By referencing samples of locally produced lace from Nottingham Trent University's Lace Archive and The Cluny Factory in Ilkeston, and by referencing moth specimens from Wollaton Hall's Natural History Museum Archive, Madeleine's work brings together artefacts that, so far, have been successfully selected and preserved for generations. Her work prompts some fundamental questions: if only some things can be preserved for the future, then what should we select? If, we have to discard certain parts of history, then what is dispensable?

Education:

Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds 
BA (Hons) Fine Art: First Class Honours
Awarded Willy Tirr Memorial Prize  
1995-1998

Recent exhibitions:

The Crocus Gallery, Nottingham 
Solo Exhibition 2011
  
The Beetroot Tree Gallery, Draycott 
Solo Exhibition 2011
  
South Square Gallery, Bradford 
Salon Open 2010
  
Together Our Space Gallery, London 
Non-Fiction 2010
  
Crocus Gallery, Nottingham 
Crocus Open 2010 
  
Turn-Berlin Gallery, Berlin 
Soft Confines 2010
  
Surface Gallery,Nottingham 
Surface Open 2010
prizewinner 
  
The Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
Clay Smith & Madeleine Burt 2010
  
Leicester City Gallery, Leicester 
Open 21 Exhibition 2009-2010
    
Nottingham Castle Gallery, Nottingham 
Nottingham Open 2008