Born in 1947
Lives and works in Nassau, Bahamas
Stan Burnside is a painter and pioneer in the world of Afrofuturism. Over the last four decades of practice, Burnside has become a folk hero in the Bahamas, utilizing elemental and mystical symbolism rooted in his heritage to explore the limitations and possibilities of the Afro-Caribbean experience.
education
MFA, University Of Pennsylvania
BFA, University Of Pennsylvania
solo shows
2022
- Quarantino’s Lullaby curated by Tavares Strachan, Mestre Projects, Albany, Nassau, Bahamas
- As Time Goes On, curated by Tavares Strachan, Perrotin, New York City, New York, USA
2019
- Conversations with My Father, Current Gallery, Baha Mar Resort, Nassau, Bahamas
2017
- Recent Paintings, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2013
- Peace and Love: Writings on The Wall, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2011
- Come Ye Disconsolate, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2010
- The Optical and the Synthetic, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2008
- Garden Of Remembrance, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2007
- Just A Breath Between Life & Death, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2005
- Reverie, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2003
- WAR...Viewer Discretion Advised, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2000
- Whispers & Screams, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
1999
- Spirituals, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
1998
- Release the Spirit, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
1997
- Changes, The Gallery at Doongalik Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
1992
- Faces, La Galleria, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1989
- Trails, Artist's Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
group shows
2021
- Unmastered, Mestre Projects Gallery, Albany, Nassau, Bahamas
2015
- Around and Back Again, Stan Burnside Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
- JAMMIN’, Collaborative Art, D’Aguilar Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas
2012
- Master Artists of the Bahamas, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Florida, USA
2011
- Master Artists of the Bahamas, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa, USA
2008
- SUGAR, Popop Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
2007
- Bahamian Art—Pre Columbian to the Present, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
- Freedom Call Exhibition, Freeport, Bahamas
2005
- Art International, Nassau, Bahamas
2004
- National Exhibition Il, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
- The Dawn Davies Collection, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2003
- Inaugural National Exhibition, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
- The D'Aguilar Collection, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2002
- College of The Bahamas Lecturer/Alumni Exhibition, Nassau, Bahamas
2000
- Cariforo Exhibition—Urban Life in the Caribbean Region, Haiti, Guadalupe, Jamaica
- On the Edge of Time—Contemporary Art from the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA
1999
- Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Paris, France
- A Visual Dialogue, Paris, France
- Old & Young of The Caribbean, Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina, USA
- Urban Life in the Caribbean Region, Palacio de Bellas Artes, San Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Passages, Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
1998
- Caribbean Regional Show, Musées de Cagnes sur Mer, France
1996
- Junkanoo Jam Jubilee, Camille Love Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Carib Art, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
1995
- Carib Art, Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
1994
- Carib Art, Grand Cayman, Cayman Island
- Carib Art, Centro Calguetio, Oranjestad, Aruba
- The 2nd Caribbean Biennial of Painting, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Sao Paulo Biennial of Painting, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Havana Biennial of Painting, Havana, Cuba
1993
- 500 years After: Central American & Caribbean Painting Today, Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA
1992
- Nader Gallery Invitational, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- The 1st Caribbean Biennial of Painting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- B-C.A.U.S.E. Kindred Spirits, Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
1985
- Group Show, Brent Malone Temple Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
1980
- New Direction in Bahamian Art, Institute of the Arts, Nassau, Bahamas
public collections
Central Bank of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
D’Aguilar Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas
Dawn Davies Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
Museo de Artes Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
OAS Museum of The Americas, Washington DC, USA
UW School of Continuing Education - Mona Centre Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica
POSITIONS
Chairman of the Board, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (2012 - 2017)
Founder, B-C.A.U.S.E. (Bahamian Creative Artists United for Serious Expression)
Founding Member, One Family Junkanoo and Community Organization