ABOUT
Bonnie and Clyde is a contemporary British artist, whose mixed media collage and print-work centres around scenes of the urban imaginary. Crossing medium and type, Bonnie and Clyde’s work takes the form of limited edition screen-prints, mixed media originals on paper, wood and canvas as well as 3D pieces. Employing a blend of photography, collage and paint, the emotive art of Bonnie and Clyde explores the psychogeography of the metropolis, immersing the viewer in beautiful and bizarre cityscapes.
Steph Burnley (the creative spark behind Bonnie and Clyde) studied 3D design at Kingston University, before setting up her own graphic design business in Manchester, where she created posters, brochures, book sleeves, illustrations, T-shirts, signage, and festival campaigns. Burnley also worked in urban fashion and as a photographer for various music and culture magazines, before decamping to Brighton with her beloved Leica camera. It was here that her passion for photography and graphics fused in the art of screen-printing: a practice that became the cornerstone of her distinctive, collage aesthetic.
Amongst Bonnie and Clyde’s influences are Tracey Emin, Helen Levitt, Linda Sterling, Sir Peter Blake, Bill Viola, and Richard Hamilton, while the work of David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and the New York ‘no wave’ scene, more broadly, have been central to the development of her aesthetic. Music and film, signage and iconography, bleed subtly into Bonnie and Clyde’s artwork, while architecture, street photography, and the coast appear as central, recurring tropes. With a sensitivity to the relationship between the built environment and the natural landscape, the work of Bonnie and Clyde opens out a space in which to explore human interaction in urban sites. Her work responds emotionally to the delicate association of the socio-political and the deeply personal, in a way that resonates with contemporary cultures of modernity.
The iconic topography of California - from the vibrant architecture of Santa Monica to rows of palm trees at Venice Beach - features heavily in Bonnie and Clyde’s imagined scenes. Not limited to a single corner of the globe, Burnley’s jet-setter spirit is reflected in the host of other urban centres (including Tokyo, London, and Havana) that have featured across her oeuvre, while her passion for twentieth-century architecture - from modernism, to brutalism, to post-modernism and beyond - suffuses the overall aesthetic. Using self-taken photographs, Bonnie and Clyde works with a combination of monochrome and highly saturated areas of colour, collaged with textured paint, elements of distressed, heavy paper and magazine cuttings, to represent the beautiful, messy, vibrant and chaotic nature of life in the city. Her work undergoes a combination of digital and tactile processes, which shift back and forth, playing with layers of material, until the final collage or screen print takes shape. Through cut-up, bricolage perspective, each of Bonnie and Clyde’s abstracted pieces tells a story: a dizzying, non-linear narrative of the individual, navigating the dualistic city which is always banal as well as beautiful, terrifying while magnetic.
Bonnie and Clyde works from her studio in Brighton. She currently exhibits with a number of galleries across the country and sells at art fairs internationally, as well as working on commissions for private collectors. Notable exhibitions include solo shows at 45 Park Lane (London) curated by Ackerman Studios in association with Liberty Gallery, Lilford Gallery (Canterbury), Lawrence Alkin Gallery (London) and ‘Subterraneans’ a Beat Culture curated exhibition at Leeds College of Art exhibition where her work was shown alongside artists Kim Gordon, Yoko Ono, and Gavin Turk. Plus numerous joint and group shows to include Hicks Gallery (London), Artrepublic (Brighton) and For Arts Sake (London). You can see a full list below.
Commissions and Projects
See Commissions page for images:
2022 - Daisy Green, London - Large scale original mixed media artwork for Paradise Green, London
2022 - Developed a range of stationery with brand Nineteen Seventy Three
2022 - Large original for Soho House, Beach House Brighton
2021 - Student Castle Commission for a large 3-panel artwork for the Reception of new student residence, Brighton
2021 - Artwork selected for private dining area at Tom Kerridge's Bar & Grill
2021 - Art For NHS - 6 prints selected for the Royal Sussex County Hospital
2020 - Daisy Green, London - Large scale original artwork for restaurant 'Barbie Green' at The Barbican, London
2019 - Daisy Green, London - Cafe Frontage for 'Scarlett Green' Soho, London
2018 - Daisy Green, London - Wall covering for restaurant 'Little Green' at Heddon Street, London
2018 - IF Studio, New York - Roof top map & print of a lux block of apartments in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on behalf of Otto.
