Taurus Burns

Painter, renowned for his cityscape paintings. College for Creative Studies (CCS) alum.

Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Taurus Burns.

Detail of Touched, a painting by Taurus Burns. Lately, crows have been important symbols in several of his paintings.

Current exhibition

Out of the Vault, Into the Light at Detroit Artists Market, curated by Leslie Graves. With featured artist Lori Ellsworth. Opened April 19 and slated to run to May 18.

Various plans.

Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit at the Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills. October 28, 2023 — March 3, 2024.
Created Equal at M Contemporary Art. February 24, 2023 — March 18, 2023.
Salad Days, curated by Holliday Taylor Martindale at Detroit Artists Market. January 22, 2021 — February 20, 2021.
Plus One, with Chris Lujan and others, at 333 Midland. October 29, 2020 — November 28, 2020.
Multifaceted Narratives: An Exploration of Black Figurative Art, curated by Juana Williams, at Detroit Artists Market. August 14, 2020 — September 12, 2020.
Small Works 2020 at Marygrove College, in the Liberal Arts Building, 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit. January 16, 2020 — ??? ??, 2020?
Drawings group exhibit at M Contemporary Art. March 22, 2019 — April 13, 2019.
Troublemaker, solo show at Hatch Art. May 5 — 26, 2018.
To the End of the Earth, curated by Adrian Hatfield, at Detroit Artists Market. September 8, 2017 — October 14, 2017.
Now and Then: Artists Contemplate the Summer of 1967 at Detroit Artists Market. April 28, 2017 — May 27, 2017.
Art & Soul of Oakland exhibit at Galerie Camille. April 29, 2017.
Beautiful Brushwork at Pittmann-Puckett Art Gallery. March 2, 2017 — April 1, 2017.
...many more...
Oil and Water, with Matt Lewis at Corktown Studios. May 23 — 30, 2015.
...many more...

Alonso del Arte, "9 artists who live in Detroit", Examiner.com, January 6, 2015.
Adam Gac, "Taurus Burns", The South End, April 20, 2010.

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