Jessica Burko / Burko Design

Independent Curating

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

Currently in development ~

STITCH, celebrating the whimsy, invention and creativity of contemporary artists who use sewing 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.

Past exhibitions curated by Jessica Burko ~

2008, 2009, 2010:
The Boston Handmade Marketplace, an invitational art fair sponsored in part by Etsy.com, the Somerville Arts Council, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the juried artist group Boston Handmade, Union Square, Somerville, MA

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