Light On The Subject

Brian Burke

Born: Aug. 5, 1952 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI)
Died: Dec. 19, 2017 in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island (PEI)

Brian Burke was one of Canada’s foremost figurative painters. His paintings often consider basic questions of contemporary society, sometimes by poking fun. Burke studied design at Holland College (1971-73), and Fine Art at Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (1974). He lived in PEI and Switzerland. Burke’s work was supported by the PEI Council of the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts. It has been exhibited in numerous public galleries in group and solo exhibitions and at international art fairs and is in many collections in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.