| BACKGROUND | |
| 1985 | Studio Arts; Fine Arts Program; Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2006 | From Lions Bay, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2005 | From Bowen Island, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2004 | From Savary Island, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 2000 | 4 Elements, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC |
| 1999 | Tracks, Sechelt, BC |
| 1998 | Triumphant Fires, Sechelt, BC |
| 1997 | In The Wake of The Hai Wang Xing/Dalian, Sechelt, BC |
| 1996 | New Paintings, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2004 | In the Bag! Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 2003 | Under 18, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Group Show, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 2002 | Summer Show, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Gallery Artists, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 2001 | Summer Show, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Water, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| Transverse Thrust, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 2000 | Guest Artist, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 1995 | Invitational Show, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC |
| 1994 | Three Painters, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC |
| 1993 | 12 That Missed the Boat, Quay Gallery, Gibson, BC |
| Summer Invitational, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC | |
| AWARDS | |
| 1998 | Gillian Lowndes Memorial Award |
| 1992 | Community Futures Initiative Grant |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS | |
| Oldendorff Carriers | |
| Washington Marine Group | |
| Seaspan Corporation | |
| Construction Aggregates | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2006 | "Portrait Of An Artist", Georgia Straight Living, Volume 2 (6), Summer |
| "David Burns, British Columbia: New Paintings", Galleries West, Fall/Winter | |
| "Painting The Cathedral", The Block, Volume 1 (4) | |
| 2000 | "David Burns: Four Elements", Artichoke, Volume 12 (3), p 54-5 |
| Burns captures things unseen with 'air show' work, Coast Independent, Nov 12 | |
| 1999 | "Moving mountain: gravel pit grind inspires Burns' "Tracks" exhibit", Coast Independent, Aug 1, p 12 |
| 1997 | "In the wake...does abstract justice to a powerful subject", Coast Independent, Aug 25, p 22 |
