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Selected for the Pensychnant open 2025

‘Greggs’ selected for the Chelsea Open 2025
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Solo show NARRATIVES OF BRITAIN opens at Salford Museum, Salford. 14 December 2024 to 23 March 2025

1 March 1pm - 2pm Salford Museum Artist tour of the exhibition

Selected - Works on paper, Green and Stone Gallery, London

One work exhibited at Royal Scottish Academy

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​”The Dress Code” is awarded the Judd Medical Third prize Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 2024

The Goose 80x30cm oil on canvas - exhibited in the Southwark Park Galleries Open 2024
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Selected Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition 2024

Selected Green and Stone Gallery summer exhibition 30 July to 30 August 

Selected Townhouse Open 2024

Selected Black Swan Arts Open 2024 exhibition

Selected Tabernacle Art Competition, ​MOMA Machynlleth

Excellent article by David Whetstone

Selected Ferens Open, Hull Museum, Hull

Selected Society Woman Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Selected the Royal Birmingham Society Artists Prize


Research is currently within rural Northumberland

Four works have entered the Newton Abbot Museum collection and are on permanent display. 

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Shortlisted RBSA drawing prize, Royal Birmingham Soc Artists, Birmingham

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Selected - Babylon Arts Centre, Ely 

Selected Chelsea Arts Society, Chelsea Town Hall
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East End Coronation selected for the Townhouse summer exhibition, Shoreditch, London.

Good news. Four works enter a museum collection. Details to follow.

​Selected SWA Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
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Selected for the Cheltenham Illustration Awards

• 3 February to 28 February at The Wilson Museum, in Cheltenham
https://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/event/cheltenham-illustration-awards/

• 4 March to 16 April at The Museum in the Park in Stroud
https://museuminthepark.org.uk

Royal Scottish Academy 2023 











photography of exhibition copyright Julie Howden
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​Selected Society Scottish Artists 130 years - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland


Selected Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
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Christy’s solo show at Newton Abbot aMuseum has been extended.
The Prized Exhibition is open at The Old Parcel Office Gallery, Scarborough.


Tatha Gallery Solo show has opened

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PRIZED group of six selected, Old Parcels Office 12-27th November 

Selected ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
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Selected, two works, The Sussex Contemporary. The Sussex will be held at the British Airways I360 from the 8th Oct until the 22nd October 2022.

Selected Tŷ Pawb Open 
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Selected Letchworth Open Broadway Gallery 


Selected for the RBSA Prize exhibition

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Selected Wales Contemporary


Shortlisted Oxmarket Open Drawing Prize, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester
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Townhouse Gallery Fournier St Spitalfields
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Shortlisted John Hurt Prize. Exhibition Saturday 23rd – Saturday 31st July, Adrian Hill Fine Art, Lees Yard, Holt, Norfolk


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​Shortlisted Wells Contemporary Prize, Wells Cathedral



​Selected Derbyshire Open, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
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​Selected - Townhouse Gallery Summer Exhibition
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Floating with bunting now part of the Kensington and Chelsea Civic Gallery’s Jubilee collection

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‘Tea cups’ selected RBSA exhibition, Birmingham, 21 June - 23 July

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Credit: Newton Abbot Museum

The solo show opens on the 9th April through to September. I would like to thank everyone who enabled my research, especially those within the museum, Charlotte, Kate, Katie, Jacky and Dinky. 
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​The show opens soon

Works have been delivered to the Newton Abbot Museum, Devon, in readiness for the solo show. Details to follow.
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The World Is A Stage, a small graphite work, has been shortlisted The Yorkshire Coast BID Prize, Old Parcel Office Gallery, Scarborough

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One of sixteen artists selected - Riverside Views Competition and Exhibition - County Hall, London.

The organisers say: the Riverside Views Exhibition is an invitation to discover County Hall Arts as well as a celebration of the history of the County Hall building and its relationship to the iconic River Thames.

Gallery Opening Times
Monday & Wednesday to Saturday: 11:00-18:00
Thursday Lates - 12:00-19:00
Tuesday & Sunday: Closed
(Friday 25 March - Friday 8 April 2022)

2nd Floor Artists Gallery
Riverside Building
County Hall
Belvedere Road
London SE1 7PB



​The Football Art Prize 12th March - 26th June Touchstones Rochdale Gallery.
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​They say: To coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Touchstones Rochdale, with generous support from Arts Council England, has created The Football Art Prize to celebrate arguably the world’s most popular sport.

We invited artists from around the world to submit their work to The Football Art Prize via an open submission, and our judging panel have selected a wide range of painting, photography, film and collage, representing the spectrum of experiences of the beautiful game.

