Chris Burnside:
Thresholds

Through December 31, 2025

image: “Scattered Cliffs”, 2025, acrylic and ink on panel, 30 x 24 inches

@ Bulldog News / University District

Thresholds

I like working from glimpses of happenstance arrangements that surprise me on city streets, forest trails, and neighborhood sidewalks. I explore the interplay of natural and constructed elements, focusing on the dynamic tension between organic forms and human-made structures.

Through painting, drawing, and sculpture, I construct layered compositions that invite the viewer to contemplate the inherent abstract qualities of our environment. I am drawn to the subtle details, textures, and patterns found in both nature and the built world, such as the erosion of surfaces and the accumulation of materials.

Ultimately, I would like my work to create a moment of contemplation for the viewer where perception expands allowing space to make personal connections.

Public Viewing at Bulldog News:
Monday-Friday 7:30 am - 3 pm
Closed 3 - 5 pm
Open for Ice Cream & Magazines 5 - 9 pm
Saturday 8 am - 9 pm
Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
4208 University Way NE, Seattle WA 98105

Chris Burnside

Chris Burnside was born in Seattle and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Washington in 1996 and went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. Burnside's exhibition history includes a solo exhibition at the Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia, and inclusion in the 2008 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the National Academy Museum in New York, where he received the S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Prize. He has participated in group exhibitions at venues such as Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, the Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, SOIL Gallery and CoCA in Seattle, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Los Angeles. Burnside has also been a consistent presence in collaborative projects, including multiple curatorial efforts with Chris Rawson and Julian Calero in Brooklyn including a mural in McCarren Park, and contributions to Seattle’s NEPO 5k Don't Run events in 2013, 2014 and 2015 as well as the 2025 Walk Don’t Run Art Marathon in downtown Seattle. His art has also appeared in various journals and publications including the New York Times, the New York Sun, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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