Bobbie Burgers
Two themes run parallel through this body of work: “Beyond the Boundaries of Right and Wrong” and “Time Flows Through Narrow Spaces.” The first is derived from a quote attributed to the 13th-century poet Rumi: “Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” As an artist, this idea of a shared space where people meet on common ground resonates with me. While art is not always neutral or harmonious, it naturally invites interpretation, offering an arena where differing opinions come together. As my work moves further into abstraction, and I give the viewer license to bring their own ideas to my work, this notion of transcending right and wrong becomes increasingly relevant.
The second stream meandering through the exhibition is a conception of time as a river flowing through narrow spaces, in which my encounter with the viewer is brief, yet in many ways represents the very point of creating art. The river stretches and compresses, the currents swirling, rushing, or stagnating, sometimes highlighting a moment of importance or attention, sometimes roaring right past in excitement or stress. There is the volatility of time during the act of creation—but more significantly, there is the compressed moment when someone views the painting: that instant when an impression is made and ideas are formed. In this sense, the exhibition’s two themes come together, each speaking to my relationship with the viewer and their role in contributing meaning to my work.
Biography
Bobbie Burgers is interested in the process of decay, transformation, and metamorphosis. With a distinct style that merges abstraction with representation in increasing degrees, her work brings together instinctive compositions while revealing her precise powers of observation. Remarkable for their compositional rhythms, bold coloration, and sweeping gestural brushstrokes, Burgers’ paintings bring alive the fundamental quest to express something personal, subjective and emotive, in a poetic, abstract way.
Born
Vancouver 1973
Selected Corporate Collections
Weber Shandwick • Thorn Mark Investments • Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Canada • Lawson Lundel Lawson • Sutton Place Hotel • Pen-Cor Mortage and Investments • Royal Bank of Canada • Scotia Mcleod • Nordstrom’s, New York City • Liquidity Wines
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Time Flows Through Narrow Spaces, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Montecito and St. Helena, CA
2023 Winged Victory, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Partly Truth PArtly Fiction, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Forest for the Trees, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The After Party, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Between Always and Never, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Transcribing the Elements, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2021 The Hard Work of Spring, West Vancouver Art Museum, West Vancouver, BC
Storms & Calm Waters, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Folding Outwards, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
2020 The Tender and the Unnerving, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Papier Contenporary Art Fair, Montreal
2019 SCOPE Miami, Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Maximalist, Minimalst, Caldwell Snyder Gallery. St. Helena
Fragile State, Equinox Gallery. Vancouver
Harmony Arts Festival, Ferry Building Gallery, Vanouver
Art Toronto
2018 Perception of Sound, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Art Beijing
Art Toronto
2017 An Outline Broken, Cohim Gallery, Beijing, China
Art Toronto, Toronto, CA
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Impure Crystals, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Bitter Sweet, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
2015 Innocent Disobedience, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Seeds of Rebellion, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
A Beautiful Rebellion, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Quiet Revolution, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
2014 Suspended Between Sweetness & Sorrow, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
Lovely Fugitive, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
The Lure of Magical Thinking, Bau-Xi, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
Stories That We Tell, Couture Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden.
2013 Days of Dreams & Visions, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Respire, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Alchemy, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
An Involuntary & Unconscious Memoir, Galerie St. Laurent & Hill, Ottawa, ON.
Eternalism, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2012 Wanton, Wild, Reckless, Abandonment, Campton Gallery, New York, NY.
