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Nia Burks (born 1984) is an American artist working with the mediums of video, performance and sound. Her work incorporates popular culture, found footage, social media and pole dance elements. She investigates new media theory and gender theory. Burks is also the owner of Butter and Filth, a pole dancing studio and school. She currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.[1][2][3]
Nia Burks | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 |
| Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University, Maryland Institute College of Art |
| Website | http://www.niaburks.com |
Education
editBurks attended Virginia Commonwealth University graduating in 2006 with a BFA in Sculpture. She received an MA in Digital Media from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007 and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Photography and Film Department in 2009.[4]
She is currently a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University teaching in the Kinetic Imaging department.[2]
Burks has also been the artist-in-residence at Takt Kunstprojektraum in Berlin.[5]
Career
editBurks is a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and is also the owner of Butter and Filth. The first Butter and Filth opened in February 2018 at Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia. Burks and then co-owner, Heather Williams, moved Butter and Filth to 4840 Waller Road in Unit 310, where it currently resides.[6]
Exhibitions
editBurks' work has been featured in numerous shows worldwide. Her work has also been featured on Rhizome at the New Museum and Creativity Online’s “Pick Of The Day” shortly after the creation of Angry Gamers in 2010.[7][8]
Selected Shows
edit- Symbiotic Output, Berlin Germany, 2011[9]
- Three Inch Canvas, Jyväskylä Art Museum, 2011
- Irresistible Apparatus, Studio 8 West, Richmond, Virginia, 2010
- New Media, Sex and Culture in the 21st Century, Museum of New Art, Detroit Michigan, 2010[10]
- Glitch Festival, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
- Sex Cells, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York, 2009
References
edit- ^ https://butterandfilth.com/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b "Nia Burks / Kinetic Imaging". arts.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Nia Burks | The Contemporary Wing". contemporarywing.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Nia Burks". niaburks.com. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Takt Berlin- Nia Burks". Takt Residency Berlin. Takt Kunsteproject. 2011. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Exotic Workout". 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Angry Gamers (2010) - Nia Burks". rhizome.org. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Nia Burks". www.art-claims-impulse.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "takt kunstprojektraum Berlin - artist residency Germany". www.taktberlin.org. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ Lillie, Jonathan (Fall 2010). "New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century". Journal of New Media and Culture. NMEDIAC. Retrieved 2015-10-16.