable Mention, World In Focus, Rainier Square building, Seattle, WA
    Grand Prize, PhotoLife Magazine, Image International, 2002
    2002
    Honorable Mention, Fifteenth Annual Miniature Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
    1998
    MAA Medal
    1993
    ASID Yale R. Burdge Award

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