Trey Burns is a lens-based artist, writer, and co-director of Sweet Pass Sculpture Park* based in Dallas, TX. His writing and photography has recently been published in the Nasher Magazine, Holt/Smithson Foundation, Southwest Contemporary, and Burnaway. Recent projects have been exhibited at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Saint Louis Art Museum, and Tarleton State University. Burns is currently serving as a Lecturer in New Media at the University of North Texas.

*Sweet Pass is a 501(c)(3) artist-run organization which provides space and support for experimental and large-scale outdoor works by a diverse set of contemporary voices. In 2020 and 2021 SP received grants from the City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture to launch Sculpture School a cohort based program to generate site-responsive works through active exploration and collective inquiry. In 2023 SPSS received a Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).