Alice Burton is an Honours Fine Arts graduate of York University Toronto. She majored in Painting and Drawing doing independent studies with Ronald Bloore and Claude Breeze. In 1998 she participated in a workshop with Eric Fichel and in 2000 with Susan Rothenberg .
Her works have been exhibited in a number of Solo, Group and Juried exhibitions.In Toronto at the Moore Gallery, the Fran Hill Gallery, The Teodora Gallery, the John B. Aird Gallery, the Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, the Gairloch Gallery in Oakville, the Art Gallery at the Mississauga and the Frederick H. Varley Gallery in Unionville. In Hamilton at the Westdale Gallery. Her exhibition “ The Silk Road and Beyond at The Jamie Kennedy Restaurant at The Royal Ontario Museum in 2002 was curated by Ming Tiampo. Her works have been exhibited at ARTSFORUM and Audart in New York City. During 2003 her works were on exhibiton in Berlin and touring three cities in Spain, Madrid, Seville and Barcelona. In 2004 her works will continue touring in Spain with a group of artists that exhibit in New York, “New York Contemporaneas”. In September 2004 her works will be exhibited at C2 Gallery in Stoke Hammond, England. In 2004, Burton exhibited her “Downriver” series at the Moore Gallery in Toronto. In 2005 she plans an exhibition at the New Art Center in New York city.
There is a strong emphasis on colour, texture, line and composition in her work. After spending a part of her childhood in the Maritimes and the West Indies she developed a love of travel. Like many artists her work has been enriched by these experiences. She combines a knowledge of art history with the artistic expression of non-western cultures that are rich in iconography, pattern and textures.
Her works are seen in corporate and private collections in North America and Europe.