Surface Tensions | Nate Burbeck

Nate Burbeck is an American artist whose work consists of symbolic and psychologically infused narrative paintings. He depicts figures inhabiting a world of American suburbia suspended between reality and an uncanny, dreamlike state. Transfixed by surreal aberrations, ethereal elements, and transported states of mind his figures often seem on the precipice of change. In other instances the absence of figurative or imaginative aspects gives way to quieter scenes filled with anticipation and possibility, a blend of hope and foreboding.

About the Artist:
Nate Burbeck was born in 1987 and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated in 2009 from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota and in 2010 was a participant in the School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program in New York. His work has been exhibited in various gallery and university spaces around the United States including Anna Zorina Gallery, the School of Visual Arts in New York, The Olympia Project in Brooklyn, ThinkSpace Projects in Los Angeles, Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis, GrayDuck Gallery in Austin, Texas, the Alice R. Rogers and Target galleries at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and the University of Nebraska, Omaha. His work has appeared in numerous online and print publications including New American Paintings, Vast Magazine, Friend of the Artist and Tomorrow's Talent. He was a recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant in 2015 and 2022.

Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9am to 5pm