It is a Canadian artist and photographer. He studied photography at Ryerson Polytechnic University and obtained a degree in graphic arts at Niagara College in Welland. Through his photographic works he explores the link between nature and industry. His subjects of predilection are the quarries, mines, manufactures, shipyards, oil centers and waste recycling centers. His work froms part of the world‘s finest collections.
Water: Edward Burtynsky - The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Edward Burtynsky Manufactured Landscapes: A Selection of Early Works - Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
Water: Edward Burtynsky - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Edward Burtynsky: Megaresources - Atelier FAS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Edward Burtynsky: Anthropocene – New Photographs, Galerie Springer, Berlin
Edward Burtynsky: Anthropocene - Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Edward Burtynsky: Anthropocene - Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
Edward Burtynsky: Anthropocene - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Edward Burtynsky: The Human Signature - Flowers Gallery, London
Edward Burtynsky. Salt Pans - Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore
Edward Burtynsky - Essentail Elements - Sundaram Tagore Gallery - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Edward Burtynsky - Salt Pans | Essential Elements - Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Edward Burtynsky - New Mines | Early Quarries - Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
Edward Burtynsky: Water - Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Edward Burtynsky - Essential Elements (1981 – 2012) And Salt Pans (2016) - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY
Edward Burtynsky - Essential Elements - Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York City, NY
Edward Burtynsky: Infinite Change - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Edward Burtynsky - Essential Elements - Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin
Edward Burtynsky: Water - Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Edward Burtynsky - Nature Transformed - Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Edward Burtynsky - Water And More - FO.KU.S - Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck
Edward Burtynsky: Water - Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Water! Neue Fotografien Von Edward Burtynsky - ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg
Edward Burtynsky - Water - Scheublein + BAK, Zurich
Edward Burtynsky - Water - Sundaram Tagore Gallery - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Edward Burtynsky - Water Encore - Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Edward Burtynsky - Water Part II - Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin
Edward Burtynsky - Water - Sundaram Tagore Gallery - Singapore, Singapore
Edward Burtynsky - A Terrible Beauty - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Edward Burtynsky - Water - Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin
Burtynsky: Water, New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) / Contemporary Art Center (CAC), New Orleans, USA, October 5, 2013 - January 19, 2014
Edward Burtynsky: The Landscape That We Change, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Canada, June 29 - September 29
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK, June 10 - August 18, 2013
Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, USA, February 8 - April 21,
Burtynsky: Oil, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada, June 4 - September 2
Material Matters, UNB Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, February 15 - April 15
Edward Burtynsky, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont, USA, September 2012 - 2013
Burtynsky: Oil, Taubman Museum, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, October 19, 2012 – January 6, 2013
Burtynsky: Oil, c/o Berlin, Germany, July 27 - September 9
Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA April 21 - August 19
Burtynsky: Oil, The Photographer's Gallery, London, UK May 19 - July 1
Burtynsky: Oil, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA, June 9 – September 23
Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, May 25 - September 1
Burtynsky: Oil, McCord Museum, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, October 7, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Edward Burtynsky: L'home I La Terra, Llums I Ombres, Centre d'Art Tecla Sala, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, September 22 - February 2, 2012
Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime, (touring exhibition) Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA, August 29 - November 29
Edward Burtynsky: El hombre y la tierra. Luces y sombras, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones de San Benito, Valladolid, Spain, June 2 - July 10
Burtynsky: Oil, Ryerson University in association with the Institute for Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 9 - August 21
Burtynsky: Oil, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, April 21 - June 26
Burtynsky: Oil, Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany, February 3 - April 3
Edward Burtynsky: L'Uomo e la Terra. Luci e Ombre, Centro Culturale di Milano, Milan, Italy, January 25 - March 27
Burtynsky: Oil, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, September 18, 2010 - January 2, 2011
Australian Minescapes, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia,August 13 - September 19
Burtynsky: Oil, The Rooms - Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, May 7 - August 15
Australian Minescapes, Western Australian Museum, Geralton, Australia, December 4, 2009 - February 14, 2010
Burtynsky: Oil, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 28, 2009 - February 28, 2010
Burtynsky: Oil,Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA, October 3 - December 13 (exhibit tours through 2012)
Australian Minescapes, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Australia, July 17 - August 22
Edward Burtynsky: A Survey, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada,
February 6 - June 9, 2009
Edward Burtynsky: Uneasy Beauty, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada,
January 17 - March 22
Material World, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 28 - October 29
Australian Minescapes, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia,
April 5 - June 4
In Pursuit of Progress, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, January 26 - April 12
Manufactured Landscapes, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands, October 9, 2007 - January 6, 2008
China Works, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián, Spain, December 4, 2007 - Feb 9, 2008
Burtynsky Photographs, (major survey exhibition) Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands, October 9 – January 6, 2008
Edward Burtynsky: Photographs, Canadian Cultural Institute, Paris, France
Edward Burtynsky: The China Series, (touring exhibition) curated by David Brown, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina
USA
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006
Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2006
Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, Massachusetts, USA,
Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007
The Art Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA, January 15 - April 30,
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA, October 23, 2008 - December 23, 2008
Edward Burtynsky: The Edmonton Art Gallery Gift, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
PhotoEspana, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Spain
Manufactured Landscapes, (includes 24 new China images), Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
Manufactured Landscapes, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, USA
Manufactured Landscapes, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Art, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Entropia, Fundacion Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao, Spain
Burtynsky — China, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA (touring exhibition - see above)
Manufactured Landscapes, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: Mid-Career Retrospective, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
Finnish Museum of Photography at Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, USA
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, California, USA
Burtynsky, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Burtynsky, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Survey Show, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Vues et points de vue: L'architecture de Borromini dans les photographies d'Edward Burtynsky, - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Edward Burtynsky Photographs, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario,, Canada
Vues et points de vue: L'architecture de Borromini dans les photographies d'Edward Burtynsky, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Breaking Ground, - Produced by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Exhibition tour:
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - 1988
Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1988
Floating Gallery - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 1989
Cedarbrae District Library, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada - 1989
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada - 1990
Bibliotèque municipale de Mont-Joli, Mont-Joli, Québe, Canadac - 1990
Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - 1991
The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Canada - 1991
Galerie d'art de Matane, Matane, Québec, Canada - 1991
Lacham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontari, Canadao - 1992
Cambridge Public Library and Art Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada - 1992
Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 1992
Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada - 1992
Earthworks, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Earthworks, A Moment in Time Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Landscapes & Greenhouses, Ryerson Photographic Arts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada