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AINSLEY BURROWS
b. 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica;
Lives and works in Baltimore, MD and Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1996 – SUNY Oswego – Oswego, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming Aug 2022 – SUNY Oneonta – Oneonta, NY
Upcoming Aug 2022 – KIRPA Auction House – Online Auction
Upcoming Oct 2022 – Rush Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Upcoming Nov 2022 – The Lion Art Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
Upcoming 2023 – Creative Alliance – Baltimore, MD
2021 – FREEFORM-1, Bed-Stuy Art House – Brooklyn, NY
2019 – The Maroons Rebellion, Ainsley Burrows Open Studio – Brooklyn, NY
2016 – NeoChaos, 33 Lafayette – Brooklyn, NY
2013 – Red Series – New York, NY
2012 – The Paintings of Ainsley Burrows, Akwa – Brooklyn, NY
2012 – Masking, Camaje – New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming June 17, 2022 – Community College of Baltimore County – Baltimore, MD
Upcoming July 2022 – 11:Eleven Gallery – Washington, DC
Upcoming – The Harper Museum – Detroit, MI
2021 – Good Neighbors, Amos Eno Gallery – Brooklyn NY
2013 – Black History Month Art Show, Brookhaven National Laboratory – Upton, NY
2012 – Ascension, 3rd Eye Sol-lation Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2013 – Verses & Flow, TV One (TV Series)
2008 – BET Lyric Cafe 2008, BET (TV Series)
2007 – Augsburg Brecht Connected (ABC) Festival – Augsburg, Germany
2007 – Annual guerilla poetry tour, Babylon by Foot, was taken international
2007 – Performed for MTV's Band in the Bubble TV series with band, Arson Class
2001 – Performed with Nuyorican National Slam Team – New York, NY and Princeton, NJ
1999 – Inaugural national Babylon by Foot guerilla poetry tour
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Hill Harper, private collection – Detroit, MI
Wayee Chu, private collection – San Francisco, CA
Lisane Basquiat, private collection – San Diego, CA
Jeanine and Herve Heriveaux, private collection – Maplewood, NJ
Andre and Joia Perry, private collection – Oxon Hill, MD
OTHER PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
2020 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music mixtape Young Vader
2016 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album NeoChaos
2011 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album Empire
2008-2009 – Poetry Performance Workshops, Lecturer, The Juilliard School, New York, NY
2008 – Guinness commercial collaboration, aired in 26 Caribbean countries
2008 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album Evolver
2007 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album Rockstar
2006 – Founded The Sweet Spot, a burlesque variety show stage production
2004-2005 – Coached Nuyorican National Slam Team
2003 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album Climax
2001 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album The Groove Electric
2000 – Wrote, performed, and produced poetry/music album Cataclysm
1999 – Founded BurrowsInk, a multimedia production company
PUBLISHED WORKS
Set to publish in 2021 – Escorian Vein, Novel
Set to publish in 2021 – Children Carrying The Sky, Novel
2018 – Sex Addiction, sequel to Bang Bang Bang, Novel
2017 – The Spellcaster’s Manual, Poetry Collection
2013 – Bang Bang Bang: A Summer Of Sin In Brooklyn, Novel
2008 – The Wolf Who Cried Boy (UK), Poetry Collection
2005 – Black Angels With Sky Blue Feathers (UK), Poetry Collection
2005 – Street Pigeons (UK), Photography and Poetry Collection
2000 – The Woman Who Isn’t Was, Poetry Collection
1999 – Black Angels With Sky Blue Feathers, Poetry Collection
AWARDS
2004 – Nuyorican Poets Café Award for Coaching – New York, NY
2002 – Best International Performer of 2002, Farrago Poetry Café – London, UK
2001 – Nuyorican Poets Café Award for Participation – New York, NY
2001 – International Poetry Slam Championship – Munich, Germany
2001 – Best International Performer of 2001, Farrago Poetry Café – London, UK
SELECTED PRESS
BK Stories, “The Sweet Spot,” BRIC, February 13, 2020.
Karu F. Daniels, “Inside ‘The Sweet Spot’: Burlesque Group Celebrates Black Erotica,” NBC News, November 4, 2017.
Glamazon Tyomi, “Black Burlesque Goes Big Time at The Sweet Spot,” Ebony, November 26, 2015.
Ennoc, “Ainsley Burrows Takes Center Stage,” Big Up Radio, March 8, 2008.
Krista Henry, “Guinness poet ‘burrows’ into the word.” Jamaica Gleaner, November 23, 2008. View commercial.
"Ainsley Burrows' work is a vibrant force that transcends every dimension of life. His brushstrokes dance, teach, and soothe; collectively invoking an authentic spirit of wonder. Ainsley is a modern day creative genius, one who later generations will seek to emulate."
— Vivian K. Tozaki, Esq.