Eszter Burghardt is a Canadian-Hungarian artist based in Vancouver BC, Canada. She has been taking part in international artist residencies in Iceland since graduating with a BFA from Emily Carr University in 2001. As an interdisciplinary artist her paintings have been exhibited across Canada and in the USA. Her photographic work began to grow in 2009 after completing an artist’s residency in Iceland and has been published and exhibited in Canada. Burghardt was recently selected as one of the Canadian winners for the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Festival October 2010 for her original work in her "Wooly Saga" series.
Education:
2008 Old Masters Painting, with Canadian artist Paul Chizik
2003 Vancouver Academy of Fine Art, Old Masters Painting, with Paul Chizik
1998-2001 Emily Carr University: Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts
1996-1998 Langara College
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 - Bau - Xi Gallery, "Wooly Sagas”, Toronto, ON, Canada
2009 - Bau - Xi Gallery, "Tundra's Tale", Vancouver BC, Canada
2007 - Bau -Xi Gallery, "Bog Tales”, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 - Bau-Xi Gallery, “Of Sea and Grass Games”, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005 - Augen Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2004 - Augen Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Group Exhibitions:
2010 Toronto International Art Fair
2010 Strathcona Press. "Dhammapada Revisited"
2009 Bau-Xi Gallery, Holiday Show
2009 Toronto International Art Fair
2008 Bau-Xi Gallery, Holiday Show
2008 Toronto International Art Fair
2007 Bau-Xi Gallery, Small Works
2007 Toronto International Art Fair
2006 Toronto International Art Fair
2006 Bau-Xi Gallery Small works
2005 Bau-Xi Gallery Small works
Auctions:
2010 Unite With Art
2010 Splash. Arts Umbrella
2009 Splash. Arts Umbrella
2008 Art for Life. Vancouver BC, Canada
Residencies:
2009 SIM- The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 Nes Artist Residency.Skagastrond, Iceland
Publications:
2010 Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward Festival 2010
2010 Room Magazine Volume 33.2