ABOUT THE ARTIST

 Accomplished photographer and artist, Burton Machenhas spent 20 years honing his eye for detail in the worldof beauty and fashion. Machen has benefited from media attention in Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, W, Entertainment Weekly and more recently, Angeleno Interiors. Originally from Ashville, Alabama, Burton has lived in New York, Washington DC, New Orleans, Atlanta,Rio de Janeiro and now splits his time between Los Angeles and New York.

Machen believes that “We often fail to really notice whatwe see” and that “Everything is not always as it first appears.” His work is very much about the passage oftime and speaks to the effect that we have on the world. Machen wants people to see, in his work, the idea that what some people might easily overlook or consider insignificant can be turned into something beautiful.What could have been lost or left behind can translated into beauty. There is hope in everything around us; there is a foundation for art in everything. 

In his photographs of nature, Machen looks at the space between movement and stagnant to capture the flow that we often overlook. With the “Urban Evolution” series his work has been described as quiet and ghostly –a collection that marks the passage of time through the collage-like effect that occurs when artists and elements work together in urban settings. Machen thoughtfully observes it is a reflection on “…the effect we have on the world.” 

Burton Machen

         1970 Born Ashville, Alabama

         Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and Brooklyn, NY

Photography

Digital photography 


Exhibitions 

 2010

        Tomas Maier, Miami , Fl, ‘Portraits Project’

2010

       Steven Kasher Gallery, Group show, July 14, Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody

2010

        The Whitney Art Party, June 9, New York

 2010

         “Think Pink” Gavlak Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL, curated by

          Beth Rudin DeWoody

2010

          ‘The New Old’, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY

 2009

         ‘Urban Evolution’ Artioli Findlay, in association with David                   Findlay Gallery, New       

             York, NY, Curator: Alan Siegel

2009

         Third Biennial Photography Auction, Norton Museum of Art,                West Palm Beach, FL

         Curator of Photography: William and Sarah Ross Soter

 2009

          ‘Unframed’ ACRIA Benefit Auction, 15 Union Square, New                    York, NY Curator: Jane Holzer and Stephen Heighton

 2009

          ‘Surf, Sea and Sun’ Clic Galery, New York, NY

2009

           White Box 10th Anniversary Benefit Auction, 329 Broome                  Street, New York NY

 2009

          LAXART, 2640 S. La Cienega, Los Angeles, CA 

 2008  

          ‘Xrds’ Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2007


          “Voyages and Meditations” Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA

 Press

Angeleno Interiors, Premiere Issue

Blanket Magazine

Good Magazine

June/2009 Elle Décor

December/2009 New York Magazine

Events

Wired Living Home, by Architect Ray Kappe. Images from Machen’s “Urban Evolution” series were chosen to be featured throughout the home.

‘The Great House’ sponsored by Veranda Magazine. ‘The Great House’ opened to the public for viewing. Joe Lucas, owner of Harbinger LA and one of the designers chosen by Veranda Magazine to design a room for ‘The Great House’ chose Burton Machen’s ‘Urban Evolution New Orleans’ series for his room.

B&B Italia and Diva Group celebrates artist, Burton Machen, with a cocktail party.  8801 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles 90048

Collections

Ritz Carlton Collection

Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection

Alan Siegel Collection

Fred and Nancy Poses

Jack Cohen

Commissions

Burton Machen has been commissioned by various private collectors to do portraits as part of his series ‘Portraits Project’