Abigail Burt, artist and bronze caster.
Born 1989, Northamptonshire.
BA Hons Fine Art, Falmouth University.
Founder of Vulcan's Foundry and the Worldwide Foundry Alliance.
Burt runs bronze casting workshops, and casts bronze using the ceramic shell lost-wax casting method in her home studio. In Autumn 2016 Burt undertook a Winston Churchill travel fellowship to Nepal and India, to study the traditional methods of bronze casting using natural and locally sourced materials, with the aim of bringing back an awareness of traditional casting methods to the UK, and widening the knowledge and accessibility of foundry craft to a wider audience.
Burt's recent work looks at the experimental possibilities of bronze casting. Her currently ongoing series of residencies explores how the participation of the audience influences the development of the sculptures, transcending visitors from the usual role of passive observer. The organic growth of the sculptures placed within the gallery directly respond to the flow of people in and out of the space. The collective collaboration of audience and artist also creates a higher awareness in the visitors to the making process.
Burt is member of the British Art Medal Society Council and specialises in art medal commissions.
Past commissions have included a worn medal for The United Guilds Service of St Paul's Cathedral. This gold plated Chorister Medal can be viewed here. Other commissions include a commemorative portrait medal of Dr Andrew Burnett for The British Museum and On the Edge of the Present, a collector's edition for BAMS.
In 2013 the British Art Medal Society awarded her the position of New Medallist. Through this Burt studied the collections of medals within the archives of the British Museum and the V&A, spent a period of study within the engraving department at the Royal Mint, and lived in Bulgaria for 6 weeks studying medal making with renowned Professor, Bogomil Nikolov.
Burt returned to Bulgaria in 2015 to participate in an international artists symposium in the old capital of Veliko Tornovo, working and living alongside artists from across Europe.
Born 1989, Northamptonshire.
BA Hons Fine Art, Falmouth University.
Founder of Vulcan's Foundry and the Worldwide Foundry Alliance.
Burt runs bronze casting workshops, and casts bronze using the ceramic shell lost-wax casting method in her home studio. In Autumn 2016 Burt undertook a Winston Churchill travel fellowship to Nepal and India, to study the traditional methods of bronze casting using natural and locally sourced materials, with the aim of bringing back an awareness of traditional casting methods to the UK, and widening the knowledge and accessibility of foundry craft to a wider audience.
Burt's recent work looks at the experimental possibilities of bronze casting. Her currently ongoing series of residencies explores how the participation of the audience influences the development of the sculptures, transcending visitors from the usual role of passive observer. The organic growth of the sculptures placed within the gallery directly respond to the flow of people in and out of the space. The collective collaboration of audience and artist also creates a higher awareness in the visitors to the making process.
Burt is member of the British Art Medal Society Council and specialises in art medal commissions.
Past commissions have included a worn medal for The United Guilds Service of St Paul's Cathedral. This gold plated Chorister Medal can be viewed here. Other commissions include a commemorative portrait medal of Dr Andrew Burnett for The British Museum and On the Edge of the Present, a collector's edition for BAMS.
In 2013 the British Art Medal Society awarded her the position of New Medallist. Through this Burt studied the collections of medals within the archives of the British Museum and the V&A, spent a period of study within the engraving department at the Royal Mint, and lived in Bulgaria for 6 weeks studying medal making with renowned Professor, Bogomil Nikolov.
Burt returned to Bulgaria in 2015 to participate in an international artists symposium in the old capital of Veliko Tornovo, working and living alongside artists from across Europe.
Appointments
Publications Featured
Awards
2016: Winston Churchill Fellowship,
May 2015: Second Prize awarded by Jean-Luc Baroni and panel at the Medallic exhibition 2015.
September 2014: One Talent Award; awarded at the In ternational Medal Congress: Recognition of talent and promise in medal making, chosen from those who have attended the Sculpture Workshop of Veliko Tornavo.
March 2011: British Art Medal Society; Award for Bas Relief.
March 2010: British Art Medal Society; Award for Concept and Bas Relief.
Collections
The British Museum.
The American Numismatic Society.
- Winston Churchill Fellow
- BAMS Council Member
- Associate Lecturer, Northampton University.
Publications Featured
- MCA Advisory. Vol.18.No.6.Nov/Dec 2015.
- MCA Advisory. The journal of the Medal Collectors of America. Vol. 17. No.5. Sept/Oct 2014.
- The Medal. Issue No.65. Autumn 2014.
- Flash Médaille, Belgium magazine, 7 page article written by Arnold Nieuwendam.
- Munt, Koerier, issue 12.
Awards
2016: Winston Churchill Fellowship,
May 2015: Second Prize awarded by Jean-Luc Baroni and panel at the Medallic exhibition 2015.
September 2014: One Talent Award; awarded at the In ternational Medal Congress: Recognition of talent and promise in medal making, chosen from those who have attended the Sculpture Workshop of Veliko Tornavo.
March 2011: British Art Medal Society; Award for Bas Relief.
March 2010: British Art Medal Society; Award for Concept and Bas Relief.
Collections
The British Museum.
