Demetri Burke is an Atlanta based artist with a primary focus in painting. He received his degree from Georgia State University with a BFA in Studio Art. His work has been shown nationally in galleries, museums, publications, and public spaces. Highlights include his 2022 solo exhibition– And Then We Heard the Thunder at Mint Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia– as well as having artwork published in New American Paintings South #155, being a featured illustrator in 2023’s The New Brownies Book: A Love Letter to Black Families by Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer, an Adult Swim x Living Walls public artwork commission, and being a featured artist in the Artsy Post-War and Contemporary auction. Burke is also a 2023 Queer Art Fellow Alumni and previous 2023-2024 artist-in-residence for the Midtown Heart of the Arts Residency in Atlanta, Georgia. Recent acquisitions include his work being collected in Coca-Cola’s Fine Art Collection, featuring artists like Auguste Rodin and Andy Warhol. His artworks are such materials that are examinations of his own life, present and past, and repeat themselves in theme: Black like the skin and still like the clouds.