2017 - Delta Airlines - commission for LAX airport lounge
2016 - Print Club London – exclusive screenprint collaboration
2014 - Artist Residence Hotel, London – Publicity Illustration
2011 - Artist Residence Hotel, Brighton – Room Design and Paste-Up
Plus numerous commissions for private clients.
Exhibitions
2023 (June) - Art Yard Sale, with Enter Gallery, Brighton
2023 (May) - 'Breath of Fresh Air' Group Show at Byard Art Gallery, Cambridge
2023 (May) - Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London with Liberty Gallery
2023 (April) - London Pop-Up at the Truman Brewery with Enter Gallery
2023 (May) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London with Liberty Gallery
2022 (November) - Modern Art Buyer Pop-Up, Bath
2022 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2022 (October) - Virtual Art Yard Sale, with Enter Gallery, Brighton
2022 (April) - Spring Pop-Up, Bath with Modern Art Buyer
2022 (March) - Electric Gallery, London group show 'Who Run The World?'
2021 (December) - Modern Art Buyer - Winter Pop-Up, Bath
2021 (December) - Affordable Art Fair Online Christmas Market
2021 (October) - Enter Gallery spotlight show & Box Set showcase, Brighton
2021 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2021 (July) - Affordable Art Fair 30-Artist Summer Exhibition
2021 (July) - Modern Art Buyer - Pop-Up, Bath
2021 (June) - Affordable Art Fair x Campari 'Art Without Walls' campaign, London
2022 (April) - Enter Gallery - 'Chasing The Sun' Group Show, Brighton
2021 (March) - Hang-Up Gallery viewing room for International Women's Day
2021 (January) - West Contemporary Editions hang Bonnie and Clyde at Kerridge's Bar & Grill, London
2020 (December) - Modern Art Buyer - Winter Pop-Up, Bath
2020 (November) - Affordable Online Art Fair, with Liberty Gallery
2020 (October) - Virtual Art Yard Sale, with Enter Gallery, Brighton
2020 (August) - D'Stassi Art Collaboration, London
2020 (July) - Pool Party Group Show, Oxford, Sarah Wiseman Gallery
2020 (February) - Affordable Art Fair, Milan with Liberty Gallery
2020 (January) - Commission for Daisy Green Restaurant Group at 'Barbie Green', The Barbican
2019 (December) - Modern Art Buyer - Winter Open House, Bath
2019 (November) - Modern Art Buyer - Pop-Up at Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel
2019 (November) - EAST Art Fair, Old Spitalfields Market, London
2019 (October) - The Viewing Room ,TVR, Sheffield - Solo Show
2019 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam with Liberty Gallery
2019 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Liberty Gallery
2019 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm with Liberty Gallery
2018 (September) - For Arts Sake, London - 'A Printmaker's London' Group show
2018 (July) - Print Club London x Help Refugees UK - 'Choose Love; Group Show/Auction, Somerset House London
2018 (July) - Commission for Daisy Green Restaurant Group at 'Scarlett Green', Soho, London
2019 (June) - Modern Art Buyer - Open House, Nr. Bath
2019 (June) - Art Yard Sale presented by artrepublic, Brighton
2019 (May) - Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead with Liberty Gallery
2019 (May) - artrepublic, Brighton - Mixed Originals Group show
2019 (May) - For Arts Sake, London - 'Glitter Bunnies' show
2019 (March) - Modern Art Buyer - Bath Pop-Up
2019 (March) - Gone Rogue Gallery at ME, London Hotel - Group show
2019 (January) - Affordable Art Fair, Milan with Liberty Gallery
2018 (October) - Hicks Gallery, London - 'The Cut' Group show
2018 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm with Liberty Gallery
2018 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park with Liberty Gallery
2018 (September) - Solo Showcase at artrepublic, Brighton
2018 (August) - House of Artists x Circle Contemporary, Cornwall
2018 (June) - Art Yard Sale presented by artrepublic, Brighton
2018 (May-August) - Royal Overseas League, London, with Liberty Gallery
2018 (March) - Affordable Art Fair, New York with Liberty Gallery
2018 (March) - Affordable Art Fair, Brussels with Liberty Gallery
2018 (January) - Affordable Art Fair, Milan with Liberty Gallery
2017 (October-November) - Lilford Gallery, Kent. SOLO SHOW
2017 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Liberty Gallery
2017 October) - Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm with Liberty Gallery
2017 (August-October) - 45 Park Lane, Mayfair with in Association with Ackerman Studios and Liberty Gallery.
