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Who is Kenneth Burris

I am an independent contemporary artist and cultural strategist whose work examines the relationship between human infrastructure, natural systems, technology, time, and cultural change.

My practice combines painting, drawing, digital development, 3D modeling, and research to develop images, structures, and symbolic environments. Landscape serves as an analytical structure for examining technological and cultural change.

Alongside my studio practice, I write, curate, and speak about contemporary art, artificial intelligence, blockchain, authorship, provenance, and the changing conditions of artistic practice.

Learn more about my current work, writing, and research at kennethburris.com.


Studio History

Kenneth Burris Studio is centered on an independent contemporary practice encompassing original artworks, limited-edition pigment prints, selected commissions, writing, and public speaking. Burris’s professional background spans more than thirty years. He began his career in 1994 producing hand-painted commercial imagery at architectural scale, then spent eighteen years working within commercial fine art studios in roles involving painting, art direction, collaborative production, quality control, and studio management. This experience developed the technical discipline, material knowledge, and visual planning that continue to support his work today. That history remains part of the studio’s foundation, but it does not define its current direction. The studio now serves as the professional home for Burris’s artwork, commissions, exhibitions, and public practice.

Selected Professional Experience


Speaking | Panels


Curation

Generations Gallery, Midwest Bitcoin Summit, Columbus, OH
Co-Curator


Exhibitions | Events | Publications

MBS Conference, Columbus, OH

BTC Conference, Las Vegas, NV
BBB Conference, Dallas, TX
BTC Conference, Nashville, TN

Digital-Art Deathmatch, Beeple Studio, Charleston, SC

Adopting BTC, San Salvador, El Salvador
BTC Conference, Miami, FL
Pacific Bitcoin, Los Angeles, CA
The Plan B Collection, Lugano, Switzerland

FAKE Basel Miami, Miami, FL

Bitcoin Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

Citadel 21 Magazine: Featured in There Is a Renaissance Happening, examining Burris’s relationship to fine art and emerging technological culture.

Bitcoin For The Arts, Inc. – Sovereign Strokes in the Shadow of Cooling Towers


Studio | Collaborations | Collections

Charles Fazzino

Van Owners Purchasing Bureau, Inc.

Coca-Cola

3M

GTZ Fine Art Editions

M&M Collection

“Kenneth Burris Studio”

Is an independent, artist-run business managing the creation, presentation, sale, and documentation of Kenneth Burris’s work. Collaborations are considered selectively and in alignment with the studio’s practice.