Trey Burns



Trey Burns is an artist, writer, and educator based in Texas, where he currently teaches at Texas State University. His practice moves across video, animation, installation, sculpture, publishing, and experimental media, often beginning with research, fieldwork, and found material. Burns was a 2025 Research Fellow at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, UK, and is the 2027 Host Artist for the HOST series at The Contemporary Austin. Since 2018, he has co-directed Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, a nonprofit arts organization supporting experimental and large-scale outdoor projects by emerging artists. His work has been exhibited and screened at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Saint Louis Art Museum, Pavillon Vendôme, Hyperreal Film Club, and elsewhere. His writing has appeared in Southwest Contemporary, the Holt/Smithson Foundation, Nasher Magazine, Berlin Art Link, and Burnaway. 

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