MA RCA The Royal College of Art Visual Communication
BA Hons Central St Martins School of Art
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​Awards
2024 Judd Medical Third Prize Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Portrait Award
2022 A-N Bursary Time Space Money
​2021 Oppenheim-John Downes Award
2021 Tatha Award – The Royal Scottish Academy
​2021 Commended – The Moth Prize
​2021 Space Artist Award
​2020 Arts Council Emergency Award
​2019 John Purcell Paper Award – The Bolton Museum
2017 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2017 Resident House of Illustration Gallery
2017 Sheila Robinson Award 2nd Prize The Royal College of Art
​2016 Gordon Peter Pickard Travel Award The Royal College of Art
2016 Educational Award The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
2016 Educational Award The City of London Corporation
1999 First Prize Caffe Nero Competition Central St Martins
1999 First Prize Photography Competition Central St Martins
1996 Best Student Award Access Art and Design Hertfordshire UniversityAwards shortlisted
2024 RBSA Drawing Prize
2023 Cheltenham Illustration Award
​2023 RBSA Prize
2022 Oxmarket Drawing Prize
​2022 Sir John Hurt Prize shortlisted
2022 Wells Contemporary Prize
2022 Signature Art Prize Finalist
2022 Yorkshire Coast Dbid Prize shortlisted
​2022 Football Art Prize shortlisted
​2021 Glyndebourne Tour Art 21 shortlisted
2021 Refresh Art Award shortlisted
2021 Tabernacle Prize shortlisted
2021 Chaiya Award shortlisted
2020 Beep Painting Prize shortlisted
2020 The Sir John Hurt Art Prize shortlisted
​2014 Architectural Pod Competition, Arts Council, shortlisted

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Labour of Love, Tarset
​2022 Hung up to dry over the Tay, Tatha Gallery, Dundee
2022 Drawing the past, Newton Abbot Museum, Devon
2020 Politics, Sex and Religion – Aleph Contemporary
2018 People in the Gallery, Quentin Blake’s House of Illustration, London
2001 Gallery K, Hampstead, London
2000 Space Gallery, London

Collections
Kensington and Chelsea Jubilee Collection, Newton Abbott Museum collection and private collections across Britain including, London, Cambridge, Sheffield and Northern Ireland.

Exhibitions2024 Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition
​2024 Green and Stone Gallery Summer Exhibition, Chelsea, London
​2024 Black Swan Arts Open Exhibition, Frome
2024 Summer exhibition Aleph Contemporary
2024 Tabernacle Art Competition, MOMA Machynlleth
2024 Townhouse Open, London
2024 Ferens Open, Hull Museum
2024 SWA Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2024 RBSA, Birmingham2024 Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle
2023 RBSA Drawing Exhibition, Birmingham
​2023 Babylon Arts Centre, Ely
​2023 Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Town Hall, London
​2023 Summer Open, Townhouse Gallery, London
2023 SWA Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2023 The Wilson Museum, Cheltenham
2023 Museum in the Park, Stroud
2023 Society of Scottish Artists 130 years Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy
2023 RBSA friends exhibition
2023 Football Art Prize – Sunderland Museum
2023 Yorkshire Coast Dbid PRIZED Old Parcels Office
2022 The Sussex Open, BA i360, Sussex
2022 ING Discerning Eye, London
2022 Tŷ Pawb Open
2022 Letchworth Open Broadway Gallery, Letchworth
​2022 RBSA Prize, Birmingham
​2022 Wales Contemporary, Waterfront Gallery, Wales
2022 Wales Contemporary, Oxo Tower, London
2022 Oxmarket Open, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester
​2022 Sir John Hurt Prize shortlist exhibition, Norfolk
2022 Kensington and Chelsea Civic Gallery Jubilee Collection, London
​2022 Derbyshire Open, Buxton Museum, Derbyshire
​2022 Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral
2022 Summer Open, Townhouse Gallery, London
​2022 Signature Prize, London
2022 Unmute, Dunoon, Scotland
​2022 RBSA exhibition, Birmingham
2022 Riverside Views Exhibition, County Hall, London
2022 Janus Exhibition, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
​2022 Old Parcels Office Open Artspace exhibition, Scarborough
2022 Space Gallery Ilford, London
​2022 Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2022 Football Art Prize – Touchstones Rochdale
2022 Football Art Prize – The Millenium Gallery Sheffield
​2022 Ferens Gallery Open online, Hull Museum, Hull
2022 Green and Stone Gallery Print exhibition, London
2021 The Royal Scottish Academy 123rd exhibition, Edinburgh
2021 37th Open, Southwark Park Galleries, London
2021 Tabernacle Winners Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Wales
2021 Print International Ty Pawb, Wrexham
​2021 Cupola Contemporary Gallery, Sheffield
2021 Tour Art, Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex
2021 This year’s model, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London
2021 Green and Stone Summer Show, London
​2021 Summer exhibition, D31 Gallery, Doncaster
​2021 Figurative Art Now
​2021 Town House Open, Town House Gallery, London
2021 Landscapes Open, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
​2021 Royal Birmingham Society Artists Exhibition, Birmingham
​2021 Chaiya Art Awards Exhibition, Oxo Gallery, London
2021 Ferens Gallery Open, Hull Museum, Hull
​2021 Royal Cambrian Academy annual Open, Wales
​2020 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
​2020 Southwark Park Galleries Annual Open
2020 RWE Open 2020 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2020 The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke
2020 Wales Contemporary, Wales
​2020 The Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Norfolk
2020 The Just Aleph Contemporary
​2020 New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, London
2020 Babylon Arts Summer Open, Babylon Gallery, Cambs
2020 Beep Painting Prize, Swansea Wales
2020 Relationships: an artists view, Bos Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Royal Scottish Academy of Art annual exhibition, Edinburgh
2020 The Seventh View, C24 Gallery, 560 West 24th St, New York, NY 10011
2020 Royal Society of British Artists 303rd annual Exhibition, London
​2019 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, London, selected by Kwame Kwei-Armah
2019 Wales Contemporary Waterfront Gallery, Wales
2019 Wales Contemporary Mall Galleries, London
2019 Neo:ArtPrize, International, Bolton Museum, Bolton
2019 Wells Contemporary Open 2019, Wells Cathedral, Somerset
2019 Creekside Open 2019, APT Gallery, London selected by Brian Griffiths
2018 4B christy Burdock, Louise Bourgeois And Jeanette Barnes – OBS Gallery
2018 DRAW Triforium Exhibition, London
​2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Block336, London
​2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2018 What now? Centre for Recent Drawing, London
The Royal College of Art student exhibitions:
2017 Graduation Show
2017 DRAWn, Show Hockney Gallery
2017 WIP Show
​2016 Gordon Peter Pickard Award Exhibition
2016 RDP symposium and exhibition

Residencies, workshops and commissions
​2022 Newton Abbot Museum
2019 House of Commons and political groups
​2017 – 2018 House of Illustration Resident
2017 ‘Quids In’ Victoria and Albert Museum
2017 Queen Mary II Ship transatlantic – Gordon Peter Pickard Award RCA
2011 Kempston sculpture
2008 Chelsea Open Air Nursery sculptures
2009 Mandeville memorial sculpture
2007 Sway Senior Living commission

Talks
​2023 University of Gloucestershire
2021 guest speaker University of Nottingham
​2018 guest speaker University of Bedfordshire
2018 In conversation with Sasha Craddock House of Illustration
2018 guest speaker University of Nottingham
2016 RCA symposium Research, Design and Publish Real World Impact
2008 Greek National television ‘Eimaste Etho’ Programme

Publications
2024 https://theqt.online/a-londoners-labour-of-love-in-rural-northumberland/
2023  https://sunderlandvibe.com/football-inspired-exhibition-kicks-off-at-sunderland-museum/
2023 https://www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editorial/8580
2023 https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/culture/3931711/tatha-gallery-exhibition-2/
​2022 https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/artist-captures-towns-essence-543923
2022 The Moorlander Picturing the past, 1-14 April edition
2021 Illustration Research Methods, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
2020 https://alephcontemporary.com/blog/40/
2019 https://www.cassart.co.uk/blog/artist-spotlight-wells-art-contemporary-awards-2019.htm
2018 https://thebigdraw.org/event/4B_Exploring_Contemporary_Drawing_Exhibition/8238
​2018 https://www.gasholder.london/2018/05/15/3-arty-exhibitions-you-should-catch-in-kings-cross/
2018 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/bloomberg-new-contemporaries-gets-edgy-in-new-brixton-venue
2018 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/three-to-see-london-26-january-2018
2018 http://www.ianthearchitect.org/bloomberg-new-contempoaries-at-block-336/
2017 Art Mix meet Bloomberg New Contemporaries https://vimeo.com/241901367
2017 https://theaoi.com/2017/09/01/christy-burdock-announced-as-house-of-illustrations-fourth-illustrator-in-residence/
2017 Notebook. Illustration Magazine. Autumn. issue 53​
2017 http://nevolume.co.uk/culture/art/art-bloomberg-new-contemporaries-at-baltic-gateshead/
2017 https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2018/01/04/2017-according-christy-burdock-bloomberg-new-contemporaries-artist-2017/
2017 http://bookillustration.org/events/index.html
2017 http://www.artlyst.com/news/bloomberg-new-contemporaries-2017-launches-gateshead/
2017 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art http://www.balticmill.com/bloomberg-new-contemporaries-20 2017 http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/get_involved/illustrator-in-residence-2017-christy-burdock
2017 Art Daily http://artdaily.com/news/96007/Artists-announced-for-Bloomberg-New-Contemporaries-2017#.WZ6gdq3Gy7w2017 Block336 http://block336.com
2017 Artist Newsletter https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/bloomberg-new-contemporaries-2017-shortlist-new-venues-announced
2017 Bloomberg New Contemporaries http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/artists/christy-burdock
2017 RCA https://www.rca.ac.uk/students/christy-burdock/
2016 RCA http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/visual-communication-students-research-design-and-publish-real-world-impact/