Born Australia 1974 Burford studied at the South Australian school of Art between 1992 and 1995. In 1998 he was awarded the Samstag visual arts scholarship and completed a MFA at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California where he studied under Mike Kelley, Liz Larner and Stephen Prina. Exhibitions include ‘The Uncanny' curated by Mike Kelley at The Tate, Liverpool and MUMOK, Vienna and ‘A Triple Tour: Collection Pinault’ at The Conciergerie, Monument Nationale, Paris. Burford resides in Los Angeles, California.