Taurus Burns

Taurus Burns moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1998 to study Fine Arts at the College for Creative Studies, where he received a BFA in 2002. Since then Taurus has painted murals, created public art and street paintings, been on the exhibition committee of the Detroit Artists Market, juried and curated local exhibits, and painted over 300 Detroit urban landscapes. He was once listed as "Best Local Artist" in Real Detroit Weekly and one of the "Best Local Artists to Collect" in HOUR Detroit Magazine. In 2017 he began to address racism and gun violence in his work.

Burns artworks are poignant depictions of contemporary life. He inculcates his personal existence in each painting to create provocative imagery of painted realities! He is a full-time automotive clay sculptor and has been training in the Japanese martial art of Aikido since 2011. Burns has said "I can paint the current landscape of America by creating images that speak to how humanity has seemingly been a forgotten thought for many people who show no value of life." ​Burns ​creates murals and other public art projects ​in Detroit. He curates art shows ​at many venues to provide critical support to other artists. ​Taurus’s work has evolved from traditional landscape and portrait painting into powerful introspections on race and society. His black and white paintings reveal an intimate, nuanced perspective on the relationship between patriotism, patriarchy, systemic racism and identity. Of Taurus’s work, Vince Carducci- a CCS dean who founded the online Motown Review of Art​ ​- says: “It has an edge to it that sharply captures, visually, the mindscape of America in the age of #BlackLivesMatter."

Burns’ art is in many private and corporate collections. For his exceptional museum quality artworks have catapulted him to a high status of collectability because of the authentic passion he has honed as an artist who can lay down paint for posterity and epic moments in history!!