About 

Myles Burry (b. 1994) is an architectural designer and self-taught painter from Wesleyville, NL, currently residing and working in Toronto, Ontario. His creative practice blurs the lines between architecture and artwork, each informing the other in their continual exploration. With a focus on composition, colour, nostalgia, melancholia and the sublime - drawing inspiration from the architectural, cultural, and physical landscapes of his home and childhood in rural Newfoundland and Labrador.

 

Burry’s architectural work seeks to forge a contemporary Newfoundland architectural style that honors traditional buildings while embracing modern sensibilities. By reinterpreting historical motifs and forms through a contemporary lens, he aims to create designs that have a sense of whimsy and optimism that resonate with the complex and evolving experiences of modern Newfoundlanders.

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Much like his architectural work, Burry’s paintings start from personal photographs and archival photos that evoke imagery symbolic of the province’s collective identity and infuses elements of pop culture and iconography to ground the work in a specific time and place. 

 

By weaving together nostalgia and modernity, personal narrative and shared history; Burry creates a visual vocabulary that is both new and familiar to examine how identity might be preserved, celebrated, and continuously redefined.

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Burry holds a Bachelor of Technology from Memorial University of Newfoundland and both a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies and a Master of Architecture from Dalhousie University. With work experience in St. John's, Halifax, Toronto and Norway