
SELF PORTRAIT 9 X 7 IN. (24 X 19 CM.) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2012
VIEW A FEW SAMPLES OF MY WORK IN SELECT SERIES BELOW
SELF PORTRAIT 9 X 7 IN. (24 X 19 CM.) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2012
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2014
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2015
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2014
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2014
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2014
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2013
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2014
58 X 45 iN. (146 X 114 CM) — ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2018
11 X 6 1/2 IN. (27 X 16 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
9 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. (24 X 19 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
9 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. (24 X 19 CM) -ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
9 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. (24 X 19 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
9 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. (24 X 19 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
11 X 9 IN. (27 X 22 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
11 X 9 IN. (27 X 22 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
9 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. (24 X 19 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2016
78 X 38 IN. (195 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2007
78 X 38 IN. (195 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2007
78 X 38 IN. (195 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2007
78 X 38 IN. (197 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2003
78 X 38 IN. (197 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2007
78 X 38 IN. (197 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2007
78 X 38 IN. (197 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 1999
78 X 38 IN. (197 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON RAW LINEN 2007
PHOTO OF THE ARTIST AND MODEL IN A SESSION
46 X 29 IN. (116 X 73 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 1997
29 X 21 IN. (73 X 54 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2001
46 X 29 IN. (116 X 73 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 1999
29 X 21 IN. (73 X 54 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1991
22 X 16 IN. (55 X 46 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2001
24 X 14 IN. (61 X 38 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2001
29 X 21 IN. (73 X 54 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1991
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1988
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1989
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1987
46 X 29 IN. (116 X 73 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 1999
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1989
78 X 38 IN. (195 X 97 CM) - ACRYLIC ON LINEN 2005
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1987
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1990
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1992
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1991
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1989
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1986
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1989
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1989
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1987
58 X 45 IN. (146 X 114 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1989
36 X 24 IN. (92 X 60 CM) - OIL ON LINEN 1984
CLICK ON THE VIDEOS BELOW TO LEARN ABOUT HOW I WORK
In my series “Paris Portraits” I am painting 100 standing life size portraits of contemporary artists in Paris: painters, photographers, writers, filmmakers, actors, singers, dancers, musicians, designers, and many more that have come from all parts of the world. A series of videos are documenting the portrait session. The portraits and videos combine to capture Paris in a temporal way, continually renewing itself by its mythic pull.
“Kathy Burke draws out the quintessence of what her vision singles out to embrace… mixing warm and cold in accordance with her expressive nature.”
Gerard XURIGUERIA, Paris art critic
An introduction to “Movies” by Jean de Boysson 2008
I paint the fellow traveler where our paths intersect. The actual posing time in the session is only about an hour. The portrait advances from the canvas with the intensity of confrontation. The portrait is finished when the painting becomes more alive than the model. It does not happen gradually. It happens suddenly. I have learned to respect this moment and to stop. A third person steps forward.
"During her brief portrait sessions, with rapid brush stokes wielded like a surgeon’s scalpel…Kathy Burke succeeds in pulling out the deepest interior of each of her models."