The judging panel selected 69 artworks by 50 artists, with three artists being awarded cash prizes, including a top prize of £5,000. Additionally, visitors to the exhibition can vote for an ‘Audience Choice’ award winner.
The judging panel includes:
  • Sacha Craddock – writer, critic & broadcaster
  • Jo Cunningham – curator
  • Mark Doyle – curator
  • David James – footballer, coach & pundit
  • Kirstie Hamilton – curator
  • Mark Wallinger – artist
  • Gordon Taylor OBE – former footballer and former chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association
The Football Art Prize will tour to The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield from July and Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens from November
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Selected - Janus Exhibition, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, Friday 18th March - Saturday 23 April

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Selected:
Old Parcels Office (OPO) Open Artspace exhibition, Scarborough.

Saturday 12th March to Sunday 24th April
Opening hours – Thursday to Sunday, 11am-4pm




​Work has started working with a Newton Abbot Museum, culminating in a solo show. The collection has a comprehensive and significant relationship to the unique history and heritage of this part of Devon. 
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Selected - Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Exhibition opens: Thursday 3rd March, 10-5pm and closes: Saturday 12th March, 5pm




Research into a museum collection about to start. Details to follow. 

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Awarded - Oppenheim-John Downes Award 
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Selected for the 2022 Ferens Gallery online show Open, Hull Museum

Selected for the 2022 Football ArtPrize - Touchstones Rochdale, The Millenium Gallery Sheffield and Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.
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Selected for the Print Exhibition

​The Gallery at Green and Stone
17th January - 29 January 2022

Commended - The Moth Art Prize 

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Awarded The Tatha Award - The Royal Scottish Academy 123rd Exhibition 2021

37TH ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION
17 NOVEMBER–11 DECEMBER 2021   //   LAKE GALLERY EXHIBITION OPEN:  WEDNESDAY // THURSDAY // FRIDAY // SATURDAY // SUNDAY // 11AM–4PM
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Selected Royal Scottish Academy 123rd Open.

​Exhibition Dates:

1 – 23 November 2021
Opening Times:
Monday to Saturday 10-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm 

Upper Galleries
The Royal Scottish Academy
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH2 2EL

Selected Cupola Gallery’s ‘The Scion’ - Christmas show.
Exhibition dates: Saturday 27 November - Saturday 8 January 2022
Cupola Contemporary Gallery
Middlewood Road Sheffield. 
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Shortlisted for the Refresh Art Award
Show Dates: 3rd – 8th November 2021

AMT Gallery 1 Acorn Parade, Meeting House Lane, SE15 2TZ

Selected Ty Pawb Print International 2021. 

​Exhibition Open to Public: 4th December 2021 – 26th February 2022

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25th August 2021 — 18th September 2021
Selected - The Tabernacle Prize - Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales.


Selected for Glyndebourne’s ‘Tour Art 2021’.
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Selected - Green and Stone Gallery Summer Exhibition 2 - 29 August 

Selected - Two works - Summer exhibition D31 Gallery, Doncaster
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19th July - the public square opens for research

Selected - Figurative Art Now 2021 - selectors - ​ Jonathan Watkins Ikon Gallery, Clare O’Brien CEO Mall Galleries, Barbara Walker, Jo Baring, Andrew Gifford.
7 July - 20 September
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Selected - Town House Open
​Town House Gallery, Fournier St, London

7th July - 12th September
Selected
​Royal Birmingham Society Artists Friends Exhibition

1 June - 3 July
Galleries 1 & 2 and
Online Exhibition
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Selected
​Contemporary Landscapes opens from 26th May – 5th June
Gallery opening times are:
Wednesdays-Fridays 10-3
Saturdays 2-7

Fronteer Gallery
18 Exchange Street
Sheffield
S2 5TS

Two works have been selected for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Exhibition, details to follow. 
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The Winners Exhibition of the @chaiyaartawards Chaiya Art Awards will take place 14-23 May 2021 at at the Oxo Gallery on London’s Southbank. 


​Selected for Ferens Art Gallery’s 2021 Open Exhibition - Hull Museum, Ferens Gallery was founded by local industrialist TR Ferens in 1927. Major loans of works by artists from JMW Turner to Francis Bacon are displayed alongside new commissions. The gallery hosted the Turner Prize. I am always so pleased to show work in galleries and museums that are outside London, they have a different flavour, are more accessible and feel like little gems of learning and culture that permeate far and wide throughout their regions. Exhibition details to follow.
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11 May 2021 18:00 BST Chalkwell Auctions 
Artists on the Rise : A fully curated Auction sale of Contemporary Investment Art.

