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Kenneth Burton
Bio
After High School I studied Art for one year at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. During that time I learned the basics of design, painting, and drawing. I received my degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University. I designed Intrusion Prevention Systems used in corporate networks. The Intrusion Prevention Systems were implemented with a single mother board that included the CPU, the Ethernet switch and PHYs. Prior to Fab out, I performed Signal Integrity Analysis. CPLD and FPGA design, Provided placement and routing guidance. I then completed the Hardware Design Specification. When the prototypes arrived, I completed board bringup, and released the product to production. I completed an introductory Illustration class at San Jose State after graduation, several drawing and painting classes at Mission College in Santa Clara, a California College of the Arts Extension Illustration class, and a class at the Academy of Art University.
Artist Statement
My Art is primarily Narrative Art. Narrative art seeks to capture an event or moment in a story. Prior to widespread literacy, narrative art was responsible for educating the masses. Renaissance, Dutch and Flemish painters were Narrative Artist. The classic American Illustrators were Narrative Artist who helped readers visualize a story in a book or a magazine.
My subjects of interest are African and African American history as well as Biblical Stories. My ideas start as thumbnail drawings of subjects of interest.
Exhibitions
• My painting titled “Revelation 12” was selected by the Stola Contemporary Art Gallery to participate in the collective exhibition Angels and Demons in Chicago Illinois. Show runs February 11th – March 26th,2023
• My painting titled “Family Farm” was selected by the Alpharetta Arts Center jurors to participate in the collective exhibition Down on the Farm in Alpharetta Georgia. Show dates Feb 1, 2023, thru Mar 18, 2023
• My painting titled “Egyptian Bath” was selected by the 35th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition jurors to participate in the collective exhibition at Agora Gallery New York city.
The 35th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
• My painting titled “Egyptian Musicians” selected in the Semi-Finals in the 15th ARC Salon.
15th ARC Salon Semi-Finalist Roster
• My painting titled “Egyptian Musicians” was selected as one of the finalists for inclusion in the exhibit Art Comes Alive 2018 Cincinnati, Ohio. Selected from nearly 2,000 works of art from across the country. Art Design Consultants
• My painting titled “Lalibela Ethiopia” was selected for inclusion in the Triton Museum of Art’s Statewide Painting Competition & Exhibition 2013, Santa Clara, California.
Triton Museum Of Art