Francis PARENT, Paris art critic
2018 PALAZZI A VENEZIA, Vittorio Pisu, Paris
2014 PORTRAIT ART TODAY II, Éric Patou, Paris
2013 SHANGHAI ELITE TRAVELER, China
2012 PORTRAIT ART TODAY, Éric Patou, Paris
2011 PARIS NEWS, Terrance Gelanter, Paris
2010 NUDE ART TODAY ll, Éric Patou, Paris
2009 NUDE ART TODAY, Éric Patou, Paris
2004 THE SPIRIT OF HULA, Leilani Petranek, Hawaii
2004 THE SPIRIT OF HULA, Shari “Iolani Floyd Berinobis, Hawaii
2004 PARIS VOICE, “About Face”, Paris
2003 HONOLULU, “A Halau in Paris”, Hawaii
2001 KÖLNER EXPRESS, “Schrille Domspitzen”, Germany
2001 KÖLNER WOCHENSPIEGEL,“House-Gala in der Flora mit DJ-Grössen”
2001 KÖLNER STADT-UNZIEGER, “Mega-Charity-Party”, Germany
2001 KÖLNER WOCHENSPIEGEL, “Gala für Kinder”, Germany
2001 KÖLNER ILLUSTRIERTE, “Jeden Tag”ne gute Tat!”, Germany
2001 LIVE (Cologne), “Jeden Tag”ne gute Tat!”, Germany
2001 KÖLNER EXPRESS, “Kultparty hilft Kids”, Germany
1999 L”ARTISTE, “Attraction du regard”, Paris
1997 L'ŒIL, “Fondation Mona Bismarck”, Paris
1997 VALEURS DE L’ART No50, “Fondation Mona Bismarck”, Paris
1997 BIBA, “Artistes Américains en France”, Paris
1997 ENCORE, L”expo du mois, Paris
1997 LE COURRIER DE PARIS 16e, “Fondation Mona Bismarck”, Paris
1997 FONTENAY, N°42 Kiosque, Paris
1997 VOICE, “American artists in France”, Paris
1993 HIlLLINGEN IN HERNE, “Kunst-Jamboree”, Belgium
1992 PARIS QLIC, “The enigmatic Kathy Burke”, Paris
1990 LA PENSÉE RUSSE, “Le Paris de Kathy Burke”, Paris
1990 ARTENSION, “Décembre à Granville”, Paris
1990 LA PRESSE DE LA MANCHE “Le Souffle de la sensibilité à Granville”, Jean Fouace
1988 DEMEURES ET CHATEAUX, “Chefs d'œuvres”, Paris
1987 LE FIGARO, "Brive : L'Art dans la Ville”, Paris
1987 LE DESSIN “La Peinture Figurative depuis les Années 50”, Gérard Xuriguera
1986 THE BOSTON GLOBE, “La Jeunesse in Art”, Boston
1986 PASSION OF PARIS , “That Ageless Quality”, Paris
1985 MANIFESTE (Mensuel Art Plastiques), “36e Salon”, Paris
1984 VOICE “A Portrait of a Portrait Artist”, Paris
2017 "Cathedral Moods”, Private Studio, Paris
2014 "Miniatures”, Private Studio, Paris
2011 Terrance Gelenter Invites, Paris
2008 "Live Painting" Private Studio, Paris
2007 “Fête de l'été", Duisburg
2005 “Live Painting”, Private Studio, Paris
2004 Karina Turr, Hannover
2003 Fondation Icar, Paris
2003 American Chamber of Commerce, Paris
2002 “Portraits Ephémère II”, Private Studio, Paris
2002 “Dimanches à Thème”, Private Studio, Paris
2001 “Portraits Ephémère”, Private Studio, Paris
2001 “Domspitzen House Gala”, Cologne
2000 “Paris Portraits”, Private Studio, Paris
1999 “L'heure Bleue”, Private Studio, Paris
1997 “20 ans après”, Cité des Arts, Paris
1996 “Nouvel Atelier, Grand Format”, Paris
1994 “Les Archétypes” Private Studio, Paris
1993 W.I.C.E., Paris
1992 “La Dame en Rouge”, Studio, Paris
1992 E 21C HERNE, Belgique
1992 Dalsace, Paris
1991 Grace Teshima, Paris
1990 Galerie Eonnet Dupuis, “Beaubourg”, Paris
1988 "Mac 2000", Prix du Jury, Grand Palais, Paris
1990 Galerie IBO, Munich
1986 “Avis de Recherche”, Private Studio, Paris
1984 “In the Shadows”, Private Studio, Paris
1984 “Flashes”, Private Studio, Paris
1984 “Liens Invisibles”, Private Studio, Paris
1981 “Studies”, Cité des Arts, Paris
1976 “Spirits and Stories”, Cité des Arts, Paris
2016 Carte Blanche a Mona Moore, Projection films, Paris
2015 Galerie Agathe Gaillard collection Eduard Boubat, Paris
2010 Haitï Action Artistes, Maison des Artistes, Paris