Arriving at a Landscape, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
The Here & Now, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
Press
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Selected Artworks
Born
Vancouver 1973
Selected Corporate Collections
Weber Shandwick • Thorn Mark Investments • Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Canada • Lawson Lundel Lawson • Sutton Place Hotel • Pen-Cor Mortage and Investments • Royal Bank of Canada • Scotia Mcleod • Nordstrom’s, New York City • Liquidity Wines
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Time Flows Through Narrow Spaces, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Montecito and St. Helena, CA
2023 Winged Victory, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Partly Truth PArtly Fiction, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Forest for the Trees, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The After Party, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Between Always and Never, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Transcribing the Elements, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2021 The Hard Work of Spring, West Vancouver Art Museum, West Vancouver, BC
Storms & Calm Waters, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Folding Outwards, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
2020 The Tender and the Unnerving, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Papier Contenporary Art Fair, Montreal
2019 SCOPE Miami, Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Maximalist, Minimalst, Caldwell Snyder Gallery. St. Helena
Fragile State, Equinox Gallery. Vancouver
Harmony Arts Festival, Ferry Building Gallery, Vanouver
Art Toronto
2018 Perception of Sound, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Art Beijing
Art Toronto
2017 An Outline Broken, Cohim Gallery, Beijing, China
Art Toronto, Toronto, CA
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Impure Crystals, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Bitter Sweet, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
2015 Innocent Disobedience, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Seeds of Rebellion, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
A Beautiful Rebellion, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Quiet Revolution, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
2014 Suspended Between Sweetness & Sorrow, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
Lovely Fugitive, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
The Lure of Magical Thinking, Bau-Xi, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
Stories That We Tell, Couture Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden.
2013 Days of Dreams & Visions, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Respire, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Alchemy, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
An Involuntary & Unconscious Memoir, Galerie St. Laurent & Hill, Ottawa, ON.
Eternalism, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2012 Wanton, Wild, Reckless, Abandonment, Campton Gallery, New York, NY.
Arriving at a Landscape, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
The Here & Now, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC.
Bobbie Burgers is interested in the process of decay, transformation, and metamorphosis. With a distinct style that merges abstraction with representation in increasing degrees, her work brings together instinctive compositions while revealing her precise powers of observation. Remarkable for their compositional rhythms, bold coloration, and sweeping gestural brushstrokes, Burgers’ paintings bring alive the fundamental quest to express something personal, subjective and emotive, in a poetic, abstract way.
Biography
Press
Two themes run parallel through this body of work: “Beyond the Boundaries of Right and Wrong” and “Time Flows Through Narrow Spaces.” The first is derived from a quote attributed to the 13th-century poet Rumi: “Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” As an artist, this idea of a shared space where people meet on common ground resonates with me. While art is not always neutral or harmonious, it naturally invites interpretation, offering an arena where differing opinions come together. As my work moves further into abstraction, and I give the viewer license to bring their own ideas to my work, this notion of transcending right and wrong becomes increasingly relevant.
The second stream meandering through the exhibition is a conception of time as a river flowing through narrow spaces, in which my encounter with the viewer is brief, yet in many ways represents the very point of creating art. The river stretches and compresses, the currents swirling, rushing, or stagnating, sometimes highlighting a moment of importance or attention, sometimes roaring right past in excitement or stress. There is the volatility of time during the act of creation—but more significantly, there is the compressed moment when someone views the painting: that instant when an impression is made and ideas are formed. In this sense, the exhibition’s two themes come together, each speaking to my relationship with the viewer and their role in contributing meaning to my work.
Bobbie Burgers
"My story is fragmented, it is up to the viewer to piece it together."
This collection is about nature’s seasonal unfolding. Emotions undergo a similar cycle of highs and lows, whole cycles can start and finish, causing great upheavals.
Two themes run parallel through this body of work: “Beyond the Boundaries of Right and Wrong” and “Time Flows Through Narrow Spaces.” The first is derived from a quote attributed to the 13th-century poet Rumi: “Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” As an artist, this idea of a shared space where people meet on common ground resonates with me. While art is not always neutral or harmonious, it naturally invites interpretation, offering an arena where differing opinions come together. As my work moves further into abstraction, and I give the viewer license to bring their own ideas to my work, this notion of transcending right and wrong becomes increasingly relevant.
The second stream meandering through the exhibition is a conception of time as a river flowing through narrow spaces, in which my encounter with the viewer is brief, yet in many ways represents the very point of creating art. The river stretches and compresses, the currents swirling, rushing, or stagnating, sometimes highlighting a moment of importance or attention, sometimes roaring right past in excitement or stress. There is the volatility of time during the act of creation—but more significantly, there is the compressed moment when someone views the painting: that instant when an impression is made and ideas are formed. In this sense, the exhibition’s two themes come together, each speaking to my relationship with the viewer and their role in contributing meaning to my work.