Casey Burns is an American born illustrator

Illustration

An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...

, screen printer and rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 poster artist. He was born in 1975 in Hendersonville, North Carolina

Hendersonville, North Carolina

Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, USA, southeast of Asheville. In 1900, 1,917 persons lived in Hendersonville; in 1910, 2,818; and in 1940, 5,381 people lived here. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,223, up fivefold in one century. It is the county...

 and was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

 where he received a degree in journalism. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

  and is the Art Director at Bladen County Records.

Published works

Casey Burns' work is featured in the following publications:

1000 Indie Posters. Foster, John. Rockport Publishers, New York, NY, 2011.

Gig Posters 2011 Kalender. Heye, Germany, 2010.

Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Volume One. Peveto, Geoff. Soundscreen Design, Brooklyn, NY, 2010.

Gig Posters: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century. Hayes, Clay. Quirk Books. Philadelphia, PA, 2009.

Sonic Youth, etc.: Sensational Fix. Groenenboom, Roland. Walther König, Cologne, Germany, 2008.

Rockin' Down the Highway: The Cars and People That Made Rock Roll. Grushkin, Paul. Voyageur Press, St. Paul, MN, 2006.

Panda Meat: Source Book One. Kozik, Frank. Last Gasp, San Francisco, CA, 2005.

Young and Reckless: Poison Control Volume One. Newton, Matthew. Poison Control, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005.

The Art of Modern Rock. Grushkin, Paul and Dennis King. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 2004.

Simple Screenprinting. Stromquist, Annie. Lark Books, New York, NY, 2004.

Music

Casey Burns is also a musician, and has played bass with The Nein

The Nein

The Nein is an indie rock band from Durham, North Carolina, and is composed of former members of The White Octave, Steel Pole Bath Tub, and Piedmont Charisma. The band is signed to the Canadian label Sonic Unyon.-Biography:...

, The Rosebuds

The Rosebuds

The Rosebuds are an indie rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its current members are Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp...

, Gold Chainz, and Soundtrack.

External links

• Official Casey Burns Sites: Official website· Twitter · Facebook
• Inventory of the Casey Burns Collection, 1997-2006, Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.