The American Numismatic Society.
Exhibitions
Forthcoming:
March 1st-11th, Group Show, The Steamship, Poplar.
April 5th-May 4th 2018, Solo Exhibition, Husk, Limehouse.
May 30- June 30 2018, FIDEM Art medal exhibition, Canadian Museum of Nature. Ottawa, Canada.
November 23-25th 2017: Solo Exhibition, The Island, Bristol.
8th July 2017: Bronze Casting Performance, NN Contemporary, Northampton.
September 18th-22nd 2017: Gallery Residency, The Island, Bristol.
August- November 2017: China Numismatic Museum
November 2017: Beijing International Coin Exposition, China National Convention Center, Beijing.
10th- 13th May 2017: Project Space Residency, NN Contemporary, Northampton.
21st- 23rd April 2017: Welsh Connections, Carmarthen County Museum, Wales.
23rd March- 20th April 2017: Celebrating 80, Goldsmith’s Centre, London.
26th September -14th Ocotober 2016: Camarthen School of Art, Wales
6th- 11th September 2016: XXXIV FIDEM Congress. Belgium.
6th-11th September 2016: XXXIV FIDEM Congress, Belgium.
28th November-January 2016: Cabinet of Curiosities. 20/20 Gallery. Much Wenlock.
1st July- 31st August 2015: Cornish Cream, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
12th May - 19th June 2015: Jean-Luc Baroni Gallery, 7-8 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, London.
24th - 26th J anu ary: Art Rooms 2015. International Contemporary Art Fair. Melia White Hotel, London.
September 2014: FIDEM international Exhibition of contemporary medals, Archeological Museum Sofia.
March 8th- April 19th 2014: New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham.
November 27th - Ja nuary 31st 2013/14: Sladmore Contemporary, 32 Bruton Place, London.
October 16th - 20th 2013: TouchArt Fair, 35 Marylebone High Street, London.
Nov 2012- Jan 2013: Miniprint International, Bages, France.
Oct-Nov 2012: National Open Art Exhibition, Princes Foundation, London.
October 2012: National Open Art Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester.
September 2012: Bite Artists making Prints. Mall Galleries, London.
August 2012: Blackall Studios, London
July 2012: XXXII Art Medal Congress, Glasgow.
June-Sept 2012: Miniprint International, Cadaqués, Girona, Spain.
June 2012: Graduate Show, Woodlane, Falmouth.
May 2012: Four Tone, The Poly, Falmouth.
February 2011: Group Exhibition at The Poly, Falmouth.
December 2010-April 2012: Gallery 49, Falmouth.
Forthcoming:
March 1st-11th, Group Show, The Steamship, Poplar.
April 5th-May 4th 2018, Solo Exhibition, Husk, Limehouse.
May 30- June 30 2018, FIDEM Art medal exhibition, Canadian Museum of Nature. Ottawa, Canada.
November 23-25th 2017: Solo Exhibition, The Island, Bristol.
8th July 2017: Bronze Casting Performance, NN Contemporary, Northampton.
September 18th-22nd 2017: Gallery Residency, The Island, Bristol.
August- November 2017: China Numismatic Museum
November 2017: Beijing International Coin Exposition, China National Convention Center, Beijing.
10th- 13th May 2017: Project Space Residency, NN Contemporary, Northampton.
21st- 23rd April 2017: Welsh Connections, Carmarthen County Museum, Wales.
23rd March- 20th April 2017: Celebrating 80, Goldsmith’s Centre, London.
26th September -14th Ocotober 2016: Camarthen School of Art, Wales
6th- 11th September 2016: XXXIV FIDEM Congress. Belgium.
6th-11th September 2016: XXXIV FIDEM Congress, Belgium.
28th November-January 2016: Cabinet of Curiosities. 20/20 Gallery. Much Wenlock.
1st July- 31st August 2015: Cornish Cream, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
12th May - 19th June 2015: Jean-Luc Baroni Gallery, 7-8 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, London.
24th - 26th J anu ary: Art Rooms 2015. International Contemporary Art Fair. Melia White Hotel, London.
September 2014: FIDEM international Exhibition of contemporary medals, Archeological Museum Sofia.
March 8th- April 19th 2014: New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham.
November 27th - Ja nuary 31st 2013/14: Sladmore Contemporary, 32 Bruton Place, London.
October 16th - 20th 2013: TouchArt Fair, 35 Marylebone High Street, London.
Nov 2012- Jan 2013: Miniprint International, Bages, France.
Oct-Nov 2012: National Open Art Exhibition, Princes Foundation, London.
October 2012: National Open Art Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester.
September 2012: Bite Artists making Prints. Mall Galleries, London.
August 2012: Blackall Studios, London
July 2012: XXXII Art Medal Congress, Glasgow.
June-Sept 2012: Miniprint International, Cadaqués, Girona, Spain.
June 2012: Graduate Show, Woodlane, Falmouth.
May 2012: Four Tone, The Poly, Falmouth.
February 2011: Group Exhibition at The Poly, Falmouth.
December 2010-April 2012: Gallery 49, Falmouth.
