Jessica Burko / Burko Design

Independent Curating

Jessica Burko has been curating exhibitions since 1998 and continues to create shows
that challange and engage audiences in private and non-profit venues.

Currently on view ~

On Drawing: Surface, Line, Mark
April 7 - May 18, 2008
New Art Center in Newton
61 Washington Park, Newtonville , MA 02460
On Drawing: Surface, Line, Mark features the work of eight New England artists who explore drawing in a wide range of styles and forms, executed in a diverse array of media. The works in the exhibit will be displayed unframed so that the texture of the drawing can be closely seen, and the hand of the artists can be directly experienced.
Panel Discussion: Thursday, April 24, 7pm
Join Co-Curator Jessica Burko & artists Thaddeus Beal & Randy Garber
for a conversation moderated by Barbara O'Brien, Director of the Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College. This discussion will focus on the unique curatorial process for On Drawing and share how the exhibition evolved from a discussion between artists and curators into
a large scale multimedia installation.

Currently in development ~

STITCH, celebrating the whimsy, invention and creativity of contemporary artists who use stitches in their work in non-traditional ways. STITCH examines the use of sewing to create art that is not clothing, not intended to keep a person warm, and not necessarily meant for any intended purpose except to generate thought and occupy the eye.
for more information on this show: http://curatingstitch.blogspot.com/

Art As Medicine, Artists Exploring Mental Illness
for more information on this show: http://www.artasmedicine.blogspot.com/

Past exhibitions curated by Jessica Burko ~

2008:
On Drawing: Surface, Line, Mark, work by, Aparna Agrawal, Thaddeus Beal, Basil El Halwagy,
Randy Garber, Rebecca Kinkead, Angela Mark, Deborah Putnoi, Maxine Yalovitz- Blankenship,
The New Art Center, Newton, MA
History, Story, Warmth: QUILT, work by, Jessica Burko, Michelle Jones, Dawn Wilson, Boston Public Library, West Roxbury, MA

2007:
Farming Out, new work by Sam Earle, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
First Thursdays Artisan Fair, June, August, September, Jamaica Plain Centre/South Main Streets, MA

2006:
Rebecca Kinkead: ORIGINS, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Enchanted Landscape: an exploration of place, work by, Meg Birnbaum, Keith Johnson, Gerald Parker,
Colleen Paz, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Matthew Hincman, The Radio Towers series, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2005:
ge·om·e·try. circle, square, solid, work by, Jeanne Griffin, Jemi Faust, Amy Furman, Sarah Slavic,
Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
From a Small Island, work by Jonathan Sharlin, Olivia B. McCullough, Cushing-Martin Gallery,
Stonehill College, MA
A Gathering Of Voices: communicating through collage, work by, Paula Grasdal, Maria G. Keehan,
Jane Maxwell, Carol Owen, Lynne Perrella, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2004:
Memory, History, Family, work by Gabrielle Keller, Elizabeth Pothier, Cushing-Martin Gallery,
Stonehill College, MA
Brockton: A Visual History, work by Gerald Parker, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Gathering: The Art of Assemblage, work by, Dawn Southworth, Patricia Burleson, Cushing-Martin
Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Cuban Impressions, work by Robert Rosenthal, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2003:
Visions of America, work by, Leah Fasten, Keith Johnson, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
The Calculation Project, work by, Donnamaria Bruton, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Layered Images, work by Karen McCarthy, Sharon McCartney, MaryJean Viano Crowe, Judy Hazilla,
Deborah Putnoi, Nancy Wagner, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2002:
Vaughn Sills: One Family, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Cultural Encounters, work by Paul Briggs, Mercedes Nuñez, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Primitive Abstractions, work by Donna Hamil Talman, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

1999:
Manmade Landscapes, work by Keith Johnson, Jim Stone, Stan Strembicki, SPAS Gallery, RIT,
Rochester, NY
Today’s Israelis: A Country in Transition, work by Bruce Bennett, SPAS Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY
Imaging Self, work by Catherine Angel, Laura Carton, Yara Cluver, SPAS Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY

1998:
Diane Fenster, STRATUM, a retrospective, SPAS Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY