Ainsley Burrows Jamaican American, b. 1974

Ainsley Burrows (b. 1974, Kingston, Jamaica) is a multidisciplinary artist translating his personal history to the visual arts. A novelist, musician, and poet as well as a painter, Burrows' works embody styles ranging from Expressionism to Cubism to Dadaism. Burrows grew up in Brooklyn, NY and currently resides in Baltimore. He attended SUNY Oswego (1996) and has held multiple residencies through the Baltimore Museum of Art. Burrows has been featured in solo and group exhibitions along the east coast and has won numerous awards for his poetry practice, including the Best International Performer of 2002 at the Farrago Poetry Café in London. His visual works primarily consist of acrylic paint on canvas and he has developed three unique artistic methodologies, which he designates as NeoChaos, Raktism, and String Theory.