Erik Burke lives in Reno, NV and creates art in public spaces throughout the world. He currently runs The Big Little artist residency in Reno. 
He works primarily on the street applying his work through wheat paste or paint under the name OverUnder. His latest work can be seen in Chicago for Pawn Works 'Art in Public Places' program, Atlanta, GA and Albany, NY for the 'Living Walls Conference', Baltimore for Open Walls Baltimore, the Navajo Nation for the Painted Desert Project and the book "Street Art; The Best Urban Art from Around the World". He currently is living wherever there are NO mosquitos.
photo by Martha Cooper
Photo by H. Veng Smith
My explorative nature has taken me to places surreal and commonplace. I use these opportunities to learn from our built environment and the people that make them unique. I also like the souvenirs.
My interests have always included graffiti, street art, architecture, and the creative use of urban spaces. My past works have included building and living in a cabin in the heart of Brooklyn, running an alleyway gallery for 4 years, biking across Europe while creating work for an exhibition at the final destination, and seeking out weathered and decommissioned spaces for wheat pastes and murals. Throughout that time I have continually returned to the concepts of urban revisioning and exploration.
Once it was my goal to bring art from the pedestal to the people. Now I just try to remember to take the oil bars out of my pockets before doing laundry. I am an American painter and geography is my muse.
He works primarily on the street applying his work through wheat paste or paint under the name OverUnder. His latest work can be seen in Chicago for Pawn Works 'Art in Public Places' program, Atlanta, GA and Albany, NY for the 'Living Walls Conference', Baltimore for Open Walls Baltimore, the Navajo Nation for the Painted Desert Project and the book "Street Art; The Best Urban Art from Around the World". He currently is living wherever there are NO mosquitos.
photo by Martha Cooper
Photo by H. Veng Smith
My explorative nature has taken me to places surreal and commonplace. I use these opportunities to learn from our built environment and the people that make them unique. I also like the souvenirs.
My interests have always included graffiti, street art, architecture, and the creative use of urban spaces. My past works have included building and living in a cabin in the heart of Brooklyn, running an alleyway gallery for 4 years, biking across Europe while creating work for an exhibition at the final destination, and seeking out weathered and decommissioned spaces for wheat pastes and murals. Throughout that time I have continually returned to the concepts of urban revisioning and exploration.
Once it was my goal to bring art from the pedestal to the people. Now I just try to remember to take the oil bars out of my pockets before doing laundry. I am an American painter and geography is my muse.