The Royal Cambrian Academy Annual Open Exhibition 2021, opens in the Conwy gallery on Saturday 17th April, following today’s Welsh Government announcement further easing Covid restrictions. The exhibition will run for seven weeks, with all work available for purchase. The exhibition closes on Saturday 5th June.
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RWE Open 2020 Royal West of England Academy. The 168th annual Open will be open fully, with prebooked tickets, from 17 April to 9 May.  


Nominated for the D31 Art Prize 2021 and online exhibition D31 Gallery, Doncaster

The Chaiya Art Awards Winners exhibition will now be open to the public from Friday 14 May until Sunday 23 May. 

The Royal Cambrian Academy Show opens online 13th February and physically in the summer. 

​video copyright Royal Cambrian Academy

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Selected  for the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art annual exhibition, Conwy, Wales. Online exhibition in February, physical exhibition in Spring/Summer, details on exhibition dates to follow

Selected for the Annual Members' Show - "THIS YEAR'S MODEL" 2021 Studio 1.1 Gallery
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​THIS YEAR'S MODEL part III

12 August - 5 September
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The Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition 2020 at Willis Museum and Sainsbury’s Gallery is to be extended physically but is also online. Buy at https://hampshireculturaltrust.bigcartel.com/product/they-can-t-even-make-the-pigs-fly-2020-by-christy-burdock

Cancel Culture showing at the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020.
Exhibition opens: Monday 7 December, 11am to 4pm
Exhibition closes: Wednesday 16 December, 4pm
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New English Art Club, Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

Royal West England Academy Annual Open 

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Four works selected for the Ing Discerning Eye 2020.  Opens Thursday 19 November closes Thursday 31 December. One work was selected by Dale Lewis, David Remfry RA, Mercyn Metcalf and Beverley Knight, each.





​​Selected for the RWE Open 2020 Royal West of England Academy. The 168th annual Open Exhibition. 21 November to 11th April 2021.

Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX

Entry fee from Free to £7.95
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Selected for The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2020

EXHIBITION & TOUR
28th October 2020 – 16th January 2021
Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery
Market Place, Basingstoke, RG21 7QD
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February 2021
Mall Galleries, London



Burdock was one of Art lawyer, curator and collector’s, Jon Sharpel’s top picks in The Just Show. Here he gives us his thoughts.

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Selected. The Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes exhibition will be opened on 6th November by Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas at Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales, SA73 3AF (12 – 30 December 2020) and then travels to the Oxo Gallery, London (25 February – 7 March 2021). 

Selected for the Prize 2020 Exhibition Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. 
8 October - 16 January 2021 Galleries 1 and 2
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Recipient - Arts Council Grant

Shortlisted for The Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival, Norfolk, 2020
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Article September/October 2020 issue The Jackdaw Magazine. http://www.thejackdaw.co.uk/
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Babylon Summer Open Exhibition
​1st August - 6th September
Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambs

The Just - group show - curated by Dan Coombs - August - 15 October - Aleph Contemporary

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New English Art Club Annual Exhibition December 2020 at Mall Galleries


Politics, Sex and Religion - solo show - Aleph Contemporary 16th July - 3rd August 2020

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Curtain Twitching selected for Impact Show - Chaiya Art Awards

‘In The Club’ selected for the Beep Contemporary International Painting Prize 2020. 2nd Oct - 7th November.

Elysium gallery, 210 High Street, Swansea, Wales


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Selected Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2020. 
The Annual Exhibition is the core of the RSA’s exhibition programme, and represents the Academy’s commitment to promoting excellence in visual art in Scotland. In light of the current extraordinary circumstances, the RSA team has been working hard to ensure that the exhibition goes ahead in a new, entirely digital format. The exhibition is available to view entirely online, with accompanying detailed commentary from exhibiting artists. The RSA Annual Exhibition is the most extensive exhibition of contemporary art and architecture in Scotland. Having been a mainstay of the academy's calendar since its inception 193 years ago, the Annual Exhibition has evolved over the years, providing a platform for Scottish art alongside international artists, often including topical or political elements, to give an uncensored, independent voice to artists. 
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1-30 April, selected, Bos Gallery, Dublin

RELATIONSHIPS: an artist’s perspective
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1st - 30th April
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Selected for the Chaiya Art Awards Exhibition, 10 - 19 April, Oxo Gallery, Oxo Tower, London POSTPONED Covid19
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C24 Gallery - New York - ‘The Seventh View’
PicturePhoto- Regina Urazayeva, courtesy of C24 Gallery

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“Lipstick” has been selected by the Royal Society of British Artists 303rd Annual Exhibition 2020
Thursday 20 to Saturday 29 February
Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

This painting refers to the Brexit ‘deal’. Referencing the eulogising, the repudiating and political intrigue of the past three years. Based on Soviet propaganda imagery.
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In September 2019 Burdock won The John Purcell Paper Award at The Bolton Museum Neo:artprize Exhibition.
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“Birds” has been selected for the ING DIiscerning Eye by Kwame Kwai-Armah at Mall Galleries, London SW1 - 14 - 24 November 2019
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Two works have been chosen for the WALES CONTEMPORARY 2019
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Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales, SA73 3AF (4 – 30 October 2019) and at Mall Galleries, London, SW1 (5 – 10 November 2019).
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‘Suspended’ has been selected for the Neo:ArtPrize 2019 - Bolton Museum and Art Gallery show on 7th September - 27th October Bolton Museum Gallery Le Mans Crescent Bolton BL1 1SE

Gallery opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 9-5pm Wed 9:30-5pm Sun 10-4pm

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​‘Who has seen the wind?’ Chosen for the Wells Art Contemporary Open 2019

The exhibition will be open to the public from the 20 July - 11 August 2019.


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‘Virtue Signalling’

selected by Brian Griffiths
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CREEKSIDE OPEN 2019

9th May - 2nd June

​Exhibition opens

Thursday to Sunday 12 noon to 5pm


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Burdock's exhibition at House of Illustration is on ‘THE APPRENTICE’ Copyright BBC The Apprentice ​

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4B: Contemporary Approaches to Drawing - 29 September - 10 November 2018

4B explores drawing through the practices of 4 contemporary artists. It features the work of Jeanette Barnes, Christy Burdock and Meghana Bisineer, alongside the Autobiographical Series of prints and 11 Drypoints by Louise Bourgeois on loan from Hayward Touring.
Drawing is fundamental for each of these artists. They harness its direct link between mind and mark to convey their thoughts and feelings and each is concerned with the possibilities of drawing to convey narrative. However, the ways in which they do so vary widely in terms of scale, material and subject matter.

The exhibition features work by Christy Burdock created during her recent residency at the House of Illustration and Meghana Bisineer’s animation Light, Water, Glass, inspired by TS Eliot’s poem The Waste Land and drawn on the windows of the Royal Festival Hall in London. And, from very large scale, dynamic, charcoal drawings of the city in flux by Barnes to Bourgeois’ intimate portrayal of her memories, dreams and fears, each artist uses drawing to blur the boundaries between the observed and imaginary.
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A Haywards Gallery Touring Exhibition from Southbank Centre, London
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May 2018 Sacha Craddock who works at the forefront of contemporary art in the UK and internationally. Last year she curated the Turner Prize and she speaks frequently on current issues in contemporary art for galleries, museums and institutions. Sacha also co-founded Bloomberg Space and was its curator from 2002-2011. She has been Chair of the Board of New Contemporaries and selection process since 1996, as well as selecting for both the Turner Prize and the John Moores Prize.

In conversation with Sacha Craddock, Christy will talk us through the six months she's spent in residence at HoI, and a working process which involves close observation of a group followed by visual interpretation of the people and patterns she sees. She will discuss the ethical considerations involved in this process and will explain how she incorporates motifs and archetypes from art history to emphasise her observations. ​


​HoI Artist in residence - exhibition 28 March to 8 July
Christy Burdock: “I was utterly delighted to have been chosen for the residency, the opportunity to make, test and show, a new body of work responding to an institution with such a unique remit is a rare opportunity and a privilege.”
The judges – curator Olivia Ahmad, Eye Magazine editor John Walters and Nous Vous Collective – said:
From a field of outstanding candidates, we are delighted to have awarded HoI residency to Christy Burdock. We were struck by Christy’s intrepid and sensitive explorations of closed communities and her drawn accounts that layer observation, memory and metaphor. For the next six months, Christy will immerse herself in the ‘micro-societies’ emerging from HOI  – we very much look forward to the outcome.
“National touring exhibition ‘New Contemporaries’ will no doubt further extend BALTIC 39’s reputation for showcasing the best in emerging UK-based artists when it shares the exhibition of the high-profile platform with the Baltic later this month.
Selected by artists Caroline Achaintre, Elizabeth Price, and George Shaw, the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017 category offers a showcase of work by the finest contemporary artists in the UK today including Calum Bowden, Eleanor Breeze, Christy Burdock and Robbie Campbell.
With past alumni including significant post-war figures such as Frank Auerbach and Paula Rego; pop artists including Patrick Caulfield and David Hockney; and decade-defining Damien Hirst and Gillian Wearing, New Contemporaries has gained a reputation for unearthing today’s finest artists and showcasing their work at an early stage of their development.” ​Damian Robinson

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