Jessica Burke
Email: burkej@wou.edu
Website: www.jessicab-artist.com
www.jessicaburkeclass.blogspot.com
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, May 2005
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing/Painting
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California, Academic year 2002
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing, Bachelor of Arts, Art History
Utrecht School for the Arts, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Spring 2000
Study Abroad Program, Drawing and Painting
Tuscan School of Landscape Painting, Siena, Italy, Summer 1999
Study Abroad Program Fellowship
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon, September 2008 to Present
Assistant Professor of Drawing (Non-Tenure)
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, August 2007 to July 2008
Drawing Instructor
High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, August 2005 to August 2007
Adjunct Faculty
Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June to August 2007
Instructor
Center for the Visual Arts, Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, May to October 2007
Instructor
Averett University, Danville, Virginia, August to December 2005
Lecturer
McIver Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, August 2004 to May 2005
Gallery Assistant
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, August 2003 to May 2004
Graduate Assistant, Drawing and Printmaking
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2008
Scholarship Awarded to attend Cultural Influences and Expression Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, August 10-22
Visiting Artist Lecture, Appalachian State University, Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies, April 29
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Regional Biennial Conference, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 4
Awarded the Doris P. Deal Fellowship for Emerging Artists, Theatre Art Galleries, Inc.
2007
We’re Open: Diversity Conference, Presenter, "Gender and Identity in Contemporary
Visual Arts", Office of Multicultural Affairs, Appalachian State University
Women's Studies Seminar Series, Presenter "Acceptable Femininity: Questioning Gender in Visual Art", Appalachian State University
Guest Artist Lecture, Averett University, Virginia
Wassard Elea, Artist in Residence, Cilento National Park, Ascea, Italy
2006
The Sodus Art Bank, Visual Artist in Residence, Sodus, New York
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, February 20
Ryan Elementary School, Artist-in-Residence, Lafayette, Colorado, January-May, 2002
Collections Intern Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Summer 1999
Animation Intern, Walt Disney World College Program, Orlando, Florida, Fall 1997
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
College Art Association, member, 2007-present
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE), member 2007-present
Southeastern College Art Conference, member, 2007-present
National Women’s Caucus for Art, member, 2006-present
Queer Caucus for the Arts, member, 2006-present
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Jessica Burke: Beauty and the Beholder, Theater Art Gallery, High Point, North Carolina
Excavation, Multicultural Resource Center Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Gender Narratives, Looking Glass Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
The Painted Face, Sticht Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
2007
The Sum of All Parts, Get S’Mart Gallery, Bluefield, West Virginia
Opposing Identity, Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission’s Exhibition Series, Town Hall, Chapel Hill, NC
Perspectives, Mendenhall Art Gallery, Davidson County Community College, Davidson, NC
2006
Offensive, Harry Krug Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
More Art, More Selfish, Elliott University Center Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2005
Questioning The Line, Multicultural Center Resource Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
2004
Assertive Identity, Elliott Center, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Women, Power and Politics, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, California (Juried)
11 Annual Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, New York (Invitational)
Just the Two of Us, Morrison Street Gallery, Portland, Oregon (Invitational)
2nd Annual Lesbian Alliance Show, LGBT Community Center Artspace, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Juried)
artKudos International juried art competition and exhibit, online exhibition
National Small Works Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists Gallery, New York, NY (Juried)
I Love You Love Me-A National Juried Exhibition about Relationships, Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY (Juried)
Art Faculty Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC (Invitational)
2007
Think Small 4th Biennial International Miniature Invitational, art6 Gallery, Richmond, VA (Catalog)
Growing Up and Looking Back, Gallery RFD, Atlanta, GA (Juried)
Visual Art Faculty Exhibit, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC (Purchase Award)
Virtual Reality, Women’s Studio Center, Long Island City, NY (Juried)
Radius 250, Artspace Plant Zero Gallery, Richmond, Virginia (Juried)
17th Annual Faces of Woman International Exhibition, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, NM (Juried)
Faculty Exhibition, Sechrest Gallery, High Point University, High Point, NC (Invitational)
2006
Evidence: An Art Show About Police Brutality, Transom Gallery, Durham North Carolina and The Flying Anvil Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina (Invitational)
Freestyle 2-3-d, Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada (Juried)
Cuerpo y Revolucion: The Queer Latina Body, National Queer Arts Festival, The Women’s Building, San Francisco (Juried)
The Doll Revolt, The Girls and Their Allies Caucus of the National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, California (Invitational)
Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands, Women’s Center, Chapel Hill, NC (Juried)
The Sex Issue, Projekt30, online exhibition, March (Juried)
2005
Queer Eye, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (Juried)
Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands, Women’s Center, Chapel Hill, NC (Juried)
Layers and Facets, Worrell Professional Center, Wake Forrest University, Winston-Salem, NC (Juried)
Radius 250, Artspace, Plant Zero Gallery, Richmond, VA (Juried)
Thesis Exhibit, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Women’s Caucus for the Arts National Juried Exhibit: Gender In Motion, 3TEN Haustudio, Atlanta, GA
Faces: Celebrate Diversity, Tessera Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC (Juried)
Fayetteville Museum 33rd Annual Competition, Fayetteville Museum of Art, NC (Juried)