Chris Bourke

I’ve added two new prints to my Etsy shop this week: ‘Memento Vivere (Remember to Live) Blossom‘ is a new edition of the Memento Vivere print with hand carved, stamped blossom and leaves. This is a small edition of only 10 of this particular hand finished design, and there’s only a few copies left. Click on the image above, or visit my Etsy Store for full details and more photos.

Storm in a Tea Cup Hand Coloured has also recently been added to my Etsy store, it’s been a couple of years since this piece has been available. It’s a large print (56x76cm) on heavy paper with layers of watercolour hand finishing, in an edition of just 30. Again click on the image below or visit www.etsy.com/shop/chrisbourkeart for full details of this print.

This is my newest print ‘Forever Ever’ printed on handmade Bhutanese paper. For full details visit my Etsy listing HERE.

I’ve just added an enamel pin to my Etsy Store, based on my ‘Keep Going Keep Growing’ Linocut.

For full details CLICK HERE or the image above.

My newest lino print ‘CASH’ is now available from my Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/chrisbourkeart

It’s portrait print of Johnny Cash with the WuTang lyric ‘Cash Rules Everything Around Me’ and it’s a signed, numbered edition of 100.

I’ve just added four new pieces of work to my Etsy shop – www.etsy.com/shop/ChrisBourkeArt

These are new print editions that were made especially for my recent solo show It’s A Sad and Beautiful World at the Nelly Duff gallery, including the title piece from the show.

Nelly Duff have issued their press release ahead of my solo show at their gallery in London next month:

CHRIS BOURKE – IT IS A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
17th June to 28th June
Private view 16th June 6.30-9pm

click image for a closer look

Nelly Duff presents ‘It is a Sad and Beautiful World’, a solo show of the work of Chris Bourke.
This solo exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to open up the artist’s extensive portfolio, whilst also sampling one-off artworks, small editions and gold leaf finishing.

‘It is a Sad and Beautiful World’ launches several new prints by the artist, exclusive to the show. These artworks embody the techniques and themes that Chris has become renowned for, yet also mark exciting
new directions.

Chris Bourke has developed a reputation within the print community and beyond, for his masterful use of linocut. His artworks are the result of a vigorous and labour-intensive process, that celebrate the game of
chance involved in handmade prints.

His inspirations stem from a collusion of tattoo imagery, religious iconography, music, skateboarding, nature and politics. His artworks often combine draughtmanship with text from Latin and Buddhist
phrases, pop culture and beyond, that resound deeply with the beholder.

Nelly Duff is the home of many prints by Chris; as a gallery and edition house Nelly Duff exhibits artists at the forefront of the Street, Tattoo and Graphic art worlds. The gallery champions the development of high quality hand-made editions; supporting traditional
craft and age-old techniques.

Housed in Nelly Duff’s gallery on Columbia Road, ‘It is a Sad and Beautiful World’ will feature alongside the gallery’s permanent and evolving collections.

Nelly Duff
156 Columbia Road
London
E2 7RG

www.nellyduff.com
hello@nellyduff.com

It is a Sad and Beautiful World is the title of this new print and my first solo show in several years. The show opens at Nelly Duff in London, on Thursday 16th June 2016. Stay tuned for more details nearer the time.

I’m stoked to let you know that the Subversion Gallery in Glasgow is now selling a selection of my prints. Visit their website www.subversiongallery.co.uk to buy or check their opening hours if you’re in the area.