Solo Show
2017 (May) - Art Yard Sale presented by artrepublic, Brighton
2017 (May) - Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath with Liberty Gallery
2017 (March/April) - Affordable Art Fair, New York with Liberty Gallery
2017 (February) - Affordable Art Fair, Brussels with Liberty Gallery
2017 (January) - London Art Fair, Business Design Centre with Liberty Gallery
2016 (November) - Edinburgh Art Fair
2016 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Liberty Gallery
2016 (October) - Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm with Liberty Gallery
2016 (Sept - Nov) - Tower 42, City of London
2016 (June) – Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead with Liberty Gallery
2016 (June) – Art Yard Sale with Artrepublic, Brighton.
2016 (June) – ‘Pop-Pop’ at The Curious Duke, London
2016 (February) – Affordable Art Fair, Brussels with Liberty Gallery
2016 (January) – London Art Fair, Islington with Liberty Gallery
2015 (October) – Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Liberty Gallery
2015 (October) – Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm with Liberty Gallery
2015 (August) – Druck Berlin Screenprint Festival
2015 (July) - ‘Mix’ Summer Group Show at Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London
2015 - (June) – Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead with Liberty Gallery
2015 (May) - 20/21 International Art Fair in London with Liberty Gallery
2015 (March) - Lilford Gallery, Canterbury Joint exhibition with Maria Rivans
2015 - (February) – Affordable Art Fair, Brussels with Liberty Gallery
2015 (January) – London Art Fair, Islington with Liberty Gallery
2014 (November) ‘Mix’ Winter Group Show at Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London
2014 (November) - ‘Subterraneans’ at Leeds Collage of Art - an exhibition exploring the wider implications of Beat culture and visual art with Gavin Turk, Yoko Ono, Sam Taylor-Wood amongst many others.
2014 (October) Moniker Art Fair, London with Ink_d Gallery
2014 (July) - ‘Mix’ Summer Group Show at Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London
2014 (May) - ‘Super Vision’ at Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London. Joint show with Maria Rivans.
2014 (August) ‘A Slice of Summer’ Group show at Ink_d Gallery, Brighton
2014 - Represented by Liberty Gallery at, AAF in Battersea, Hampstead AAF, Stockholm AAF, Brussels AAF and the London Art Fair
2013 (Nov) ‘Mix’ Winter Group Show at Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London
2013 (August) – ‘Sub Pop Art” & ‘On the Malecon’ Leeds College of Art Solo Show (double venue)
2013 - Represented by Liberty Gallery at, AAF in Battersea, Hampstead AAF, Stockholm AAF, Brussels AAF and the London Art Fair in 2013
Various other shows prior to 2013 – list on request
Commissions and Projects - See Commissions page for images
2020 - Daisy Green, London - Large scale original artwork for restaurant 'Barbie Green' at The Barbican, London
2019 - Daisy Green, London - Cafe Frontage for 'Scarlett Green' Soho, London
2018 - Daisy Green, London - wall covering for restaurant 'Little Green' at Heddon Street, London
2018 - IF Studio, New York - Roof top map & print of a lux block of apartments in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on behalf of Otto.
2017 - Delta Airlines - commission for LAX airport lounge
2016 - Print Club London – exclusive screenprint collaboration
2014 - Artist Residence Hotel, London – Publicity Illustration
2011 - Artist Residence Hotel, Brighton – Room Design and Paste-Up
Plus numerous commissions for private clients.