Education
2017 - 2018: Mlitt in Fine Art Painting, Glasgow School of Art (GSA), Glasgow, UK.
2013 - 2016: BA in Print-making, National College of Art & Design (NCAD), Dublin, IRE.
Solo and two Person Exhibitions
2024: Galv Fountain, The Gimp, Berlin, DE. Sept.
2023: Everyday Disquiet w Wasted Rita, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, PT. Dec.
2022: Vestige, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, IRE. Feb.
2021: Driving on a Sponge w Ronan Dillon, Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE. Sept.
Antenna, Unit 1 Gallery / Workshop, London, UK. July.
2019: Utility, Atelier Maser, Dublin, IRE. June.
Selected Exhibitions
2024: Post Vandalismus, Düsseldorf, DE, Nov.
Dynamic of Woah, Constant Dschungel, Freiburg, DE. Sept.
Volklingen Ironworks Biennale, Volklingen, DE. April.
2023: Ingram Prize, Cromwell Place, London, UK. Nov.
Brut Reverie, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, IT. Sept.
Grit Between my Teeth, Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE. Sept.
Made you look, Helm Gallery, Brighton, UK. Sept.
2022: Familia, Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE. Nov.
Post Vandalism, Omni Gallery, London, UK. Oct.
Pigeon Park 2, Manor Place, London, UK. Sept.
Storytellers, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK. July.
Do you dream?, The Space Between, Dublin, IRE. July.
Páipéar, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, IRE. July.
Where the rubber meets the road, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE. June.
RHA Annual Exhibition 192nd, RHA, Dublin, IRE. May.
Interconnection, First Day Gallery, Dublin, IRE. April.
2021: Winter Print Show, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, IRE. Dec.
Post>andalism, Het HEM, Amsterdam, NL. Oct.
RHA Annual Exhibition 191st, RHA, Dublin, IRE. Sept.
Pigeon Park, Manor Place, London, UK. Sept.
2020: Quarantine Show, Malagacha Gallery, Strasbourg, FR. June.
Fresh Air, 90 Bulowstrasse, Berlin, DE. March.
2019: Vue, RHA, Dublin, IRE. Nov.
2018: Graduate Degree Show, The Tontine building, Glasgow, UK. Sept.
Chroma, Dornoch St Project Space, Glasgow, UK. June.
Close By, 39 Trongate, Glasgow, UK. April.
No Safe Haven, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, UK. March.
Bua, Mount Florida Gallery & Studios, Glasgow, UK. March.
Skarrach, Crown Point Studios, Glasgow, UK. Feb.
2017: Collision, The Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, IRE. Nov.
Buff, The Library Project, Dublin, IRE. August.
New Release, SO Fine Art, Dublin, IRE. June.
D24: A User’s Manual, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE. May.
The Tara Launch, The Tara Building, Dublin, IRE. April.
Nua, The Fumbally Exchange, Dublin, IRE. Feb
Young 3, SO Fine art, Dublin, IRE. Feb.
Residencies & Awards
2025: Gilbert Bayes Award for early career sculptors - Royal Sculpture Society. London, UK. Jan - Dec
2024: Residency at Rezidence AB3, Prague, CZ. Sept - Oct.
2023: Shortlisted for The Ingram Prize, Cromwell Place, London, UK, Nov.
Agility Award - Arts Council of Ireland, IRE, June.
Open Fund for Individuals - Creative Scotland, UK, Jan.
2022: Agility Award - Arts Council of Ireland, IRE, May.
Solo Residency at Unit 1 Gallery & Workshop, London, UK, April - July.
2021: Art Matters Award – Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE, April.
2019: Residency at Urban Nation X Stiftung Berliner Leben, Berlin, DE, October - March
Residency at Atelier Maser, Dublin, IRE, June.
2017: Artist Curator, Creative Campus, RUA RED, Dublin, IRE, January - May.
Curatorial Projects
2025: (Upcoming) Many have eyes, but cannot see. The Horse, Dublin, IRE. Mar.
2023: Brut Reverie. Contemporary Cluster, Rome, IT. Sept.
Grit between my teeth. Atelier Now, Dublin, IRE. Sept.
2022: Post Vandalism. Omni Gallery, London, UK. Oct.
2021: Post >andalism. Het Hem, Amsterdam, NL. Sept.
Pigeon Park. Manor Place, London, UK. Sept.
2018: Post-vandalism, Curation of online archive. Jan 2018 - Ongoing
Outreach & Demonstrations
2024: Artist Talk at AVU Art School, Prague, CZ. Oct.
2023: Artist Talk - ‘Post Vandalism‘ in conversation w Larissa Kikol. HfG Offenbach Uni, Frankfurt, DE, March.
2021: Artist Talk as part of the Outside the Walls Series - The Hugh Lane, Dublin, IRE, Sept.
2019: Mosaic Workshop, Urban Nation, Berlin, DE, December.
Artist Talk - ‘Buff’, RHA, Dublin, IRE, June.
2018: Placement at Open/Close Dundee, UK, March.
2017: Founding member of GSA Self publishing Society, Glasgow, UK, Nov.
Curator - D24: A Users Manual, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, Feb - May.
Screen Print Workshop - Deanswrath and Killinarden Community Colleges, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May.
Co-Director - Tallaght Young Filmakers, Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May.
Artist Talk - 'The Art of Graffiti Removal', Rua Red, Dublin, IRE, May.
2015: Mono & Lino Print Workshop - Tallaght Community Arts Centre, Dublin, IRE, May.
Press
2023: 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 - https://www.kunstforum.de/band/2023-287-post-vandalismus/
2019: Iverna, April - https://www.iverna.ie/interview/stephen-burke
2017: Two friends document the art of graffiti removal, Gary Ibbotson, The Dublin Inquirer, May - https://www.dublininquirer.com/2017/05/10/two-friends-document-the-art-of-graffiti-removal/
2016: What Lies Beneath, Niall MacMonagle, The Sunday Inpedendent, July - http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/what-lies-beneath-smithfield-by-stephen-burke-34887582.html
Publications
2024: Scratching the Surface - Contributing writer. Published by Mondriaan Fonds. Nov.
Monumental Graffiti - Contributing artist. Author: Rafael Schacter. Published by MIT Press.
2017: Buff - Author, Published by 1815.
1815 Magazine Issue 7 - Contributing Artist, Published by 1815.
2016: Buff precursor zine - co-published with Fiachra Corcoran.