| Nia Burks | |
| Birth Date: | 1984 |
| Alma Mater: | Virginia Commonwealth University, Maryland Institute College of Art |
| Website: | http://www.niaburks.com |
Nia Burks (born 1984) is an American artist working with the mediums of video, performance and sound. Her work incorporates popular culture, found footage, social media and pole dance elements. She investigates new media theory and gender theory. Burks is also the owner of Butter and Filth, a pole dancing studio and school. She currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.[1] [2] [3]
Burks attended Virginia Commonwealth University graduating in 2006 with a BFA in Sculpture. She received an MA in Digital Media from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007 and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Photography and Film Department in 2009.[4]
She is currently a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University teaching in the Kinetic Imaging department.
Burks has also been the artist-in-residence at Takt Kunstprojektraum in Berlin.[5]
Burks is a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and is also the owner of Butter and Filth. The first Butter and Filth opened in February 2018 at Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia. Burks and then co-owner, Heather Williams, moved Butter and Filth to 4840 Waller Road in Unit 310, where it currently resides.[6]
Burks' work has been featured in numerous shows worldwide. Her work has also been featured on Rhizome at the New Museum and Creativity Online’s “Pick Of The Day” shortly after the creation of Angry Gamers in 2010.[7] [8]