- EDUCATION -
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
MFA, Imaging Arts and Sciences/Fine Art Photography, 1999
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
BFA, Fine Art Photography, 1996
- SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & HONORS -
2011:
Artists Crossing in collaboration with Boston Handmade, Boston, MA
Cristina Hurley Gallery, Canton, MA
South End Open Studios, Boston, MA
Boston Handmade MARKETPLACE, Somerville, MA, 4th annual art and craft fair
Chain Letter, an invitational exhibition, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Off The Wall, Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
Annual Student & Faculty Show, The Eliot School, Jamaica Plain, MA
JP To Me: Defined by Light, Inaugural Invitational, Uforge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
From Our House to Yours, Massachusetts Statehouse, Boston, MA
South End Art Walk, Boston, MA
2010:
Jamaica Plain Artist Association Annual Exhibition, Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain, MA
South End Art Walk, Boston, MA
Boston Handmade MARKETPLACE, Somerville, MA, 3rd annual art and craft fair
South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA, Media Mix, juried exhibition
The Little Gallery Under The Stairs, Lynn, MA, VOICES: Mothers Who Create
DAME, Jamaica Plain, MA, Photo quilts and knitwear on view by Jessica Burko
2009:
Boston Handmade DOWNTOWN, Boston, MA, 2nd annual holiday gallery
Warner Brothers Pictures Inc., work by Jessica Burko selected for inclusion in ‘The Town’ by Ben Affleck
Waste Not Want Not, Providence, RI, Inaugural Exhibition
ArtBar, Boston, MA, Inaugural Exhibition
South End Art Walk, Boston, MA
Beacon Hill Art Walk, Boston, MA
Gallery 1581, Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA, Inside Out
2008:
Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston, MA, Reused - Repurposed – Reinvented
Boston Handmade DOWNTOWN, Boston, MA, holiday gallery
RISD Alumni Sale, Providence, RI, October & December
Boston Herald, Boston, MA, Artists Crossing, 12/3/08
Boston Globe, Boston, MA, Doing Good For Artists, 11/30/08
City of Boston PaintBox Program, Boston, MA, invited artist to produce public art
New England Bio Labs, Ipswitch, MA
Insomniac Press, Ontario, Canada, work by Jessica Burko on book jacket for novel by Jenny Sampirisi
Beacon Hill Art Walk, Boston, MA
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI All Media Juried Exhibition
Maliotis Cultural Center, Jamaica Plain, MA, JP Open Studios 15th Annual Juried Show
New Gallery Concert Series, Boston, MA Featured visual artist for season finale
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA, Artists of Jamaica Plain
Boston City Hall, Boston, MA, Women’s History Month Invitational
Boston Public Library, West Roxbury Branch, History, Story Warmth: QUILT
2007:
United South End Settlements, Hariet Tubman House, Boston, MA, USEA Annual Juried Group Show
Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA, New Voices, International Juried Exhibition
Huron Valley Council for the Arts, Highland, MI, Women Stories: Quilts
Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR, 3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition
Penn Medicine, Spring 07 Issue, Philadelphia, PA, published works by Jesscia Burko
Room Of One’s Own, Issue #29:4, Vancouver, BC, published works by Jesscia Burko
2006:
Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA, Small Works: Spirits and Shrines
Cape Cod Arts Association, Featured Conference Speaker - Making Art/Making A Living
RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA, Open Call/Size Matters
Anne Poling Collections, Framingham, MA, Open House Exhibition
Jamaica Plain Arts Council, Boston, MA, Arts Marketing Workshop Leader
Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Gallery 1581, Brookline, MA, 1000 Words
Prudential Maxfield, Jamaica Plain, MA, Jessica Burko - Photoworks
NEST, Dedham, MA, Jessica Burko - Small Works & Photo Quilts
Piano Factory Gallery, Boston, MA, City Women: Boston Community Artists
2005:
Elise Mankes Studio, Marblehead, MA, Collections
Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury, MA, Light: An Exhibition of Area Photographers
Boston Public Library, West Roxbury, MA, Jessica Burko - figure/ground
2004:
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, Nov Featured Artist - NE Exposure Online
Attleboro Museum, Center for the Arts, MA, Small Works 2004
Leslie College, Cambridge, MA, MFA Program Artist Mentor
2003:
Fire Opal Gallery, Boston, MA, Jessica Burko - September Featured Exhibition
2002:
Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA, inch x inch
Joseph Black Photography, Somerville, MA, VISION vol. 02
2001:
Kaelin Gallery/Trinity Communications, Boston, MA, RISD Alumni Exhibition
2000:
Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI, RISD On The Road
Cal Poly, Pomona, CA, DPI, Digitally Propelled Ideas
1999:
SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY, Jessica Burko - on the edge of being
Society for Photographic Education, 1999 National Conference Scholarship Recipient
American Photography Institute, New York University,
1999 National Graduate Seminar Fellowship Finalist
1998:
The Hungerford Gallery, Rochester, NY, On the Other Side of the Tracks
The Village Gate, Rochester, NY, 1998 Art Expo Award Recipient
1996:
Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI, Jessica Burko - When the Bough Breaks
- COLLECTIONS -
Courtney Love Cobain, CA
Holy Family Hospital, MA
Families in Transition (The Family Willows), Manchester, NH
Littleton Group Home Littleton, MA
New England Bio Labs, Ipswich, MA
Phil C. Bradley Housing Partnership, MA
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., CA
Year Up, Inc., Boston, MA
Bay Cove Human Services, Boston, MA
The Institute for Health & Recovery, Boston, MA
Phil C. Bradley Housing, Boston, MA
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Winthrop, MA
Nonprofit Finance Fund, Boston, MA
- PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS -
Boston Handmade, Founder and Executive Director, current
Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Advisory Council Member, current
The Art Connection, External Affairs Committee Member, 2007-10, Artist donor, current
MassWax, Artist Member, Exhibitions Committee Member, current
International Encaustic Artists, Member, current
Photographic Resource Center, Artist Member, current
Hyde Park Art Association, Artist Member, current
Jamaica Plain Arts Association, Artist Member, current
Jamaica Plain Arts Council, Artist Member, current
Jamaica Plain Centre/South Main Streets, Board Member, First Thursdays Committee, 2007-08
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