2009 “Nude Art Today” Espace Commines, Paris
2008 Salon Art du Nu, Paris
2007 “L’Art et la Bannière” Prayssac
2007 S.N.P.Psy, Paris
2005 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii
2004 Les Musées de Chateauroux
2004 Espace Belleville, Paris
1999 “Ateliers Choisis”, Mairie du VIe, Paris
1999 “Fête de la Seine”, Pont des Arts, Paris
1998 “Figures Libres”, Mairie du VIIIe, Paris
1998 “Ho'Okupu”, Poèmes, Gulden, Paris
1997 Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris
1997 Salon de l'Ephémère, Paris
1997 Galerie Nicole Buck, Strasbourg
1994 E21C Herne, Belgique
1993 Galerie Eonnet-Dupuy, Paris
1993 Le Vieux Moulin, Rouen
1992 L'Usine Culturelle, Vallée de l'Andelle
1991 “Le Salon de Mai”, Grand Palais, Paris
1991 “Le Salon des Antilles”, Paris
1990 Galerie C.I.R.C.E., “MAC 2000”, Paris
1990 La Galerie Hollande, Granville
1990 “Actuels”, Les Andelys
1990 “Gal”art”, Annemasse
1989 “Multimédia”, Honfleur
1989 “Le Salon d'Octobre”, Brives
1989 “SOS Arménie”, Espace Cardin, Paris
1989 “Signes, Codes, Symboles”, Paris
1988 “Fermate im alten wartesaal” Cologne
1988 1er Prix "MAC 2000”, Grand Palais, Paris
1987 “Salon de la Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris
1986 “Salon de la Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris
1986 International Art Agency, Paris
1986 “Sphinx”, Galerie Façade, Paris
1985 “Salon de la Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris
1984 “Salon de la Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris
1983 “Cinq Femmes”, Montreuil
1983 “Salon de la Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris
1977 “Salon de l”Automne”, Grand Palais, Paris
1976 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1975 “Femmes”, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
2014 TV Trip Flip Bert in Paris France, USA
2014 Kathy Burke “Portrait d’Artiste”, Jean d'Arc, Paris
2014 Paris Institute of Creative Arts, Michael McCarthy, Paris
2012 “Instants d’Émotion” Kathy Burke Portraitiste, Pub TV Interflora, France
2008 Kathy Burke’s Paris Portraits, "The Movies", Jean de Boysson: The Dancer, The Chef, The Writer
2003 “De Hawaï a Paris”, Arnaud Dufour, Paris
2002 “Live Portrait Domspitzen”, Sven, Cologne Germany
2001 "Wedding Bronze One", Diana Smith, Paris
2001 “Portrait de Gurgon Kyap”, Vittorio Pisu, Paris
2001 “Portrait de Danseuses Hawaïenne”, Vittorio Pisu, Paris
2000 “Portrait Alain Toco”, Madeleine Barchevska, Paris
2000 “Kathy Burke a portrait in one hour”, Vittorio Pisu, Paris
1999 “Portrait de Makeda”, Jean de Boysson, Paris
1987 “Portraits à Paris”, Hubert de Maximy, Paris
1987 “Portrait de critique surréaliste José Pierre”, CNRS, Paris
2004/2014 Professor of Life Drawing for Wells College New York Study Abroad Program in Paris, France
2005/2013 Professor of Life Drawing and Painting for Point Loma University San Diego Study Program in Paris, France
1992/2001 Professor of Life Drawing and Painting for Walt Disney artists, Walt Disney Company, Paris, France
1991/2003 Research in Perception with Doctor Prime, E21C,Bruxelles, Belgium
1980/1988 Life Drawing workshop in private studio, Paris, France
1969/1971 Public School Teacher in Santee School District, San Diego, California
1969 California Teaching Credential from California State University at Long Beach
1968 Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Santa Barbara and California State University at San Francisco with majors in Art and Anthropology