Jessica Burko has been a working
photographer since 1985 and has
exhibited her photographic work in
solo and group shows throughout
the United States. Burko is originally
from Philadelphia and currently
lives in Boston, Massachusetts. As an
artist, independent curator, arts
marketer and graphic designer, Burko
divides her time between working
in her studio in Boston's South End
neighborhood, and working on-site
with artists and arts organizations. In
addition to regularly exhibiting her
work in studio and gallery settings,
Burko's images are frequently included in on-line publications, and have been published in print in 'Room Of One's Own', Vancouver, BC, and in 'Penn Med', Philadelphia, PA.
 

 

- 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 -

2008:
Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston, MA, Reused - Repurposed - Reinvented
New England Bio Labs, Ipswich, MA, Summer 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
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI All Media Juried Exhibition
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 -

New England Bio Labs, Ipswich, MA
Littleton Group Home Littleton, MA
Year Up, Inc., Boston, MA
Families in Transition (The Family Willows), Manchester, NH


 

images and art © jessica burko, 2008