Amanda Burk is an emerging artist from Ontario whose practice is situated in drawing. She received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 2003 and her Honours BA Fine Arts Specialization from the University of Waterloo, 2001. Her work has recently been exhibited in Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto.
| 2003 | Masters of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 2001 | Honours BA Fine Arts Studio Specialization, English Minor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2013 | Full Circle, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan |
| 2011 | State of Transformation, Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library, Montreal |
| 2010 | Dual, bookhou, Toronto |
| 2010 | solo show, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans |
| 2009 | Coalesce, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan |
| 2007 | Thresholds, Spadina Museum, Toronto |
| 2007 | Dusk, B, Toronto |
| 2007 | Reflection, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto |
| 2006 | Release, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan |
| 2006 | Symmetries, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener |
| 2003 | inthatwhichisinbetween, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax |
| 2001 | Lost Transmission, ArtBar, Kitchener |
| 2012 | Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, Event Deck, Los Angeles |
| 2011 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition: Best of 2010, FCP Gallery, Toronto |
| 2010 | Mattawa Blues and Arts Festival, Explorer's Point, Mattawa |
| 2009 | Collection of Small Format and Works on Paper, Torres-Porcelli Art Contemporain, Montreal |
| 2009 | paper chase, apertura, Toronto |
| 2009 | NEXT 2009 :: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Chicago |
| 2008 | Gifted, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan |
| 2008 | Une partie de 7, Galerie d'art St-Ambroise, Montreal |
| 2008 | The Drawing Show, Peter Buckland Gallery, Saint John |
| 2008 | Drawing On, *new* gallery, Toronto |
| 2007 | Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto |
| 2007 | The Drawing Show, arthouse, Calgary |
| 2006 | Equilibrium, Hang Man Gallery, Toronto |
| 2006 | Brave New World, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax |
| 2006 | Brave New World, Diaspora Vibe, Miami |
| 2006 | The Shelf Project, C1 Gallery, Toronto |
| 2006 | Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto |
| 2005 | drifts, The Centre for the Arts, Sean OSullivan Gallery, Brock University, St. Catharines |
| 2003 | Six from Halifax, Ciparis/Lennox Gallery, Toronto |
| 2012 | Grimsby Public Art Gallery 2012 Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby |
| 2012 | AGH Art Sale, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton |
| 2012 | The Artist Project Toronto, Exhibition Place, Toronto |
| 2012 | Drawing 2012, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2011 | Drawing 2011, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2010 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto |
| 2010 | Drawing on Washi: The Presence of the Void, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto |
| 2010 | Art of Resistance, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay |
| 2010 | Drawing 2010, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2009 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto |
| 2009 | Drawing 2009, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2008 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto |
| 2008 | MADE (Modern Art Design Exhibit), Gladstone Hotel, Toronto |
| 2008 | Draw In Exhibition, 00130Gallery, Helsinki |
| 2008 | Drawing 2008, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2007 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto |
| 2005 | Sublimation, Hang Man Gallery, Toronto |
| 2005 | The Drawing Show, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto |
| 2004 | Homecoming, University of Waterloo, Waterloo |
| 2004 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto |
| 2003 | Cambridge Galleries Annual Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge |
| 2002 | Drawing Marathon, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax |
| 2001 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto |
| Cobra to Contemporary (Netherlands) |
| City of Toronto |
| 2007 | Lynn Donoghue Artist in Residence, Spadina Museum, Toronto |
| 2012 | Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council |
| 2012 | Northern Arts Grant, Ontario Arts Council |
| 2012 | 'Second Place', 2012 Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby |
| 2012 | 'Second Prize', Drawing 2012, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2011 | Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council |
| 2011 | 'Honourable Mention', Drawing 2011, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto |
| 2010 | 'Drawing Honourable Mention', Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto |
| 2010 | 'Best in Show', Art of Resistance, North Bay |
| 2005 | Harpweaver Prize for Visual Art, Brock University |
| 2005 | 'Best in Show', Hang Man Gallery, Toronto |
| 2001 - 2003 | MFA Fellowship, NSCAD University |
| 2000 | Lynn Holmes Memorial Award, University of Waterloo |
| 1999 | Auggie Corvino Memorial Award, University of Waterloo |
| 2012 | Annual Juried Exhibition, Burlington Art Association, Burlington. |
| 2010 | Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Organizations, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto |
| 2009 | First National Juried Drawing Exhibition, White Water Gallery, North Bay |
| 2009 | Artist Talk, University of Calgary, Calgary |
| 2006 | Artist Talk, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami |
| 2006 | Artist Talk, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio |
| 'Dual (Meadow Star)', The New Collectors Book, Second Edition, 2013. Basak Malone LLC, New York, 2012. |
| Turner, Elisa. Critics Pick/ 'Brave New World', published by the Miami Herald 2006-09-23 |
| MacDonald, Joanne. Burks drawings explore release of energy through gesture. Niagara This Week 2006-09-15 |
| Hollick, Laura. Seeing the Unseen. Pulse Niagara 2006-09-14 |
| Suarez De Jesus, Carlos. Aldous Huxley, Meet George W. Diaspora Vibe takes a dystopic look at post-9/11 America, published by Miami New Times 2006-09-07 |
| Harpweaver (cover image), volume 13, 2005, Brock Universitys Magazine of Literature and the Arts, ed. Caroline Whitfield. |
| Sirove, Taryn., Cranston, Marla. "Emerging Artists." 5163: The Magazine of NSCAD University. Winter 2003 |
| SoTA, Issue 1. April, 2003, NSCAD University publication, dir. Derek Liddington |
| Catalogue essay for White Water Gallery, North Bay, "The National Juried Drawing Exhibition 2009", 2010 |
| Catalogue essay for *new* gallery, Toronto, "Dorie Millerson: Attachments," June 2005 |
| 2009 - | Assistant Professor, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario |
| 2008 | Sessional Instructor, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2007 - 2009 | Instructor, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 - 2007 | Visiting Artist, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 2002 - 2004 | Sessional Instructor, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia |