Education
Mlitt in Fine Art Painting (hons), Glasgow School of Art (GSA), Glasgow, UK, 2017 - 2018
BA in Print-making (hons), National College of Art & Design (NCAD), Dublin, IRE, 2013 - 2016
Solo and two Person Exhibitions
Everyday Disquiet w Wasted Rita, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, PT. Dec 2023
Vestige, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, IRE, Feb 2022
Driving on a Sponge w Ronan Dillon, Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE, Sept 2021
Antenna, Unit 1 Gallery / Workshop, London, UK, July, 2021
Utility, Atelier Maser, Dublin, IRE, June 2019
Selected Exhibitions
Volklingen Ironworks Biennale, Volklingen, DE, April 2024
Ingram Prize, Cromwell Place, London, UK, Nov 2023
Brut Reverie, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, IT, Sept 2023
Grit Between my Teeth, Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE, Sept 2023
Made you look, Helm Gallery, Brighton, UK, Sept 2023
Familia, Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE, Nov 2022
Post Vandalism, Omni Gallery, London, UK, Oct 2022
Pigeon Park 2, Manor Place, London, UK, Sept 2022
Storytellers, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK, July 2022
Do you dream?, The Space Between, Dublin, IRE, July 2022
Páipéar, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, IRE, July 2022
Where the rubber meets the road, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE, June 2022
RHA Annual Exhibition 192nd, RHA, Dublin, IRE, May 2022
Interconnection, First Day Gallery, Dublin, IRE, April 2022
Winter Print Show, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, IRE, Dec 2021
Post>andalism, Het HEM, Amsterdam, NL, Oct 2021
RHA Annual Exhibition 191st, RHA, Dublin, IRE, Sept 2021
Pigeon Park, Manor Place, London, UK, Sept 2021
Quarantine Show, Malagacha Gallery, Strasbourg, FR, June 2020
Fresh Air, 90 Bulowstrasse, Berlin, DE, March 2020
Vue, RHA, Dublin, IRE, Nov 2019
Graduate Degree Show, The Tontine building, Glasgow, UK, Sept 2018
Chroma, Dornoch St Project Space, Glasgow, UK, June 2018
Close By, 39 Trongate, Glasgow, UK, April 2018
No Safe Haven, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, UK, March 2018
Bua, Mount Florida Gallery & Studios, Glasgow, UK, March 2018
Skarrach, Crown Point Studios, Glasgow, UK, February 2018
Collision, The Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, IRE, November 2017
Buff, The Library Project, Dublin, IRE, August 2017
New Release, SO Fine Art, Dublin, IRE, June 2017
D24: A User’s Manual, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May 2017
The Tara Launch, The Tara Building, Dublin, IRE, April 2017
Nua, The Fumbally Exchange, Dublin, IRE, February 2017
Young 3, SO Fine art, Dublin, IRE, February 2017
Inplace, 12 Tara St, Dublin, IRE, September 2016
The End, Soma Waterford, Waterford, IRE, September 2016
Dia Dhuit, The Mart, Dublin, IRE, August 2016
NCAD Graduate Showcase, Dublin, IRE, June 2016
Shia LaBeouf, The Box, NCAD, Dublin, IRE, October 2015
Haptic Press, Pallas Project Studios, Dublin, IRE, May 2015
South, South Studios, Dublin, IRE, April 2015
Half, The Mart, Dublin, IRE, January 2015
Residencies & Awards
Shortlisted for The Ingram Prize, Cromwell Place, London, UK, Nov 2023
Agility Award - Arts Council of Ireland, IRE, June 2023
Open Fund for Individuals - Creative Scotland, UK, Jan 2023
Agility Award - Arts Council of Ireland, IRE, May 2022
Solo Residency at Unit 1 Gallery & Workshop, London, UK, April - July 2021
Art Matters Award – Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE, April 2021
Residency at Urban Nation X Stiftung Berliner Leben, Berlin, DE, October - March 2020
Residency at Atelier Maser, Dublin, IRE, June 2019
Appointed Artist Curator, Creative Campus, RUA RED, Dublin, IRE, January - May 2017
Curatorial Projects
Brut Reverie at Contemporary Cluster, Rome, IT. Sept 2023
Grit between my teeth at Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE. Sept 2023
Post Vandalism at Omni Gallery, London, UK. Oct 2022
Post >andalism at Het Hem, Amsterdam, NL. Sept 2021
Pigeon Park at Manor Place, London, UK. Sept 2021
Unruly Gallery, Managing Director of gallery. May 2021 - Ongoing.
Post-vandalism, Online archive of artworks. Jan 2018 - Ongoing
Outreach & Demonstrations
Artist Talk - ‘Post Vandalism‘ in conversation w Larissa Kikol. HfG Offenbach Uni, Frankfurt, DE, March 2023
Artist Talk as part of the Outside the Walls Series - The Hugh Lane, Dublin, IRE, Sept 2021
Mosaic Workshop, Urban Nation, Berlin, DE, December 2019
Artist Talk - ‘Buff’, RHA, Dublin, IRE, June 2019
Placement at Open/Close Dundee, UK, March 2018
Founding member of The Glasgow School of Art's Self publishing Society, Glasgow, UK - Nov 2017
Curator - D24: A Users Manual, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, Feb - May 2017
Screen Print Workshop - Deanswrath and Killinarden Community Colleges, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May 2017
Co-Director - Tallaght Young Filmakers, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May 2017
Artist Talk - 'The Art of Graffiti Removal', Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May 2017
Mono & Lino Print Workshop - Tallaght Community Arts Centre, Dublin, IRE, May 2015
Press
Interview with Birgit Rieger, Tagesspiegel, April 2023 - https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/alle-reden-uber-post-vandalismus-wie-die-asthetik-der-strasse-kunstler-inspiriert-9499427.html
Post Vandalismus Interview with Larissa Kikol, Kunstforum International, March 2023 - https://www.kunstforum.de/band/2023-287-post-vandalismus/
Review of ‘Utility’ at Atelier Maser, Eli Cazdu, Urban Art Paris, Nov 2020 - https://urbanart-paris.fr/2020/11/de-leffacage-des-graffitis-a-labstraction/
Hendricks, The Irish Times, May 2019 - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/inside-dublin-s-hendrick-hotel-big-on-street-art-small-on-space-1.3905663
Iverna, April 2019 - https://www.iverna.ie/interview/stephen-burke
Yngspc, Oct 2018 - https://www.yngspc.com/artists/2018/10/stephen-burke/
Two friends document the art of graffiti removal, Gary Ibbotson, The Dublin Inquirer, May 2017 - https://www.dublininquirer.com/2017/05/10/two-friends-document-the-art-of-graffiti-removal/
What Lies Beneath, Niall MacMonagle, The Sunday Inpedendent, July 2016 - http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/what-lies-beneath-smithfield-by-stephen-burke-34887582.html
HeadStuff, Marie Varley, July 2016 - http://www.headstuff.org/2016/07/ncad-graduate-design-show/
Bare Magazine, Artist Spotlight, March 2016 - https://issuu.com/lemou/docs/bare_magazine_issuu
Publications
Bua - Co-published with Lou Rowland under Bua, 2018
Buff - Project Co-manager, Published by 1815, 2017
1815 Magazine Issue 7 - Contributing Artist, Published by 1815, 2017
IN PLACE Photobook - Contributing Artist, 2016
Buff precursor zine - co-published with Fiachra Corcoran, 2016
1815 Magazine Issue 5 - Contributing Artist, Published by 1815, 2016
Half - Contributing artist, January 2015