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Maureen Burke is a visual artist born in Leicester UK, lives and works in Dublin. She holds a BA fine Art, an MA in Culture Studies (IADT) and a PhD in Education (NCAD).
Selected group exhibitions where Maureen’s work has been exhibited include RUA, RHA, The Courthouse Gallery, Hamilton Gallery, Impressions Biennale Galway, and many others. Her work is also held in public and private collections nationally and internationally.
Maureen has received several Arts Council Awards and EAEA Grundvig Travel &Training Awards for Adult Educators (Art Education).
As well as her art practice Maureen is an art educator and facilitator and a member of the Board of Black Church Print Studio.
​My practice is rooted in drawing and is my way of making sense of my surroundings, relationships and everyday encounters. When I draw it has less to do with accuracy than with emotional integrity and a trust in the on-going process of mark-making. I work from photos, memory, and observation, moving intuitively between figuration and abstraction.
Normally I have several works in progress at any one time – these are often compiled and spliced from different situations I have recorded in my notebooks. An important aspect of my process relies on the rawness and immediacy of my notebook recordings informing larger works that may incorporate variety of mediums: acrylic, watercolour, mixed media, and pen and ink.
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